This page has been archived and commenting is disabled.
Syria Declares Israel Attack An "Act Of War', While Israeli Defense Forces Close Northern Airspace
In the aftermath of last night's second attack in two weeks by Israel on Syria, the immediate response has so far been muted, with Syria condemning the aggression as an act of war. According to UPI, Syria "vowed to retaliate after an apparent Israeli airstrike on the capital Damascus early Sunday. A government official said on CNN the attack on a military research facility was "an act of war" that the government would not take lightly. "Syria is a country that does not accept insults and it doesn't accept humiliation," said Omran Zoabi, Syria's information minister. Zoabi added the attack had opened "a wide door for all possible options." It remains to be seen what, if any, option Syria will take or if it will merely jawbone toothlessly, inviting further unrequited air-based incursions into its territory. Most likely any response will need the preapproval, and the assistance, of Putin.
Incidentally, the only response so far has come from Israel. As Stratfor reports, citing Israel News, the airspace in northern Israel has been closed until May 9 due to an Israel Defense Forces directive issued May 5. Which means the only planes flying in north Israel, which borders Syria through the Golan Heights, would be military.
In the meantime, those curious what Israel bombed and why on Sunday Morning, Enduring America has compiled a detailed analysis on the topic.
Early on Sunday morning, huge explosions rocked northern Damascus.
Scientists said that the explosions measured between two and three on the Richter scale, a scale designed to measure earthquakes. Giant balls of fire rose above Mt. Qasioun, a mountain that overlooks the capital and is at the center of Syria's largest military complex. The very symbol of Assad's control over Damascus was on fire.
Immediately, Syrian officials stated that an Israeli airstrike had hit a military installation in the area. Within a short time, unnamed American officials confirmed Israel had struck Damascus, a sign that the US government likely greenlighted the attack.
This strike took place within days of another Israeli airstrike that apparently targeted a shipment of rockets en route from the Syrian military to Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon.
Some analysts have said that a stockpile of rockets, made in Iran and bound for Lebanon, was the target of this second strike.
However, this analysis ignores the fact that several important military installations appear to have been the targets of this most recent strike.
The Syrian government claimed that a military research facility was struck (map). In addiion, there have been many videos of the explosions, taken from many different angles, which suggest that a much wider range of targets, across a wider area of the military installation, were struck and not simply a convoy of rockets.
An initial analysis by Stroyful's Félim McMahon suggests that the research facility itself was not hit, but rather the nearby headquarters of the 104th Brigade. Beyond this, videos suggest that huge stockpiles of weapons, likely artillery shells and ballistic/artillery rockets, were also destroyed in the airstrike.
The 104th Brigade is an elite group of Republican Guards tasked with defending one of the most sensitive areas of Assad's defense network in the capital.
The precise locations of the targets are still being nailed down and confirmed, but some insurgent leaders are reporting that an even wider stretch of area was hit:
IAF raided 12 targets including units of 4th division and air force intelligence without penetrating Syrian airspace.
— Murhaf Jouejati (@mjouejati) May 5, 2013
View Strike near Mount Qasioun (May 5, 2013) @felimmcmahon in a larger map
The 4th Armored Divion is Assad's most important unit, run by his brother, Rifaat Al Assad. If the 4th Armored Division was indeed the target of the airstrike, this is a major blow to Assad and to the regime.
The Israeli airstrike did not target stockpiles of weapons deep in storage.
These are the most important fortresses that the regime maintains, and are instrumental to Assad's ongoing defense against the rebel offensive. These artillery and rockets from this area are used to routinely target insurgent positions, and civilian neighborhoods, all across the capital, from east to west, north to south.
These stockpiles are particularly important to Assad's efforts to retake Darayya, the largest suburb of Damascus which has been at the front lines of the fight for the capital for over six months. There are unconfirmed reports that the 4th Armored Division and the 155th Brigade SCUD missile base were also hit, but even if this is not the case, the Israelis have struck at some of Assad's most important bases, just kilometers from the Presidential Palace.
The message to Assad is clear. If the regime continues to move rockets across the border to aid Hezbollah, Israel willnot only strike at the immediate threat, but will deal serious body blows to the regime, severely hampering Assad's efforts to counter Syria's insurgency.
The question remains, however, as to whether destabilizing Assad was the ultimate goal of this airstrike. At the very least, Israel has proven that it is willing to pick a side and go all in if it feels threatened.
This incident should also permanently put to rest the debate as to whether Assad's air defense is capable of standing up to external threats. Assad is completely vulnerable, and has been dealt a serious blow. As a result, Israel may have completely changed the debate about foreign intervention in a single instant, and may have catalyzed an international drive to remove Bashar al-Assad from power.
»
- 40558 reads
- Printer-friendly version
- Send to friend
- advertisements -
Bing-badda-bang!
Winner of the day folks.
