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Title: Israel's attack on Syria Analysis Post by: CedarPride on September 16, 2007, 07:53:40 AM A little over a week ago, Israeli warplanes entered Syria's air space and fired inside Syria. Syria said it will respond in due time.
No official reason was given for the attack, but there were many "leaks", some saying they attacked a weapons shipment destined to Hizbullah, others say it was "suspected" nuclear shipment from North Korea.... Here is another version: Israel says deterrent ability recovered after Syria strike (http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iPSxU5Nlch6Nzo-6RPwuhDbjZb1Q) Quote JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israel boasted on Sunday it has recovered its "deterrent capability" after an air strike in Syria triggered warnings of retaliation and intense media speculation over the aim of the operation. "The new situation affects the entire region, including Iran and Syria," military intelligence chief Amos Yadlin told parliament's powerful foreign affairs and defence committee, local media reported. In keeping with an official Israeli wall of silence on the event, Yadlin told lawmakers he would not address the incident directly, but his statements "alluded to the Israeli raid," public radio reported. He said Israel had now recovered its "deterrent capability" following the 2006 war against Lebanon's Hezbollah. () Tsahi Hanegbi, head of the Israeli foreign affairs and defence committee, earlier said the government has adopted a policy of silence over the incident to ease tensions, but was taking Syrian threats of retaliation seriously. "We have to show restraint and it is in our interest to say nothing... This policy has proven itself. The tensions have slightly eased since 12 days ago. The more we bite our tongue, the better it will go," he told public radio. He said the tensions with Syria were a direct result of the bloody war between Israel and the Shiite Muslim militia Hezbollah in Lebanon last year that was regarded by many in Israel as a failure. "The Syrians had the impression that we were in a state of weakness and they threw themselves into an unprecedented campaign of arms purchases," Hanegbi said. As soon as the war ended last year, I said Israel will seek a new conflict to restore its credibilty as the myth of the Israeli army was destroyed. It seems I was correct. I should call myself "Prophet" ;) Seriously, where is the outrage by the UN (where Syria has protested the incident), and would Syria be justified in leveling North Israel as a result of Israel crossing its borders? Within a year, two cross-border operations took place in the area. Interesting to see the reaction of the International community to both operations, eh?
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