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2013-09-10 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Israeli Report Maps Assad's Chemical Arsenal
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Posted by trailing wife 2013-09-10 03:33|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ]  Top
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Posted by Skidmark 2013-09-10 04:56||   2013-09-10 04:56|| Front Page Top

#2 Please note from the date, this data is more than 18 months old. As is most of the other Syrian content from ESRI.
Posted by Skidmark 2013-09-10 05:01||   2013-09-10 05:01|| Front Page Top

#3 On the road and this box won't permit me to drag a link, but appears from this morning's news the Germans have picked up some SIGINT that indicates Assad did not order chemical attack, a rogue unit or officer directed it. Should be interesting to see how this plays out.
Posted by Besoeker 2013-09-10 08:09||   2013-09-10 08:09|| Front Page Top

#4 Ah, but the buck stops there, right, guys/gals?

Assad is still 'responsible'.

But it doesn't matter - Putin is playing chess and our Amateur Hour is still learning Checkers.
Posted by Bobby 2013-09-10 08:55||   2013-09-10 08:55|| Front Page Top

#5 The orders most likely came from Tehran.
Posted by Rob Crawford 2013-09-10 09:36||   2013-09-10 09:36|| Front Page Top

#6 This is a bit off topic but I am listening to John Kerry and I must say he is one of the most dispecable human beings ever produced.
Posted by bman 2013-09-10 10:13||   2013-09-10 10:13|| Front Page Top

#7 And those are his good points bman.
As I said yesterday Kerry is a proven liar who has shown he is willing to lie, even under oath, to advance his political agenda.
I wouldn't believe him if he told me water was wet.
Posted by CrazyFool 2013-09-10 10:40||   2013-09-10 10:40|| Front Page Top

#8 Please note from the date, this data is more than 18 months old.

The map is most certainly dated 24. February 2012, Skidmark. But the latest bit of data, an attack by Assad from the direction of Damascus toward Ain Tarma, Jobar, Zamalka is marked "1429 killed" and dated 21.08.13.
Posted by trailing wife 2013-09-10 11:25||   2013-09-10 11:25|| Front Page Top

#9 Nobody ever said Assad was a nice guy. But sending a ragtag band of al Qaeda affiliated jihadis after him doesn't sound like a very effective plan. And what if the jihadis get their hands on Assad's toys? Will they be responsible?

So the Soddies, Qataris and their lapdog Obama conspire to bring about regime change in Syria and then they cry foul when they get their butts kicked. Did they think Assad would greet US trained terrorists with flowers, soft drinks and cake?

I still think this is a tragic little sideshow sponsored by people who don't have the guts, integrity or the wherewithal to go after the real problem in Iran.

I don't know what their real objective is. But their explanations have all been so disingenuous as to be laughable and I don't believe it's chemical weapons. Obama started calling for Assad's removal as soon as this little rebellion started. McCain and Graham started calling for air support for the rebels long before there were any chemical attacks. Why? How will it be better when Assad is gone? How will it be better than Libya or Egypt? They won't say. It stinks.
Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2013-09-10 12:15||   2013-09-10 12:15|| Front Page Top

#10 "Israel has no interest, will or intention to take part in the Syrian civil war, but Assad must understand in the clearest way possible that if he and his regime do not leave us a choice and he attacks Israel or transfers chemical weapons to Hezbollah, Israel will respond in the harshest way possible, including toppling his regime.”
Posted by Uncle Phester 2013-09-10 13:31||   2013-09-10 13:31|| Front Page Top

#11 Policy in Syria
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2013-09-10 16:43||   2013-09-10 16:43|| Front Page Top

#12 And I must add that I just purchased an upper end 60 inch HDTV that makes Nancy Pelosi's face look even more "rode hard , hung up wet"... I just hope viewing it doesn't void my warrenty.
Anybody know where I can get some brain bleach?
Posted by Capsu78 2013-09-10 18:54||   2013-09-10 18:54|| Front Page Top

#13 FYI ASSOCIATED PRESS > ASSAD SLAMS USE OF US, ISRAELI CHEMICAL WEAPONS.

May be its just me but IMO no one should be surprised iff Syria links Israel's Nuclear + non-Nuclear WMDS to his Regime's turnover of his country's ChemWar weapons to international control + also becoming signatory to the CW Convention???

* SAME, ABC NEWS > KERRY: SYRIA SHOULD DO MORE THAN JUST DECLARE WEAPONS.

As for ISRAEL ...

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > REPORT: CIA BELIEVES ISRAEL ACQUIRED CHEMICAL WEAPONS DECADES AGO.

* SAME > DOES ISRAEL POSSESS CHEMICAL WEAPONS TOO?
Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-09-10 23:27||   2013-09-10 23:27|| Front Page Top

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