Closer to home...crime...asking more and more questions...huge distraction...stay on target!
http://www.4thmedia.org/2013/05/01/before-our-very-eyes-the-boston-marat...
21stcenturywire.com/2013/05/04/tsarnaev-wife-skull-and-bones-cia-family-connections/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcxmAunB4Ck
I've been hearing about problems in the Middle East since the 1970's. It's endless. Not sure how much of this is America's business. Don't want our troops there. Yes, we should support Israel, but as time has shown, they are the big dog over there and can handle themselves.
why "should" anyone support is-ra-el if it is the aggressor bombing other countries and fomenting violence in the region?
Don't you have some goat herding children to teach some more hate or how to put on this nice heavy vest with all those pretty steel marbles.
it would be a better life to be a goat herder than to be under the debt- subjugation and enslavement of the NWO banker occupied world government.
we should support peace and not maniacs ruling us.
i wish i could pay no taxes because large portion of it goes to funding wars in one form or the other
Escalation in Syria intensifies as Israeli air raids in Syria destroy massive Hezbollah missile stockpiles and Chemical-weapons Depots. Hezbollah sources confirm the strategic decision of the Shiite axis to continue the illegal arming of its terrorist proxies with game changing weapons. Netanyahu heads to China which remains neutral so far. Russia likewise remain silent following the first ever docking of a Russian warship in Israel's Haifa port last week. Detailed analysis here : http://essential-intelligence-network.blogspot.com/2013/05/syrian-crisis-shifting-gears-following.html
And now we find out how strong an ally Russia is - if Tel Aviv is struck with Russian assistance, or Russians guard Syrian airspace and shoot down Israeli drones or fighters... it's on like Donkey Kong
You know you are screwed when...
Your country is being used for hot testing of weapons systems, and your sponsors are letting you swing for the bleachers, before you hang from the rafters.
Assad is a brutal dictator who aids the nutcases running Iran.The strategy has always been to try to box Israel in.This guy should have been taken-out a long time ago.This is what happens when you don't seperate Church and State and you have a bunch of religious quacks in Iran with their own army who are causing problems for all their neighbours in the region.Putin is another wingnut and fits right in with backing another power mad idiot.
So were Sadam and Gaddafi, both were brought to power by the U.S., sorry, did you have a fucking point (other than armchair fucknuts should probably just shut the fuck up)?
take your juvenile shit back to huffnpuffers. even the dumb jews calling everyone including their yard squirrel anti semitic get more respect than someone spewing last years pablum.
Magal Security Systems must be doing great bidness these days.
Is this still the Arab Spring? When the fuck do the seasons change over there?
hopefully it turns into a north dakota winter for israel.
Israel had already called up 2000 reserve soldiers for a "surprise drill" in Northern Israel by April 30th ostensibly for "engaging Hezbolla." This was not mentioned in Western MSM at all but was leaked on a twitter feed April 29th.
"IDF deploys 2000 reserves to North in large-scale surprise drill, amid tensions with Hezbollah and Syrian instability."
http://www.jpost.com/Defense/2000-reserves-called-up-to-North-border-in-...
....along with 6 diapers per idf soldier so they won't soil their uniform when someone shoots back at them.
Well if Syria has any balls at all, they'll lob some stuff back before futures open this evening.
This clearly explains the foreknowledge of these attacks as the oil prices rose all last week.
I hope Syria et al kicks the shit out of Israel and I hope Israel kicks the shit out of Syria et al to get this shit over with and one or all end up like Sumeria and Phoenicia, the earth will be rid of this stupid shit once and for all.
this event clearly justifies the japanese attack on pearl harbor. the pacific fleet was clearly readying for an attack on japan so japan attacked before the fleet could sail. all you people who disagree are just anti japanese racists picking on a defenseless nation surrounded by enemies like the chinese and flips and indonesians and vietnamese.....
So, are you calling Hawaii a nation that is surrounded?
you make an interesting point; however I suggest the true meaning is the Afghanistan and Iraq wars plus drone attacks have changed the rules of engagement. The change increase the chance of a major conflict. Once you add the on-going financial crisis, the international social fabric is quickly fraying and straining to hold, but dark forces will soon cause the fabric to be completely torn apart.
With this said, S&P should be up 100 points at the Monday open on the news because this will create immense economic activity per Krugman!
I think the Syrians should insist on Israel vacating the Syrian Golan Heights — as per UN resolutions — immediately before having any discussion with the ‘opposition’, and certainly with the Americans.
That's gonna happen like Mexico vacating the lands of the Myans and the Incas or China the land of the Tibetans or Russia the land of Chechyca? or India the land of the Sikhs or France the land of the Cromagons or the Floridans the land of the Cherokee so that new senator from Mass could move back home, or Texas, Okla and N Mexico the land of the Cheyenne and Apache. Spoils of war lady.
