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Israel test fires target missile in Mediterranean
Yoav Zitun, Reuters
Published: 03.09.13, 13:40
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1. Who blinks first?
(09.03.13)
The "war" has already started, but nobody is interested to take the responsibility for it. That's not important anyway. The launch source can be deducted by the target and results of the strike. BTW, excluding the wiping off of the Muslim Terror meeting which went wrong, was there any new report of a "strike"? If yes, where, when, who, what?
2. Russian intelligence - ha ha ha ha
David   (09.03.13)
Didnt know they had any ?
3. Man, the drums are a beating
Cameron ,   USA   (09.03.13)
4. Okay, sorry - learned it was us + that's okay.
Barbara ,   Haifa Israel   (09.03.13)
We always have best interests in our actions.
5. One thing is certain: It's not British!
Dee Bee ,   The Galilee, Israel   (09.03.13)
What was the United Kingdom Great Britain and N. Ireland is now the Unreliable Kingdom of Just Britain and N. Wimpland! "Unreliable", well that what the Americans call the UK now. As for Russian Intelligence, I didn't realize that had sobered up from the huge party in the Kremlin celebrating the humiliation of the USA, the UK, France and the rest of the wimps in the EU and NATO! Ed Miliband, whose father escaped the Holocaust and whose mother was a Holocuast Survivor, should be ashamed of himself. Mr. Ed Miliband, never forget: "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke). You as a Jew should know that!
6. Incitement - this is just incitement with :
Barbara ,   Haifa Israel   (09.03.13)
conjecture / words / rumors. But for sure, there will be someone out there with an itchy finger on the button. What idiots. What - pride outweighs life ?
7. Warning Shot! The YANKS are coming!!!
Son of Cyrus ,   UK   (09.03.13)
8. Al Qeada navy one.. two.. three.. testing
(09.03.13)
Syria claims last known sighting of a bathtub seen bobbing in the med. Two bearded gentlemen in wet suits seen lighting large rockets in milk bottles.
9. #5 dee bee
ky   (09.03.13)
You seem to be under the impression that we are here just to fight wars on your behalf. You might think it suits Israel to get rid of Assad but that could be very mistaken thinking in the long run. As for the Syrian victims don't try to tell me that you are weeping for those who would kill you at a moments notice.. True enough it was a terrible thing but the situation there is so complex and really impossible to obtain any sort of clear truth that only fools would rush in where angels fear to tread. Britain made the right decision to stay out of a civil war.
10. OK Ruuskis - It was just a Sparrow Saying Shana Tova!!!
Son of Cyrus ,   UK   (09.03.13)
11. I AM IMPRESSED!
(09.03.13)
It took everybody several hours to identify who launched the test missile. Now how the heck will those useless imbeciles identify and fight, or PREVENT a missile attack originating off-shore or by a Muslim Terrorist group??
12. Test.
Jarvis ,   Joseph USA   (09.03.13)
A ton of information is gathered from these tests. The Russians have ability to detect ballistic missiles. The system can probably track hundreds of air threats simultaneously. I'm sure they can shoot down just about anything. Including cargo planes.
13. Prediction
Misha ,   Tel Aviv   (09.03.13)
America will attack Syria on 9/11
14. test fire reply to " 5 "
MO ,   Ireland   (09.03.13)
I see you are to embarresed to put you name to your article. You should read the article in the financial times by Mr. K.N. Sabah it was needless to say brilliant.
15. #2
DianaK ,   Germany   (09.03.13)
they donĀ“t only have an very effective intelligence , they have some of their 8.400 Nukes targeting your seedy living area
16. The latest Al Qaeda atrocity in Syria
(09.03.13)
Out of AP and Reuters US-Backed Terrorists Behead 40 Syrians Including Baby. Al Nusra gunmen from Iraq and Saudi Arabia stopped the bus on the road in Talkalakh and killed everyone before setting the bus on fire. According to media reports, the attack was carried out because the passengers who were from three different villages in Ras al-Ain, supported anti-terrorist Kurdish groups which were formed recently to defend the Kurdish population against anti-Syria terrorists.
17. Israel's missiles
Zusha ,   NYC, USA   (09.03.13)
Israel keeps refining it's ability to make defensive missiles, while its neighbors keep refining their ability to make destructive missiles. BY"H, Israel will win this race, while its neighbors missiles land on their own heads.
18. #5 and Britain
RHarris ,   London   (09.03.13)
You say that the UK is now the 'Unreliable Kingdom' - what nonsense. We had our fingers burnt in the past in the rush to way against Iraq - we were railroaded by Blair into an open-ended war. You have a problem with UK democracy deciding that we should wait for evidence-based decisions and you use that as the basis for you to tell Ed Milliband to be ashamed of himself since his mother was a holocaust survivor. Such tenuous connections you make in order to justify stupid conclusions. I promise you that no one in the UK is in favour of the Syrian government's use of chemical weapons. The big questions is what is the best way to deal with it. The warmongers, you included, seem to think that a few surgical strikes will solve the situation. What nonsense. A few surgical strikes will open a Pandora's box of hellish dimensions, and I am sure that you, among other people, will not be happy when the clouds of chemicals waft their way over the border into the Galilee where it seems you occupy some exiled Palestinian's land, if not home too. Good men are not doing nothing - as you imply. Good men (and woman) are busy trying to work out how to neutralise the evil being carried out in Syria at the moment without dragging millions of people into war. I doubt that even the moron of the Galilee could disagree with that... or is it just that you like to think of a neighbouring Arab country being bombed and to hell with the consequences.
