Israeli intelligence: Syria orders attack on border targets
SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM
Monday, October 27, 2003
TEL AVIV — Syria has ordered Hizbullah to launch a major attack along the
Israeli border, according to communications intercepts.
Israeli intelligence sources said they have monitored evidence of
communications between Syria and Hizbullah that suggests the Iranian-backed
Shi'ite movement has been directed to carry out a strike on Israeli positions
along the border with Lebanon. The sources said the Hizbullah targets could be
either civilian or military.
The Syrian directive was meant to respond to Israeli air attacks on Syria over
the last month. In October, Israel F-16 multi-role fighters struck the Ein
Saheb insurgency training camp near Damascus and caused heavy damage.
In August, Israeli F-16s buzzed the summer home of Syrian President Bashar
Assad in the Mediterranean port of Latakia, Middle East Newsline reported.
"Assad doesn't have an army for a conventional strike on Israel," an
intelligence source said. "That is where Hizbullah comes in. Hizbullah can hurt
Israel and provide Syria with the element of denial."
Israel has relayed an alert to forces in the Golan Heights and along the border
with Lebanon. This has resulted in increased flights by unmanned air vehicles
along the Lebanese border.
But the sources said Syrian forces along the northern Golan Heights did not
appear to be preparing for anything other than routine winter deployment.
The sources said Syria regards Hizbullah as the leading Syrian-backed
insurgency group as well as a military asset against Israel. For the last three
months, the Assad regime has ordered Palestinian insurgency groups to maintain
a low profile and refrain from issuing announcements from Damascus. But over
the last two weeks Hamas was allowed to issue statements from the Syrian
capital.
"We see that the terrorist activities continue to be directed by Syria and from
Syrian territory," Maj. Gen. Benny Ganz, head of Northern Command, said.
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| User: "WH" |
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28 Oct 2003 03:19:04 AM |
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"TonyZ2001" <tonyz2001@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20031028024637.11361.00000211@mb-m15.aol.com...
Israeli intelligence: Syria orders attack on border targets
....and the Isle of Man tested a nuclear bomb in the desert outside of
Douglas last weekend!!!
WH
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28 Oct 2003 07:09:37 AM |
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On 28 Oct 2003 07:46:37 GMT, (TonyZ2001) wrote:
Israeli intelligence: Syria orders attack on border targets
WRONG. You are such a MORON pantyboy.
"life is like a mushroom, they feed you ***** and keep you in the dark"
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