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Syria says defenses opened fire on Israeli aircraft overnight
Roee Nahmias and AP
Published: 06.09.07, 17:16
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31. Olmert and coming war with Syria
Cato the Elder ,   USA   (09.06.07)
Now that war with Syria and its handlers ,Russia and Iran, seems inevitable, it is now time to secretly and PHYSICALLY remove Olmert and his incompetent, cowardly pack of morons. At this critical point, there is simply no other choice. Oldmerde can remain as a de jure PM . He would be a facade. Anyway, je wouldn't care as long as he gets the same money and the same perks.De facto control of the IDF and the government must now be transferred to the military. OLDMERDE DELENDUM EST
32. allan you should educate your self too
real doctor ,   monterey ca   (09.06.07)
Moses said Thou practice what you preach 1701 strictly no flights over lebanon israel violates only 978 times as for the other side every shipment of weapon below Litani line was confiscated no single shipment was foun from across the border What i think is whatever rearming is local made underneath
33. #20, so-called English guy
israeli ,   israel   (09.06.07)
Which way are you looking at the map? Israeli's border with Syria is Northern Israel/Southern Syria. This alleged incident concerns Syria's Northern border, the Syria/Turkey border. So before you comment on anyone's genetics (which implies some knowledge in the field of biology), you might want to examine your atlas (geography).
34. accountability
Chris Pickering ,   Australia   (09.06.07)
look i just have a difficult time holding arabs accountable for their choices over the past hundred years or so. It is a lot easier to hold jews to account for their actions because you know better and are more accountable. I know what I'm talking about.
35. #34, Chris Pickering
israeli ,   israel   (09.06.07)
I know what you're talking about: your shameless double standards. In this day and age everyone should know better, and that includes you.
36. #16 - M. Hartley - Thanks.
Besalel ,   Kew Gardens, NY   (09.06.07)
37. #33
English guy ,   London   (09.06.07)
What's with the "so-called English guy"? We've been through this before - so drop it matey. It's boring. Even if I were not white anglo-saxon I'd find your comments offensive - since your imputations are rooted in deep retrograde tribalism. As for the IDF planes overflying Syrian territory, did I say the southern border? Ooops no. You did. It seems to be absolutely typical Isaeli bellicose arrogance that drives you. Thus, if you choose to think that I am originally from the northern Congo, please go ahead. You are only trying to divert attention from your disgusting military's threatening actions - which are simply the continuation of 60 years of ethnic arrogance and murderous adventures into your neighbouring countries.
38. TO # 8
ANA MARIA ,   LATIN AMERICA   (09.06.07)
DEAR AYNAM, ON THE CONTRARY IN LATIN AMERICA WE FEEL EVERYDAY MORE IDENTIFIED WITH THE ISRAEL CAUSE. MUSLIMS HAVE BEINS SO EFFICIENT IN INCREASING ISLAMOPHOBIA AND MAKING CLEAR TO THE WORLD THAT ISLAMIC TERRORIST DESERVE WHAT THEY HAVE BECAUSE THEIR HEART IS FEEDED WITH HATE SINCE THEY ARE CONCIVED.
39. olmert derailing perez
zvi ,   tel aviv   (09.06.07)
perez and the left are trying to open channels even in secret stance yet here comes olmert to destroy all the bridges yet this time its israeli bridges that he is destroying... when will you arrogant people realize that israel's mighty military isnt a guarranteed a victory, mind you last summers war and its effects that havent been presented to us yet by constant delays in order to save olmert's behind. i dont want the future of my children hanging in ther balance just cause olmert and bush have a wide agenda for mid east dominance. syria and iran are talkin big just to scare us away and i dont think if we come to some sort of compromise that both sides wont see a better view of one another and by that peace may be on teh horizon, i dont think iran thinks its a walk in the park to attack israel and neither should israel think the same when it comes down to syria.
