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ISRAELI SPECIAL FORCES CROSSING INTO #SYRIA, FOX NEWS VIDEO SHOWS
https://video.foxnews.com/v/video-embed.html?video_id=2387678544001
Russia Has Just Made Sure That Any US Deliveries Of Weapons To Syria Will Be Airborne
Russia has deployed upwards of a dozen ships to its naval base in Syria over the past three months, and recently sent advanced anti-ship missiles to the embattled Syrian government, highlighting the depth of Moscow’s commitment to the Assad regime and the challenges in [...]
“The administration in power in Damascus is illegal how can we recognise a structure that isn’t even recognised by its own citizens,” Erdogan told reporters
Erdogan has rejected a Syrian proposal to help in the investigation of the bombing in Reyhanlı.
http://www.brecorder.com/top-news/1-front-top-news/119629-erdogan-rejects-joint-probe-with-damascus-on-turkey-blasts.html
Turkey still searching for six more suspects. I would imagine it will only be a couple more days until Turkey officialy throws Assad under the bus for this bombing.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/turkey-detains-4-more-suspects-in-car-bomb-attacks-near-syrian-border-death-toll-rises-to-51/2013/05/14/3ffe09bc-bc83-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_story.html
by WashingtonsBlog
Who Should You Believe … The UN Investigator or the U.S.?
Haaretz reported on March 24th, “Jihadists, not Assad, apparently behind reported chemical attack in Syria“.
UN investigator Carla Del Ponte said that there is strong evidence that the rebels used chemical weapons, but that there is not evidence that the government used such weapons:
But the U.S. is blaming the Syrian government for the attacks in Syria.
So who’s right?
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Two mortar shells struck Israel’s Golan Heights on Monday in the early evening local time. Though the IDF described the mortars as accidental spillover from fighting across the border in Syria, they are bound to deepen fears of escalating violence in the region.
On Friday and Sunday Israel reportedly struck Iranian and Hezbollah assets based in Syria. The Israelis have subsequently made extensive efforts to dampen tensions – IAF jets had conducted the [...]
by WashingtonsBlog
UN: Rebels – Not Syrian Government – Used Chemical Weapons
UN investigator Carla Del Ponte said that there is strong evidence that the rebels used chemical weapons, but that there is not evidence that the government used such weapons:
This is not surprising. Haaretz reported on March 24th, “Jihadists, not Assad, apparently behind reported chemical attack in Syria“.
The “rebels” in Syria that the U.S. has been arming and otherwise supporting are Al Qaeda and Muslim Brotherhood.
Unfortunately, history is repeating.
Specifically, [...]
BREAKING: Arabic TV station Al-Mayadeen: Israel has declared a state of alert at all its embassies, consulates and missions
https://twitter.com/NewsBreaker
alarabiya_eng
#BreakingNews: Damascus allows Palestinian factions to attack Israel from Golan Heights: sources
Syria-n TV confirms: It will allow Palestinian factions to use the Golan to attack #israel
Popular Resistance Brigades Have Been Formed To Confront Israel In The Golan
Following the alleged Israeli attack in Syria, and fearing a possible Hezbollah retaliation, the security alertness [...]
Is this Syria’s “doomsday ” weapon?
Intelligence sources say that the Syrian air force has adapted old Russian made MIG-21 fighter aircraft to fly unmanned and carry chemical warfare materials. This information is now being investigated by a number of intelligence organizations
http://defense-update.com/20130505_syrian-mig-21-were-fitted-for-chemical-warfare.html
i-HLS.com, Israel’s Homeland Security Home
http://i-hls.com/2013/05/mig-21-fitted-for-chemical-warfare-is-this-a-real-threat/
Report: Syria stations missile batteries aimed at Israel
Syrian deputy foreign minister says alleged Israeli airstrikes on targets on the outskirts of Damascus are a “declaration of [...]
by WashingtonsBlog
Hawks Desperate to Drum Up an Excuse for War
It is likely that Al Qaeda rebels – and not the Syrian government – carried out the chemical weapons attack which the hawks in Washington are trying to use as a reason to invade.
Haaretz reported on March 24th, “Jihadists, not Assad, apparently behind reported chemical attack in Syria“.
The Syria Tribune released a video in December allegedly showing Syrian rebels killing rabbits with chemical weapons, and threatening [...]
Multiple U.S. officials tell Eli Lake the scary truth: in many cases, we simply don’t know. Plus: irregular militias loyal to Assad have reportedly been training in how to use them.
As the White House mulls whether Syria has crossed President Obama’s red line and used chemical weapons, the U.S. military and intelligence community are quietly acknowledging that the United States does not know where many of those weapons are located.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/02/where-are-syria-s-chemical-weapons.html
2 missiles have been reported to have hit Jordan.
