Israeli warplanes on Wednesday attacked a target in Syria, near its border with Lebanon, although the exact target and intent of the bombing has not been confirmed because Israel has refused to comment on it.
Various reports cited either Lebanese military officials or unnamed security officials, including some reportedly from the US, saying that the attack did take place and it was preceded by Israeli fighter jets flying over and violating Lebanese airspace.
“A source in the region told Al-Monitor the alleged target was anti-aircraft systems, or a convoy of components for such systems, but that could not be confirmed,” reports Laura Rozen. The Associated Press also reported that the target was anti-aircraft missile systems.
Many of the reports say the Israeli jets hit a truck convoy allegedly carrying weapons from the Syrian side of the border to the Lebanese side.
The Jerusalem Post reported Syrain military commend as saying Israeli warplanes attacked a military research center in Damascus province, denying the reports that the planes had struck a convoy carrying weapons from Syria to Lebanon.
Two people were killed and five wounded in the attack on the site in Jamraya, which it described as one of a number of “scientific research centers aimed at raising the level of resistance and self-defense.”
It’s not clear yet what the truck convoy actually was carrying, but it’s even less clear why the Assad regime would feel the need to send anti-aircraft weapons over the border to Hezbollah, especially at such a precarious time for the regime.
The fact that Israel has refused to comment on the strike is troubling and warrants heightened scrutiny of the narrative that has been reported so far. The possibility that this was an intentional decision on Israel’s part to aggravate regional tensions and expand Syria’s civil war internationally should not be discounted.
ISRAEL MUST BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOST OF LIVES and destruction. ISRAEL MUST BE SANCTIONED. The world wants action NOW against the war criminals in Tel Aviv and Washington.
Down with the war criminal stooges in Washington and Tel Aviv and ICC, the whore house where its pimps go only after the United fascist states' victims such as Sudan, Libya, Somali, Iraq.
The world wants nothing short of total destruction of imperialism and zionism and its supporters.
The Israeli's have an obsession with killing no wonder they are itching to get involved. If killing was an Olympic sport you can bet Israel would be gold everytime after all its a national pastime.
"The fact that Israel has refused to comment on the strike is troubling and warrants heightened scrutiny of the narrative that has been reported so far."
–John Glaser, (Antiwar.com) January 30th, 2013
Glaser,
Although not entirely 'unexpected', I find your paradoxical assertion here both amusing and dumbfounding–on different levels, for different reasons. I won't explain all the implications–as they are numerous and somewhat mind-blowing; however, I think some may be self-evident.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_definition
Perhaps AW.C should consider incorporating this quote into the site's logo?
"The fact that Israel has refused to comment on the strike is troubling and warrants heightened scrutiny of the narrative that has been reported so far."
–John Glaser, 'Antiwar.com' 01/30/13
Glaser,
Although not entirely 'unexpected', I find your paradoxical assertion here both amusing and dumbfounding–on several levels, for different reasons. I won't explain all the implications–as they are numerous and somewhat mind-blowing; however, I think some may be self-evident.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_reasoning
Perhaps AW.C should incorporate this quote into the site's logo?
If Israel did, in fact, conduct an air strike on Syrian soil, against their men and equipment, would that not constitute a de facto act of war? If so, why has the UN not already been up in arms about this? Would the UN not be required to send peacekeeping forces to the region to prevent Israel from further attacks? Would Israel be liable for UN censure for illegal actions?
As always, though, I expect even if Israel is guilty as charged on all counts, the US will pressure everyone to back off and, as usual, nothing will be done to render any sort of justice.
Look people: by all means the bound between Iran, Iraq, Syria, Russia and china needs to be broken.., if US and EU Neo Fsacism government refusing to bring the war at the Iranian doorsteps then Israel is there to start.., and that is exactly what is happening.., this act is by the Israelis saying.., do something about these Saudis iligitimate sons and other barbarians or we will and make sure that you are going to get involved anvading syria one way or the other. As we said before.., Obama is not there to do the arb Israeli wars for them any longer.., he be one the US president for doing harm to African nation occupying African nation one after another.., the Syrian war if is not stoped it will take many years creating a lawless country.., and that what these barbarians and Westren governments are waiting for.., when the time is right they will go on for filling the dream of Israel.
Don't be fooled by the rhetoric and lies, Israel is part of this (what is called the world powers) or if you will IMF..,and all other wars going on all over the world.., US so as the European government are owned by israel and saudis and cooperating in all direction but they have heir differences when it comes to share the profit. There is no socialism in the French social democracy, there is no democracy in the US nor there is any democracy in EU period.., all is about vulture capitalism.