40. #32-Real Doctor
Allan ,   US   (09.06.07)
1701 reads in part: “14. Calls upon the Government of Lebanon to secure its borders and other entry points to prevent the entry in Lebanon without its consent of arms or related materiel and requests UNIFIL as authorized in paragraph 11 to assist the Government of Lebanon at its request; “15. Decides further that all States shall take the necessary measures to prevent, by their nationals or from their territories or using their flag vessels or aircraft: “(a) The sale or supply to any entity or individual in Lebanon of arms and related materiel of all types, including weapons and ammunition, military vehicles and equipment, paramilitary equipment, and spare parts for the aforementioned, whether or not originating in their territories; and “(b) The provision to any entity or individual in Lebanon of any technical training or assistance related to the provision, manufacture, maintenance or use of the items listed in subparagraph (a) above; Rather clear isn't it. Says nothing about overflights. Not only that, 1701 also call for: “Emphasizing the need for an end of violence, but at the same time emphasizing the need to address urgently the causes that have given rise to the current crisis, including by the unconditional release of the abducted Israeli soldiers. Which to date are still being held captive. Mark Twain's adage in especially applicable in you case.
41. #1 HAVE ANOTHER FOSTERS...LOL
Gary ,   USA   (09.06.07)
42. the so-called English guy
israeli ,   israel   (09.06.07)
I am implying that the English pretend to be the champions of fairplay, whence you seem far removed. So when you claim "that the Israeli border with Syria has been placid for many years. This unwarranted sonic booming act of unprovoked aggression", you mean that we are provoking Syria on the Northern border because the Southern border has been quiet? Flawless logic. As far as your insults are concerned, I do not stoop so low.
43. Syrian Crap
Brod ,   USA   (09.06.07)
Jet fighters speeding at more than 1000 MPH in the middle of the night. How would Syria know they belong to Israel. They could be American, Turkish or Russian. This is just an excuse for Syria to act on their aggression against Israel as directed by their sponsor-the Iranian Ayatollahs.
44. 37# "murderous adventures" coming from England LOL! lets...
Palmach ,   USA   (09.06.07)
not even talk about the british empire... foool...
45. English guy
eynav Benjamin ,   stirmville ny USA   (09.06.07)
Your not English your a Muslim living in the future Islamic state of England.
46. to ANA MARIA
ayman ,   jersey usa   (09.06.07)
well Ana iam happy to tell you that not all latin americans are misinformed about israel like you. if iam not mistaken a lot of spanish countries held protests during the 2nd leb. war against israel and i personally traveled to central and south america and found that most educated people of latin america think of israel as an aparthied state. I do agree with you on one thing terrorists deserve everything bad thing in life as do israelis cause they terrorise everybody around them.
47. Dropped Ammunition
Mark ,   Israel   (09.06.07)
It has just been confirmed by Syrian authorities that Israel dumped a large load on northern Syria. It blended in so well with the surroundings, it took authorities 12 hours to identify it.
48. I GUESS THEY MISSED.
Ben Avraham ,   Tel Aviv   (09.06.07)
49. Syria Stop Crying over Spilt Milk
Andrew ,   Dartmouth, NS,Canada   (09.06.07)
I bet in the end this was just a mistake. It was most likely a navigational error. It happens. If Syria want to do something go to the UN your friends control it and has been blaming Israel since it founding. Syria it time for you to grow up and stop lying too.
50. Hey man, Ayman, #46
Jake   (09.06.07)
"i personally traveled to central and south america and found that most educated people of latin america think of israel as an aparthied state. " And we can all thank the university 'academics' who, with a little financial inducement from the usual suspects, have swallowed the Arab mantra against Israel hook, line, and sinker. Unfortunately, you confuse knowledge and intelligence. While 'educated' elites preach from their ivory towers, It is the 'uneducated' Latin Americans who are morely likely to know about the Hizbullah drugs racket in Latin America that finances their terror machine back in Lebanon.
51. #20, Antisemitic guy
Chatich   (09.06.07)
I know you hate it when I call you that, but your vocabulary is far too sophisticated for you to be the addle-minded imbicile framed by your beliefs, and the "substance" of your posts. Case in point; your immediate and full subscription to unsubstantiated reports coming from Syria. If Assad claimed the Jooooos landed a flying saucer in the middle of Damascus, I've little doubt you'd be here in a heartbeat, guns blazing, spewing rubbish (your forté) about the evil zionist-conspiring aliens and their quest for world domination. The only plausible conclusion? You hate Jews. Full stop. Pretty simple equation, really.
