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2006-07-12 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iranian National Security Advisor in Damascus
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Posted by Steve 2006-07-12 16:02|| || Front Page|| [11136 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Sigh, third in line. That's what I get for being creative.
Posted by Steve">Steve  2006-07-12 16:36||   2006-07-12 16:36|| Front Page Top

#2 THE GUNS OF AUGUST JULY
Posted by Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-07-12 16:47|| http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp]">[http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp]  2006-07-12 16:47|| Front Page Top

#3  THE GUNS OF AUGUST JULY

28 July 1914 : Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, begins firing on Serbian territory.
Posted by Steve">Steve  2006-07-12 17:19||   2006-07-12 17:19|| Front Page Top

#4 Kill him.
Posted by mojo">mojo  2006-07-12 17:25||   2006-07-12 17:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Hezbollah was conceived in 1982 by a group of Muslim clerics after the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. It was close to a contingent of some 2000 Iranian Revolutionary guards, based in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, which had been sent to the country to aid the resistance against Israel.

In 1983, militants who went on to join Hezbollah ranks carried out a suicide bombing attack that killed 241 US marines in Beirut.
Posted by Jesing Ebbease3087 2006-07-12 17:35||   2006-07-12 17:35|| Front Page Top

#6 Nah, I think this is part of a Syrian plan to re-occupy Lebanon. They have Hezbollah precipitate the Israeli action and then Syria comes to the "rescue" to "defend" Lebanon from an Isreali action that Syria itself precipitated in order to justify that re-occupation.

Hey, don't make fun, I am proud of my cynicism.
Posted by crosspatch">crosspatch  2006-07-12 17:35|| http://crosspatch.townhall.com]">[http://crosspatch.townhall.com]  2006-07-12 17:35|| Front Page Top

#7 Is anyone else thinking 6-day war here?
Posted by bigjim-ky 2006-07-12 17:43||   2006-07-12 17:43|| Front Page Top

#8 Syria comes to the "rescue" to "defend" Lebanon

So if Lebanon is playing the part of Belgium, will France play itself?
Posted by Steve">Steve  2006-07-12 17:47||   2006-07-12 17:47|| Front Page Top

#9 I'm thinking 6 year.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-07-12 17:52||   2006-07-12 17:52|| Front Page Top

#10 But who would the phrench surrender to?
Posted by Brett 2006-07-12 18:09||   2006-07-12 18:09|| Front Page Top

#11 Is anyone else thinking 6-day war here?

I'm thinking it should be a 6-hour war.
Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford  2006-07-12 18:15|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/]  2006-07-12 18:15|| Front Page Top

#12 I wonder what 6 thinks?
Posted by 3 legged yeller dawg 2006-07-12 18:30||   2006-07-12 18:30|| Front Page Top

#13 The trip was planned before the kidnapping. I smell a link.

Rantburg posters aren't happy with IDF operations in Gaza. They could find the rockets, and Hamas and al-JIhad safe houses, etc by using strategic detentions. Seize 100 Palestinians, and at least one will be fed up enough with the leadership, to start pointing fingers. Would that be kidnapping? Not under US law; investigative detentions are legal (Terry v Ohio) as long as the person is held only during investigation. Internationally, short duration custody would probably be acceptable.

I know its frustrating to hold territory where offensive weapons are stashed, while not being allowed to conduct effective searches.

As I have mentioned in other posts, Ahmadinejad has been holding mass anti-Israel rallies all over Iran. Something is in the air.
Posted by Anginens Threreng8133 2006-07-12 18:37||   2006-07-12 18:37|| Front Page Top

#14 What was in the trucks that left Iraq for Syria ahead of the invasion? Where is it now? What does Iran mean when it warns Israel of 'devastating attack from afar'? Is that the sharia-required 'warning'?
This is a set-up that has been waiting some time for a 'trigger' - it is hard to miss the similarities between the assassination of 'one man' by an 'unaccountable' foe in 1914 and the kidnapping in a similar situation in Gaza. Triggers that lead to essentially pre-ordained catastrophe - for one or both sides. I fear there may be no good way out.
Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore  2006-07-12 19:15||   2006-07-12 19:15|| Front Page Top

#15 "Iranian National Security Advisor in Damascus"
One word: TARGET.
At this point it wouldn't surprise me if he takes the two kidnaped Israeli soldiers back to Iran as human shields for his centrifuges.
Posted by Darrell 2006-07-12 19:37||   2006-07-12 19:37|| Front Page Top

#16 I wonder what 6 thinks?
I blame Princip the Joooooooooooooooo!

Not a clue really. Maybe re-establish a temporary IDF presence south of the Litani. Who knows.
Posted by 6 2006-07-12 19:46||   2006-07-12 19:46|| Front Page Top

#17 But who would the phrench surrender to?

les Beurs.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-07-12 20:03||   2006-07-12 20:03|| Front Page Top

#18 Glenmore's thinking along the same lines as I've been. We don't know what was in those trucks, but I can guess what the Iranians and Syrians WANT it to have been.

Special Mahdi days coming up in a few weeks, too.
Posted by lotp 2006-07-12 20:52||   2006-07-12 20:52|| Front Page Top

#19 Once again Iran has manufactured a diversion to keep attention focused away from its nuclear program. Because Ali Larijani will be 'pre-occupied' with the 'crisis' and because he is the one who is to respond to the nuclear package I can see the Iranians with Russian and Chinese help delaying a resolution for at least a month.
Posted by DanNY 2006-07-12 22:36||   2006-07-12 22:36|| Front Page Top

#20 Israel has ALWAYS kicked butt in battle. Out come has always been way lop sided in favor of Israel.

Syrai and Iran had better realize, they do not need the wrath of Israel to break out upon their asses.
Posted by Chulet Thruling5126 2006-07-12 22:45||   2006-07-12 22:45|| Front Page Top

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