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Syrian army launches new offensive near Israeli border
Roi Kais, AFP
Published: 18.05.14, 00:53
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1. Please bomb him
Bob   (05.18.14)
Israel's chance now that he is weak and his country is divided. If he wins he will not make peace but support Hezbollah and Iran even more.
2. "IDF locked down the border with Syria"
lydia ,   Brisbane   (05.18.14)
Meaning what? IDF couldn't control weapons passage to their Syrian rebels?
3. GREAT! More Muslim fireworks!
Iranian Jew ,   LA USA   (05.18.14)
Saudi queen should send his troops in. Why isn't he protecting his own people? Oh wait! He would rather re-do the bathroom tiles. He could be too busy curing cancer or solving global warming too.
4. Please bomb him
Bob   (05.18.14)
Israel's chance now that he is weak and his country is divided. If he wins he will not make peace but support Hezbollah and Iran even more.
5. Obama will let Iran keep its Shahab-3 ballistic missile
CJK   (05.18.14)
while obama will not let iran keep its longer range ballistic missiles, he will let iran keep the shahab-3, with a range of 2,100 miles. the shahab-3 could strike anywhere in the middle east, including israel and the entire gulf. if this report is true, then it is crystal clear that obama is abandoning the entire middle east to its fate.
6. 2
y Allon ,   adelaide/Israel   (05.18.14)
Meaning that you don't understand what's going on.You have had your 10 cents rant, now go back into your kennel.
7. Obama vs Putin
(05.18.14)
Obama is training, arming and supplying Jihadis through the Jordan-Syria border. The Jihadi's recent successes in Kuneitra are thanks to the high-quality weapons given by Obama. Since he wants to reduce the chance of a major war resulting from Obama's forces butchering civilians in Ukraine, Putin has ordered Assad to get rid of Obama's Jihadis in the Golan and threaten Jordan.
8. 1
zionist forever   (05.18.14)
Better than Assad wins this war rather than the Al Quaida rebels and fact is when Assad eventually does fall which is inevitable matter of when not if who will replace him. I really do not think anybody can predict that right now, it won't be a case of the western backed FSA just stepping in and declaring they are now in charge. For Israel the main reason to keep out of Syria if possible is Assad has hundreds of Russian & Iranian missiles of varying distance capabilities and alot better than the junk Saddam Hussain used in 1991. Syria also has more missiles that Israel has defense against them as Israel only has around 100 Arrows, some Patriots and most will be used to protect military sites not the public so once the barrage starts and the Arrows & Patriots are used up we have a problem.
9. To: No. 2
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (05.18.14)
Screeching little harpy, aren't you? Israel doesn't aid the Syrian rebels. We are quite content to sit back and watch Arab kill Arab. It's what Arabs do best. Although they had better not let their homicidal tendencies drift too close to the Israeli border. Israel has no problem bombing targets in Syria, and we don't particularly care which side of the quarrel the bombs fall upon. We've destroyed weapons convoys bound for Hezbollah, and warehouses at Latakia holding long-range missiles, also awaiting transshipment to Hezbollah. Syria does not constitute a threat to Israel. We can set off to destroy what's left of that country just after breakfast and be home comfortably in time for lunch. Like I said -- both sides of that hornet's nest had better be mindful of where their shells fall. Their killing fields need to remain north of the border with Israel. In 2007, Israel streaked clear across Syria in order to destroy budding Syrian nuclear ambitions. We OWN Syrian air space. We own Syria. Remember what happened to 82 Syrian MiGs? Think we've forgotten how? We haven't. Now get back to work -- so many toilets to clean; so little time.
10. To: Bob at No. 4
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (05.18.14)
Why? Scorpions in a bottle; let them go on and do their thing until they're all dead. Israel does not need to get involved in internecine Arab conflicts. As long as the conflict stays on their side of the border, I don't care how many of them die. But both sides need to be really careful where their shells fall.
11. Iran "Clean break" splits Muslim sects like a blood diamond
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (05.18.14)
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