52. 3
zionist forever   (09.06.07)
Assad wouldnt be reaching out to Olmert he would do what he is doing and thats look for Israels weaknesses and then moving in like a vulture to take what he wants. This is why if Olmert had any sense when he talks about peace making with Syria he should say its Israel thats setting the rules now. You want REAL peace then we will give you a small token section of the Golan but we will keep the rest forever, you will break all ties to Iran, you will fight all terror, close all offices and training camps for organistions like Hamas in Syria., If Assad agrees to all of this then the US will help Syria get its economy up and running again and they will emd all embargos and treat Assad as a responsible leader. Instead while Syria is being isolated by most western states and UN over included the Rafik Harriri investigation Olmert is reaching out to Assad saying to him I am ready to do a deal based on Syrian terms. Israels idiot politicians allways seem to forget that they are in the position of power to set the conditions of any peace deals but instead they say we do things on arab terms.
53. #1
Jane   (09.06.07)
Well, the neighborhood bully, he's just one man, His enemies say he's on their land. They got him outnumbered about a million to one, He got no place to escape to, no place to run. He's the neighborhood bully. The neighborhood bully just lives to survive, He's criticized and condemned for being alive. He's not supposed to fight back, he's supposed to have thick skin, He's supposed to lay down and die when his door is kicked in. He's the neighborhood bully. The neighborhood bully been driven out of every land, He's wandered the earth an exiled man. Seen his family scattered, his people hounded and torn, He's always on trial for just being born. He's the neighborhood bully. Well, he knocked out a lynch mob, he was criticized, Old women condemned him, said he should apologize. Then he destroyed a bomb factory, nobody was glad. The bombs were meant for him. He was supposed to feel bad. He's the neighborhood bully. Well, the chances are against it and the odds are slim That he'll live by the rules that the world makes for him, 'Cause there's a noose at his neck and a gun at his back And a license to kill him is given out to every maniac. He's the neighborhood bully. He got no allies to really speak of. What he gets he must pay for, he don't get it out of love. He buys obsolete weapons and he won't be denied But no one sends flesh and blood to fight by his side. He's the neighborhood bully. Well, he's surrounded by pacifists who all want peace, They pray for it nightly that the bloodshed must cease. Now, they wouldn't hurt a fly. To hurt one they would weep. They lay and they wait for this bully to fall asleep. He's the neighborhood bully. Every empire that's enslaved him is gone, Egypt and Rome, even the great Babylon. He's made a garden of paradise in the desert sand, In bed with nobody, under no one's command. He's the neighborhood bully. Now his holiest books have been trampled upon, No contract he signed was worth what it was written on. He took the crumbs of the world and he turned it into wealth, Took sickness and disease and he turned it into health. He's the neighborhood bully. What's anybody indebted to him for? Nothin', they say. He just likes to cause war. Pride and prejudice and superstition indeed, They wait for this bully like a dog waits to feed. He's the neighborhood bully. What has he done to wear so many scars? Does he change the course of rivers? Does he pollute the moon and stars? Neighborhood bully, standing on the hill, Running out the clock, time standing still, Neighborhood bully.
54. #1: The bullly never left: Syrian dreams of a BIGGER SYRIA!
The Doc ,   Haifa, Israel   (09.06.07)
Yes, Syria - the "Little Bully" of the ME has never left and now is emboldened by the "Big Bully" (Ahmedinejad) to start a war. It has been destabilizing Lebanon by assasinating Christian Anti-Syrian leaders and leping Nasrallah's Hezbollah with ammunition in preparation for another attack on Israel from Lebanoin over the internationla border. It's been ammassing troups on the Golan Heights which it lost as a result of their own repeated aggression. Yes, these actions are just as "provoking" if not more, than a routine reconnaisance flight over their most prized "secrets". It's been also playing dangerous games on their Turkish border - hence the reconnaisance flight in the area. Don't worry "Baby Assad", everything is covered - LOL. Syria is nothing but a Bully who has been asking for a good spanking to remind it that Israel is here to stay regardless of the megalomaniacal dreams of "Baby Assad". Yes, the Bully never left and is arming and preparing to attack the Israeli Home Front with thousands of rockets and missiles - which fits well the typical cowardice of a Muslim Warrior. Let the Syrians come. Let's see who will be asking for the UN help to stop Israel from totally destroying them (of course, as a reuslt of their own aggression). I think that Baby Assad is asking for a "victory" just like Nasrallah got last year.
