Truck convoys heading into Syria from Iraq are not uncommon: Iran sends fuel convoys to Lebanon and Syria a couple of times per month. On Tuesday night, one such convoy was hammered by Israeli airstrikes.
Details are emerging slowly, hindered by Israel’s policy of not talking about its attacks. Several vehicles were destroyed during the attack and at least 10 killed, with some reports putting the figure as high as 14.
Reports have some Iranian nationals among the slain in the convoy, which wouldn’t be out of the ordinary. Some are speculating that the convoy was smuggling weapons, since this is often the excuse, at least retroactively, for Israeli attacks.
Smuggling fuel into Syria has become big business in recent years. Syria’s self-sufficiency in oil has significantly declined both from war damage and the US occupying one of the major oilfields for a policy to “take the oil” that President Trump advocated.
Israeli attacks on fuel convoys aren’t necessarily common, but they do attack anything with even a hint of Iranian involvement. This seems to be a continuation of that policy of attacking Syria.
The attack took place in al-Qaim, the main border crossing area from Iraq to Syria. This is often the site of attacks, and has a substantial presence of Iraqi Shi’ite militias.
Israel needs to take some valium to cool down. It’s hard to work up sympathy (or empathy) for Israel with such blatantly overt attacks…
These attacks will only intensify in coming years. It’s amazing how Israel has free access over the airspace of these countries with impunity.
The citizens of Israel even if they cared and they do not have as much power over the action of Government as do the citizens in the US.Not one little frigging bit.
I wish vallium can fix it. Israel is quite calm. Like anyone whose actions are never scrutinized for accountabikity.
no one has to account for righteous self defense
There’s that word again. Still bullsh*t.
WOO EEE,bad smell
The US is the beast of Europe and Israel is the beast of the MidEast.Billions on weapons and genocide for all,that is their policy with a large slice of Racism
Cutting off arms shipments to Hezbollah terrorists-very righteous.
The only terrorism is being practiced by Israel. They are making those shipments righteous.
and the US is Israeli occupied territory… “there’s no daylight between them”.
Agreed. My thoughts immediately went to how the Israeli drones were able to fly from Israel to the east side of Syria? Were they launched from an American or Kurdish base in east Syria or from Iraq? I have no expertise to answer the question.
Ah,the old octopus myth again.
Bizarre text. Are we internalizing imperial ligic? Syria is smughling oil? Not importing? It is OK for US to “take Syrian oil”, and take it without paying for it to US facilities in Iraq? Does Iraq have anything to say about it?
Un Ukraine where Nazi desth squads killed and dissapeared people for long eight yesrs, we had not much to say. But Russian response is criminal — though we may allow it to be provoked .
Yet, what Israel is doing year in and year out is never reprehensible, nevet criminal and certainly never brutal. Gaza, one if the oldedt permanently inhabited cities on earth, can be destroyed, but never rebuilt. A day does not go by without some more olive trees being destroyed or damaged by chemicals, Bombing away at anything it pleased Israel is understood in the light of “Iranian” or “Shia”. Well, then it is OK, I suppose.
Taking Golan Heights, totly understandable.
We are being worn out. Neocon logic is the lack of
logic, forcing us to gradually internalize their whims, sadism and arbitrsriness as normal.
Israel does not routinely bomb fuel convoys. It does however try to intercept and destroy arms and specificity missiles headed for Hezbollah that are to be used against Israeli citizens. The Iranians are relentless in their efforts to deliver such weapons by land, sea and air. Israel is acting in self defence.
Israel bombs first and asks questions later. Actually, they don’t even bother with the questions. They bomb anything they damn well please and have twits like you defending them regardless.
Of course that’s nonsense. But thanks for the kind words
The only nonsense is you denying what I said. It couldn’t be more obvious. Same with their shooting unarmed protesters or journalists in the face. No bother with investigation or they’re internal which is a distinction without a difference.