Israeli planes strike Syrian military base, U.S. official says

[Hell Hath No Fury]

Source: CNN

(CNN) -- Israeli warplanes struck a military base near the Syrian city of Latakia on Thursday, an Obama administration official confirmed to CNN.

An explosion at a missile storage site in the area was widely reported in the Israeli press, but an attack has not been confirmed by the Israeli government.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/31/world/meast/syria-civil-war/index.html

[Comrade Grumpy]

1. Assad may be too busy to respond, but Hezbollah may engage in a little tit-for-tat.

Let's see how much more interesting we can make the Syrian civil war.

[hack89]

4. Hezbollah is not that stupid

besides, they are too busy fighting in Syria - if Assad falls then Hezbollah won't last long.

[2banon]

2. Unresolved Conflicts Continue

Reading this post led me to thinking about 1973, discovered this report on Wikileaks docs from state dept (now declassified) published last spring...

pretty insightful..


Wikileaks reveals 1973 war files: 'Changes in attitude toward Arabs'

Website's library of US diplomacy features records of 1973 US ambassador to Israel, shedding light on Yom Kippur War, developments in region

Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 04.08.13, 20:37 / Israel News

[AtheistCrusader]

3. Things must have been calming down too much.

[Purveyor]

5. You got that right. That IS how they operate and maintain the war machine. eom

[cpwm17]

12. exactly n/t

[madrchsod]

6. why in the hell would israel attack syria.....

oh wait a minute... the idf does`t need a reason

[hack89]

10. Stopping arms transfers to Hezbollah is an excellent reason. nt

[olddad56]

15. But US arms sales to Israel is OK?

[hack89]

16. Unlike Hezbollah, the UN has not mandated that Israel disarm

Providing arms to Hezbollah is against international law.

[cosmicone]

7. As soon as he destroys chemical weapons

he becomes a sitting duck to the Israelis.

Indicates once more that Mossad was after the chemical weapons attack in Damascus. Bibi had a win-win situation -- either the US attacks Syria or Assad is forced to destroy chemical weapons making him vulnerable.

[AtheistCrusader]

13. Israel? Did you watch what happened in Libya?

They are going to become sitting ducks for *US*.

[arewenotdemo]

8. That's an act of war, no?

[Nihil]

9. Yes

Not as if it's a surprise from that "peaceful" nation though ...

[hack89]

11. Israel and Syria have technically been in a state of war for decades

there has never been a formal peace treaty between the two after 1967 and 1973. There were sporadic peace talks in the 90's but got nowhere due to Syria's insistence that Israel withdraw to the 1967 borders.

[MindMover]

14. Confirmed ....

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/israel-suspected-destroying-syrian-air-144608834.html#oo