55. Bible Warning About Syria . . .
Craig Crawford ,   Laguna Niguel USA   (09.06.07)
The Bible warns Damascus, Syria will someday be completely destroyed and become a 'ruinous heap' . . .  "The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap" (This prophecy has not yet been fulfilled) (Isaiah 17:1) The Bible warns it will also be a time of trouble for Israel . . ..  "And in that day (usually refers to the coming 'Apocalypse') it shall come to pass, (when God says 'it shall come to pass' it ALWAYS happens.) the glory of Jacob (Israel) shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean." (Isaiah 17:4) There will be a coming time of trouble unlike anything in the history of the nation coming to the land of Israel ... Jeremiah calls it 'the time of Jacob's Trouble ... and it is hard to tell if this happens after Damascus is destroyed, or at the same time. We do know from Bible prophecies there will be a coming 3 1/2 year period of false peace in Israel brought in by a strong, powerful, and very popular world leader (also called the "Antichrist") who will someday enforce a 'peace plan' upon nation Israel just before the coming 'Apocalypse' and Armageddon ... We are told here (and in other prophetic passages) that a faithful few in Israel will turn back to God and His Word ... and may discover, from Scripture, that Jesus-Yeshua, is the Eternal One (see Micah 5:2) and Holy One of Israel . . .  "At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One (Messiah) of Israel." (Jesus-Yeshua, the promised Messiah) (Isaiah 17:7) God tells us why Jacob's (Israel's) 'trouble' will come . . .  "Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength (the "Rock" is Messiah) (Isaiah 17:10) God says none of His prophecies shall fail . . .  "For I am God, and there is no other. for I am God, and there is none like me . . .  Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done." (Isaiah 46:9-10)  "Search from the book of the LORD, and read: not one of these [prophecies] shall fail; not one shall lack her mate. For My mouth has commanded it, and His Spirit has gathered them." (Isa 34:16)  "Indeed I [God] have spoken it; I will also bring it to pass. I have purposed it; I will also do it. Listen to Me, you stubborn-hearted, who are far from righteousness . . ." (Isa 46:11-12)  "BEFORE the decree is issued, before day passes like chaff, BEFORE the LORD'S fierce anger comes upon you, BEFORE the day of the LORD'S anger comes upon you! SEEK the LORD, all you meek of the Earth, who have upheld His justice. SEEK righteousness, SEEK humility. It may be that you will be hidden in the day of the LORD'S anger." (Zephaniah 2:2-3) Grace and Shalom, www.alphanewsdaily.com www.theprophecies.com
56. It's a lie!!!
enzo ,   london,uk   (09.06.07)
To enter Syria through the northern border is pure fantasy! The Turks would have the IAF aircraft on their radars! Wait...news just in: Turkey: Last IAF exercise in our territory was in August! Are the Syrians looking for an excuse to escalate the situation?
57. If Israel did break the sound barrier, will they fix it?
enzo ,   london,uk   (09.06.07)
58. Isarel and the need for speed
Gazan ,   Gaza, Palestine   (09.06.07)
Israel is a state created and defined by its enemies... having no enemy means dissolution of the 'refuge' state with fence and tower. So, what do you do when you run out of enemies, you create one ... so simple
59. allan Thou shall read what Thy write
real doctor ,   monterey ca   (09.06.07)
I have all the 1701 text no need to rewrite it But you skip the power points on lebanese side not one instant of violation found other wise you hear all the hoopla but on israeli side viloations at the last coun were 978 Twain must be rollin in his grave knowing your adaptation
60. It was probably Iran
(09.06.07)
Testing their new "home made" jet fighter. And it wasn't a sonic boom, it was a back-fire.
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