You state truth. Israeli Jews are being outbred; therefore they must return land or Jews will ba a minority in Israel and there constitution will allow non-Jews the power in Israel. The Israeli Jews of course will change their constitution and terminate their place as a democracy.
The Israeli Jews need to have more sex and much more unprotected sex, because the real competition is taking place between the thighs of their women.
Why is it that when N. Korea rattles the atom bomb angle the world's press shrugs,but when the Israelis rattle their atom bombs the Pentagon gets their collective PANTIES IN A BUNCH. Yeah I hate the hezbollah but the only way Iran is getting invaded is if they bring back the draft in the USA.---------NOT.GOING.TO. HAPPEN.EVER.--------
that is kind of an interesting question. i know nothing but what i hear is morale is low and the prospect of going into another war of dubious intent and purpose may be the proverbial back breaking straw for the regular army. what level of false flag would rally the troops and the people to accept a draft, let alone, a war for israel?
We don't need no draft. Why the Mississippi National Guard could mop the floor with the armies of the entire ME.
...Mississippi National Guard wouldn't lift a finger for Israel...trust me...
If there is a retaliatory strike against Tel Aviv, it won't be Syrian. It will be Russian.
List of targets:
Herzliya, Mossad HQ
Negev Nuclear Research centre
Nuclear submarine bases in Haifa and Eilat
All military airbases.
All anti aircraft.
Conclusion: If the Russians use naval bombardment, their navy and aircraft carrier will be vulnerable from subs and air attacks. If they take out the airfields and subs, they might have a chance. But it would not seem like a proportional response to Israel's acts of war. Most prudent course of action would be to take out the nuclear subs quietly then get the UN security council to start sanctions against Israel for dozens of violations from nukes to human rights and military war crimes against civilians. Highly unlikely with US vetoes in the past, but at least it gets the ball rolling and the nations in the General Assembly may take unilateral action to support Russia. Obummer may be surrounded by AIPAC types, but his real feelings on Israel may be tested.
The biggest hurdle is the zionist media, and I don't have an answer for that part of the equation. To prevent a full scale global nuclear war, it might be wise to support an all out Russian attack on Israel sometime in the near future if Putin can figure out a way to do it. I have often posted that war is the most insane and abhorrent activity known to man, but I have absolutely no qualms about killing murdering thieves and preventing them from ever harming us and others.
The Russians have been on board since day one. This is about resources, period, open your eyes fool.
http://www.thecommentator.com/article/3048/russia_s_new_middle_east_ener...
Plausible. If that is true, then both Syria and Iran are finished. Syria will be known as East Israel in a few months.
Consider this. Russia had a treaty with Nazi Germany until the invasion of Poland.
First, resources are essential, period. Second, what would anyone in the region (of mostly starving people - just look at Egypt) do. Iran is in the best shape out of all these folks. Alone, Iran does nothing. The Syrian "circus" has gone on long enough, there is some real work to do here and I say Russia and Isreal will get it done. The wild card is China, but if the Russians go about their business, so will the Chinese.
The real work involves more of the same mess we left in Iraq. There is no way anyone sane will support another invasion with Israel no less. Putting aside that I personally would never support a nation that has apartheid, murder and theft as national policies, no amount of sugarcoating is going to make the fall of Syria into Israeli hands palatable to anyone on the planet.
The wildcard is the 99% of non-zionists angry enough to take it out on all zionists for starting another war. And I mean at home, not in the ME. There's a boiling anger against Israel's crimes, and worse, that they have never been punished. I just hope it doesn't affect all the decent jewish people who have never supported Israel.
I can't emphasise this enough. Israel is a criminal state, but that alone is not enough for its destruction. It is a criminal state connected to the global banking ponzi, military industrialists, and mass media that imo committed covert acts of mass murder against the West. I absolutely hate war, but simply for pragmatic reasons alone, these warmongers must be stopped.
"must be stopped". Not to be difficult, but... Stopped by whom? You and what army?
That treaty INCLUDED invading Poland from both the East and West. They divided Poland amongst them Hitler and Stalin.
We don't need no education...
Russia is the most resource rich country in the world. If they spent half the time learning and following the ten commandments that they spend disrupting the world, they would be a wonder to behold. I think it's the crylic alphabet that is holding them back. IMHO.