Syrian Missiles Hit Jordan: No Casualties
As Strikes Target Border Area Rebels, Stray Missiles Cross into Jordan
http://news.antiwar.com/2013/04/28/syrian-missiles-hit-jordan-no-casualties/
Nathan J Hunt ‏@ISNJH 7m
Report that at least two missiles fired from Syria have landed on Jordan side of border
https://twitter.com/
Syrian missiles hit Jordan as Assad forces step up air strikes against rebels
Two air force generals said to have defected to Jordan with their MiG-21 fighter jets.
…
Residents [...]
Syrian regime ordered use chemical weapons against the Free Syrian Army during select battles, a defected general told Al Arabiya.
The Syrian government ordered the use chemical weapons against the Free Syrian Army (FSA) during select battles with Syrian regime forces, a defected general told Al Arabiya late Saturday.
Zahir al-Sakit, a former army general from the chemical weapons branch, told Al Arabiya that he was instructed to use chemical weapons during [...]
Former Military Intelligence chief says Iran will be two months away from decision on bomb in the summer. ‘It is so close that it will make it hard to stop Iran from deciding to finish push for bomb,’ he warns. Current head of research at MI says Assad using Sarin gas in Syria
Former Military Intelligence head Major General (res) Amos Yadlinsaid Tuesday, “For all practical purposes, Iran has passed Israel’s new red line.”
Yaldin, [...]
Russian missiles incoming to Venezuela:
http://slide.mil.news.sina.com.cn/slide_8_300_22538.html#p=1
04/05/2013
(Infodefensa.com) Caracas – arrived at the port of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, from Russia, mobile system components long range anti-aircraft missile S-300VM Antey-2500, according to local newspaper Notitarde. In the images that illustrate the note, there are trucks transporting on trailers, launch tubes for missiles 9M82M. The newspaper counted at least twelve tubes and precisely who came on board Socol 6.
http://www.infodefensa.com/?noticia=la-defensa-aerea-de-venezuela-recibe-primeros-sistemas-misilisticos-rusos-s-300vm-antey-2500
. . . we are at war [...]
Syrian planes have bombed a Lebanese border town in eastern Bekaa Valley, the first such attack during the country’s ongoing crisis, according to a Lebanese army source.
http://rt.com/news/syria-planes-bomb-lebanon-434/
Syria Live Blog
Lebanese army tells Al Jazeera Syria planes bombed Lebanese border town for the first time
http://blogs.aljazeera.com/topic/syria/lebanese-army-tells-al-jazeera-syria-planes-bombed-lebanese-border-town-first-time
Two days after 21 Filipino UN peacekeepers were kidnapped by Syrian rebels in the village of Jamlah, situated less than a mile from the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, eight other UN monitors from the Philippines abandoned their position on Friday and crossed the border into Israel.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4354003,00.html
8 UN vehicles enter Syrian village to collect UN hostages held by rebel group says AFP
#BreakingNews : UN vehicles seen entering border Syrian village Jamleh now [...]
Hell will rain down on Assad’s Palace
SCUD that landed near Aleppo
Officials: US to Provide Syrian Rebels With Direct Military Aid, Armored Vehicles
http://news.antiwar.com/2013/02/26/officials-us-to-provide-syrian-rebels-with-direct-military-aid-armored-vehicles/
US vows major expansion of its support for armed militants in Syria
http://www.presstv.com/detail/2013/02/27/291050/us-vows-expansion-of-its-antisyria-bid/
Syrian Shell Hits Israel in Golan
A shell fired from Syria hits the Golan as rebels, Syrian troops continue to battle near border.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/165689#.US4mYjA4tsJ
Report: Nasrallah’s deputy injured in Syria blast
Lebanese newspaper quotes rebels as saying Hezbollah Deputy Chief Naim Qassem [...]
Rebels seize Syria’s largest dam, taking control of water and electricity to parts of country
The rebels had already seized two other dams on the Euphrates River. But the latest conquest, the al-Furat dam in northeastern Raqqa province, was a major coup for the opposition.
It handed them control over water and electricity supplies for both government-held areas and large swathes of land the opposition has captured over the past 22 months [...]
WATCH: Summary of FSA operation to liberate regime outposts and checkpoints on the Mutahaleq al-Janoubi in Damascus.
Syria’s army has launched a fierce assault around Damascus, blasting rebel strongholds and sealing the main entrances to the capital, witnesses said, as prospects for peace talks dimmed.
Shattering months of relative calm in the capital, Wednesday’s offensive coincided with two suicide car bombings that killed almost 20 members of the security forces in the [...]
Let the games begin.
