The Commentator
Reports suggest that Syria’s embattled dictator, Bashar al-Assad, is shortly set to declare war on Israel after interventions against the regime
Following evidence of chemical warfare and an increasinly reticent US position, Israel has in recent days taken widely reported steps to neutralise threats emanating from within civil war-torn Syria.
While strikes from Lebanese airspace this weekend are not thought to have been on chemical weapons caches, the recent Israeli intelligence regarding the use of such weaponry is thought to have spurred on a round of strikes, including the latest just hours ago.
The Syrian state news agency SANA, citing initial reports, said early Sunday that Israeli missiles struck a military research center near the capital Damascus.
Syrian state television has reported that a major strike on an ammunition depot in Qassiyoun mountain shook Damascus, while Hezbollah’s Al-Manar station claimed the explosion may have been a downed Israeli jet.
Rumours are surfacing online that following the latest volley of attacks on the Syrian regime, President Bashar al-Assad will soon officially declare war on Israel, with speculators pointing to 5am local time for official confirmation. This information continues to persist despite the technical state of war that currently exists between the two states.
Many however, have been quick to dismiss these reports as strictly rumour, with various commentators claiming that such a move would be sure to end Assad’s reign of terror in Syria “within a week”.
The news of an Israeli intervention in Syria has caught the Obama administration on the back foot, with the US president refusing to comment at length about the strike. Obama said, “The Israelis, justifiably, have to guard against the transfer of advanced weaponry to terrorist organizations like Hezbollah.”
The US president made no mention of supposed “red lines” being crossed, despite evidence of Syria’s used of chemical weapons against rebel forces. Critics have hit out at Barack Obama in recent days for failing to put forward any coherent strategy to bring the violence in Syria to an end. The inaction, according to some, is another example of Obama’s “lead from behind” strategy, the same tactic he employed during the intervention in Libya.
UPDATE 03:15am GMT: 5am local time in Syria has passed without comment from military authorities or the Assad regime. Speculation continues about the nature of the attack with some insisting that Israel’s weaponry was “nuclear-like”, that chemicals can be “smelt” in the air, and that the attack was co-ordinated by Israel with help from Syrian rebel forces.
UPDATE: 04:36am GMT: Sources suggest that Qassiyoun mountain was the home to many stationed Assad forces, with some projections claiming over 10,000 could have been stationed in and around the area.
UPDATE: Sunday morning: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to call a cabinet meeting for 3pm today to discuss the ongoing situation
@ Cap Fanatics ? ok ……humm
http://www.pakalertpress.com/2013/05/09/russia-not-to-tolerate-further-israeli-attacks-on-damascus/
http://www.dodbuzz.com/2013/05/06/chinas-military-build-up-continues-pentagon/#IDComment638247173
Many fanatics here…How charming!
How about a nice big bomb to detonate in the middle of tel aviv, at least 100 kilotons
I wonder if that might be a little too extreme.
Tell me ? Is Israel not on the way to using nuclear weaponry ? take another good look at the video footage in Syria . now how can you state that is a little to extreme . Karma, energy in motion, what goes around comes around .
The Elites are just begging for the New World Order. Looks like they become too desperate this time.
Do it Assad! Have other free Arab states like Iran help. We’ll take care of the jews and their enablers here in the States.
The fact that ISRAEL does not even admit their attack on Damascus shows their two faced activity. They are the ones committing terrorism. America has to stop being the pawns of the Zionist Elite.
America has no need to be in Syria. Syria is not a threat. Israel had attacked us numerous times and claimed that the attackers were other people but in the end the evidence revealed Israel was the cause and the source. 9/11 is perfect example.
Ohh? and who do you think supports Syria and Iran??? You think these two countries have the gall to speak out on their own? Syria has ALWAYS opposed Israel, Like Iran and guess who supplies them with weapons against Israel?? that’s right, you’ve got it >> RUSSIA. Assad is a dictator, always has been and the reason why they threaten like Nth Korea, is because they have a Guardian in RUSSIA. Oh? you think that all those weapons that Hezbollah used they bought themselves?, sorry, they were supplied by RUSSIA and the Democrat, socialists that sits in the US pretending to be American, You didn’t know that?? And who do you think are the Guardians to Israel and the West? You don’t know?? that’s right, The Republic of America, ” We the People ” and once we have an Elect, Conservative Republican that stands on the Constitution, we will do just that. Damascus?? You didn’t know?? yes, that’s right, Damascus will ” Disappear “, off the face of the earth ” because of Assad. When he attacks Israel, it will be for him, the last move in this game of chess!
I do not like this post. It represent pure evil. The desire of the writer is for Syria to declare war so that the U.S could get involved.” Mokotjo”. Don’t you think that the Israeli’s intention is to get the US involved . the US has already committed itself to assisting the cancer of the ME no matter if they start a war and the victim retaliates . The US foreign policy is dictated by home grown Jews and Israel and unfortunately the statement by” Archie1954 ” that its none of our business ! is completely erroneous . It was none of the USA’s business to be in Iraq or Afghanistan and being mired with the Israeli’s will ensure that more death and destruction will descend on other ME countries . History will condemn the Israel and its puppets the US and NATO and I agree with Leo . that these attacks by Israel may well bring the Russians into the conflict and the sooner the better !!
Israel as usual, is playing with fire and will be crying for US intervention to pull their fat out of the fire (that they sarted). I’m very much for letting all the Middle Eastern nations go at it in a free for all to clear the way for a new paradigm, one where the US, UK and other nations are not involved. If they want to bomb each other back to the stone age then let them. It’s none of our business and in the end we can’t do anything about it, except bomb them all ourselves and that simply is not appropriate under any circumstances.
I do not like this post. It represent pure evil. The desire of the writer is for Syria to declare war so that the U.S could get involved. The peace-loving people of the world hate what the U.S and its Allies are doing in the Middle East. Even if they can succeed to kill Assard, like they did with Hussein, they must know they will never achieve security they claim to be fighting for. The U.S is the super power in decline and Israel will be exposed in the not so distant future.
If this is the case it will bring Russia into the conflict, which in return will bring the U.S. into the conflict .. it is about time …