19. We have G-d on our side.
Moshico ,   Jerusalem   (09.03.13)
He brought us out of Egypt sending plagues before, there have been wars, we lost 6,000,000 of us and yet we are still here. Syria better watch out if you start on us because we will finish you off and that goes for Iran as well.
20. ky#9, naah you are just warmongers
Jake   (09.03.13)
Look at the mess you created in Libya. Was that on "Israel's behalf" too?
21. MO#14 you're one to talk
Jake   (09.03.13)
22. whats up with russian radar these days
zionist forever   (09.03.13)
They didn't know where the missile had come from, surely they would have detected an F15 taking off in Israel ( not exactly a big country ) and then that jet flies out to sea and next thing you know there is a missile detected in that area. What do they teach their sailors about spotting things on radar and working out what they are and where they came from. The Russians make target missiles of their own how come they didn't pick up on what Israel had launched especially when later another missile killed it. If they are this stupid explains why the Russians lost the cold war if their sailors don't know how to use radar properly.
23. #9 - what makes you think Israel wants an attack?
Ben ,   Chutzlaaretz   (09.03.13)
KY, Why are yo convinced Israel wants UK and US to attack Assad? I have yet to hear that from the Israeli government. Israel is simply stuck having to prepare for the result of an attack due to the Syrians and Iranians insisting on dragging it in regardless of who attacks them. It is clear to most Israeli's that neither side is our friend.
24. 15
(09.03.13)
seedy living area???? my my, german. don;t you know that israel is the 17th best economy in the world, the country is one of the most beautiful places in the world where tourism surpasses millions per year and where not only the economy, but the modernity is superb. unfortunately, we do have your holocaust remnants, thanks to your germany and despite what you did to us all, we built a country that is super smart, super successful and super modern despite your zyclon b and auschwitz. take that to the bank, nazi. go deal with many if your seedy, dirty islamic areas populated by the illiterate muslim turkish immigrants you love so much.
25. #9: You should learn to read what's written.
Dee Bee ,   The Galilee, Israel   (09.03.13)
And not what you think. Where to did I write or imply that Israel wants to get rid of Assad or someone must fight our wars for us? For 65 years we have fought our own wars and the ONE that Britain and Israel were on the same side, Suez 1956, the British stabbed Israel in the back because the Americans put pressure on Britain as the price of petrol was going up! Yes, the USA and only the USA, as helped Israel with weapons development fund and supplying Israel with aircraft and hardware. No American soldiers have ever been killed in any Israeli war. The submarines we have are German. There is nothing British in our arsenal because the UK boycotts Israel military wise but has no problem with selling her Arab friends with weapons to oppress their OWN people! As for Miliband, well some in UK think that the yelling and shouting with joy at the decision of the House of Commons to be more akin to a football match than than closing the eyes of thousands of Syrians! Where you are right is that to bring down the Assad regime will bring Al Qaeda and other miscreants on our border but, as history shows, Israel knows hoe to deal with terrorists because our survival depends on it. Al Qaeda, according to the USA and the UK, us weakened. Well, maybe they need a visit to the eye specialist - there is one in Damascus who practiced in the UK!
26. #18: No. The Times said it!
Dee Bee ,   The Galilee, Israel   (09.03.13)
Have a look yourself. The headline was shown on SKYNews this morning! Have a look! "Good men are not doing nothing - as you imply." Well, RHarris, London, please tell that to the 7,000 dead children and the live ones that we see crying EVERYDAY! Maybe there are good men but it seems that they are far and few between and certainly NOT of the "Red" side of the Unites Nations Security Council! Would the "moron" in London please show us where "trying to work out" anything in the Arab and Muslim world has worked for more than 5 minutes? Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, Tunisia and Egypt are very good examples! As for your personal attack on me, well, I would suggest you pull your head out of where it is and listen and READ what your own British commentators re saying! QED! Your comment does show one thing and that its your hatred of Israel and Jews is very well illustrated!
27. #23 Ben
ky   (09.03.13)
I am quite aware that most Israelis do not want an attack on Syria . My reply was directed to post #5 and the few with a few brain cells who goad Britain for wanting to stay out of it. The real wimps are those who rush to war without considering the consequences. I have been personally involved in a major war in Israel and seen at very close quarters the suffering to families that war causes. War is hell it is not a matter of wimps or heroes. One should avoid it as long as it is possible.
28. #23 Ben: People like #9 and #18 will always ...
David ,   Israel   (09.03.13)
find some reason to vilify and attack Israel.
29. #28
RHarris ,   London   (09.03.13)
You say people like #9 and #18 "will always find some reason to vilify Israel". We don't actually need to 'find' a reason since your beautiful human-rights obsessed, peace loving, property respecting government simply provides the reason in almost every communique or policy statement.
30. #26
RHarris ,   London   (09.03.13)
Try a little less hysteria, a bit more reason. I can see that you are troubled by the deaths of Syrian civilians, but what you ignore is the dreadful hypothesis that surgical strikes on Syria will lead to many, many more dead people. it may be tempting for you to think, like a good Israeli, that everything can be solved through a good bit of bombing of brown people, but things are not that simple, and you simply haven't carried out any sort of risk analysis.
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