BREAKING: The FSA has formally announced its entrance into #Damascus to begin the battle to liberate the city, according to
https://twitter.com/NMSyria
FSA are advancing on Damascus surroundingly with more than 40 frontlines- checkpoints being captured and steady advance.
https://twitter.com/al_7aleem
CAIRO – The foreign minister of Iran said on Wednesday he believed that the Syrian government was ready to negotiate with the opposition and that the two sides would have to sit [...]
Tehran tells president to ‘take care of your business’ after Israeli air strike, Israeli TV says; analyst worries about new rash of Syrian TV interviews demanding attacks on the Golan.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-reportedly-refuses-assad-request-to-hit-back-at-israel/
Lebanese Professor:
If it does not act in response to Israeli aggression, it will be quite embarrassing for the regime to justify the use of fighter jets and helicopter gunships in its internal conflict (for purposes of regime preservation), but not for [...]
The armies of Syria, Lebanon and Jordan are all on high alert, a report in a Lebanese newspaper said Sunday. The report in Ad-Diar said that the alerts were due to Israel’s attack on a Syrian missile transport and, according to Syrian claims, an attack on a sensitive Syrian military installation.
The report said that the Syrian army has instructed its units to break up into smaller groups, “similar to what [...]
From Washington’s Blog:
The U.S. is constantly fighting enemies which it helped to create…
The fighters who overthrew Libya’s Gaddafi (as part of our “humanitarian” war there) were largely Al Qaeda terrorists. And after Gaddafi was killed, they flooded into Syria… where we are now fighting them.
As we reported in November:
The U.S.-supported opposition which overthrew Libya’s Gaddafi was largely comprised of Al Qaeda terrorists…
Al Qaeda is now largely in control of Libya. [...]
Luis Martinez
ABC News
January 18, 2013
The United States will take “all necessary and proper steps” needed to deal with the ongoing hostage situation in Algeria, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told ABC News’ Martha Raddatz in an exclusive interview, although he cautioned that American officials fear the information coming out of the African country is “pretty sketchy.”
Panetta also provided new details about Syria’s mixing of chemical weapons in December and the clearest [...]
by WashingtonsBlog
Blowback from Stupid U.S. Policy
The U.S. is constantly fighting enemies which it helped to create.
For example, U.S. backing of Al Qaeda led to 9/11.
The fighters who overthrew Libya’s Gaddafi (as part of our “humanitarian” war there) were largely Al Qaeda terrorists. And after Gaddafi was killed, they flooded into Syria … where we are now fighting them.
As we reported in November:
The U.S. supported opposition which overthrew Libya’s Gaddafi was largely comprised of Al Qaeda terrorists.
According to [...]
Just coming in.
Will Post Updates
https://twitter.com/NMSyria
Al Jazeera Arabic is reporting it:
Update: FSA say they attack the Iranian- Russian convoy based on info they bought from Alawite Generals in the Presidential Palace
https://twitter.com/DamascusTribune
1455 GMT: RUMOR OF THE DAY. Usually we don’t post unsubstantiated rumors, but this one is so hot that it could be extremely significant. According to activists, there was a coordinated assassination of several Iranian and Russian Generals as they left [...]
Just hours after Syrian forces bombed a line of starving residents waiting for bread, reports came out that the government used chemical weapons on the city of Homs, a rebel-held city in Western Syria.
There has been no official confirmation yet, but if these reports are true, it may force the U.S. to intervene.
The U.S. said in August that such a move by the Assad regime would constitute a “Red Line” [...]
BREAKING: Syria militants use chemical weapons against Syrian forces
Militants fighting against the Syrian government have used chemical weapons against the army in Daraya near the capital, Damascus, military sources say.
According to a commander of the Syrian Presidential Guard, at least seven Syrian soldiers were killed on Saturday after they were attacked by a chemical weapon which produced a toxic yellow gas.
The soldiers were reportedly killed within an hour after inhaling [...]
US Recognizes Unelected Terrorists as Syrian “Representatives”
As expected, after a long pause of feigned “consideration,” the US has recognized the militants it has been arming, funding, aiding logistically and supporting diplomatically since as early as 2007, as the “legitimate representatives of the Syrian people,” with the added caveat, “in opposition to the Assad regime.” The Wall Street Journal would report that US President Barack Obama’s announcement actually read:
“The Syrian National [...]
Assad is toast, they just dumped on his face.
Syrian opposition victory possible, but at an absolutely unacceptable price – Moscow
http://rt.com/politics/syria-opposition-win-moscow-959/
Bomb explodes near Syrian capital as rebels edge closer to Assad’s seat of power:
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/bomb-explodes-near-syrian-capital
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High-level defections renewed:
The Assad regime received another painful blow with the defection of its Spokesman, Jihad Makdissi, who’s considered one of the highest-ranking Christian members of Assad’s inner circle and who staunchly defended his crackdown on the [...]
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