...ummmmm...Russians "on board" is dubious...we'll see... Russians are for Russians...and Putin's policy of picking-off Oligarchs one at a time has been interesting and rather effective...
israel's biggest vulnerability is a ground war. if something is coordinated between egypt, hezbollah and syria supported by iraq and iran israel would be done in a coupla days.
you are an idiot.
they cannot feed their 100 million citizens with pita bread...and do not have running water or electricity in the coming 50 degrees hot summer ahead of us and you want them to coordinate an attack?
egypt is begging europe for 5 billion aid to buy food , they are in their pocket . how is that with your wishfull thinking?
you are assuming europe would be happy to come to the defense of israel. in the grand scheme of things the end of israel solves a lot of problems for the world. that geopolitical reality is not lost on europe.
look at the media. even portions of the usa msm are bashing israel. it has been going on in europe for years now, especially in britain. the whole world knows bibi and the entire israeli establishment is crazy all the way to aipac and adelson. that could not have occured even just a few years ago. sentiment is being softened for the end to israel. a short look around the web says the overwhelming sentiment of even the bottom half of the class is anti israel.
israel is done and not soon enough.
Samson Option.
every jew in the world woud be dead the next day under the "kill them all and let god sort them out" progam.
That's if the world is still around. The Samson Option would render the world uninhabitable depending how much they used.
Do the Israelis really believe that the Samson option will save them, instead of making everyone else with strong survival instincts want to sterilise their whole country? Are they that stupid?
They believe they´re ´chosen´ by God Almighty the Creator of the Universe to do all they do, so yes they are.
Putin doesn't look that stupid. Holding tiger cubs and riding motorcycles with your shirt off ain't the same thing.
YHC, Are you, or have you been a bubble head?
Subs are a strategic asset because they cannot be "taken out" with a pen stroke.
Better to hold ones tongue, than to speak and remove all doubt.
If Russia decided to defang Israel, Putin would present it to the world as an instant fait accompli. Done, nothing to discuss.
Israel is a 1 bomb state, all Russia has to do is launch a few nukes and Israel is more then done . After this time we should arrest all zioists, remove them from positions of power and influence.
john 39 we lost the 33 day war? man , maybe thats why Nasralla 7 years already living in a bunker , or , hasnt sent one rocket since , to Israel? come on man . where is your pasion? over the past 2 month , as im sure you know Israel army treated over than 20 injured soldiers from the syrian army , and rebels as well , who came to the border begging for help. the IAF flew them with helicopters to Rambam hospital in Haifa , one of the best hospitals in the world. should I put the links and pics as well?
http://news.yahoo.com/israel-treats-four-syrians-wounded-civil-war-israeli-102454826.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/16/us-syria-crisis-israel-idUSBRE91F04F20130216
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/israel-repatriates-six-syrians-treated-for-civil-war-wounds-1.506093
now , I can tell you that the head of Nahariya hospital is Dr Barhum. an arabic man. more then 25% of the staff and doctors in the hospitals in the north of Israel are arabic.
This could be almost as successful as their last south lebanon border incursion.
Did they learn nothing from those Saggers during yom kippur.
try to understand that people in Israel see themself first as Israelis and jewish - zionist second.
to my estimates , about 75% of the Israelis will accept it.
for many reasons .
by calling us zionist you play it all wrong.
the reason we have a state , as successful and thrive
is because of the new hebrew , Israeli man who went from tora learning to work the fields...and build the land
save the zionist to your Rotchild stories...
Dude, I'm not Jewish, but...
Having dealth with both US Jews and Israelis, I've had no problems with either. I think I like the Israeli variety better as a personal preference: more worldly, less Madison Ave or Hollywood. No doubt both have their share of assholes, but I've met a lot of 'assholes' and ignoramuses who are so-called "Christians" right here in the US.
Do I think that Jews had a lock on certain industries? Yes. Am I bothered by it? A little, but not that much.
What bothers me most is that these fashion-label "Christians" seem either unable or unwilling to raise their game or performance and unity to the same level, when groups or cultures compete. Perhaps it's the persistence of the Frontier culture (not just self-reliance, but also "Screw you, you're on your own!" mindset) that's embedded in American protestanism that makes for a fragmented society that is open to competition from a more unified group. If so, it is not the unified group that is to blame, but the fragmented group.
The only 'Christian' group I know of that perhaps comes close to the levels of individual and organizational excellence, are probably the Mormons. Both Jews and Mormons seem to have a commitment to excellence and success that was once more wide-spread among Anglos and Europeans than is today. My own family's commitment to excellence leads us to be faith and culture blind.
Since Nature and Darwinism takes no prisoners, I hedge and plan accordingly. I/we don't fear the smart and worldly people - be they Jewish, Asian or European. We fear the ignorant and hot-headed masses, who can and probably will become the roving Zombies of TV.
well done for pointing out the similars,
freemasonry and a commitment to Zion-ism, combined with copious anti-depressants, will certainly earn perks with the respective governments - Utah data base'd trustworthy spies for the powers-that-be, huge monies funding tiny warmonger state as foothold in a "resource rich" part of the world,
definitely parallels to be drawn now, though in the future shifts will cause those lines to inter-sect, with consequences.
Fuck the Satanic Tribe!
Two Words:
USS LIBERTY
And who is one of the TOP countries running Intel/Spy operations AGAINST the USA: Is-Real.
Judaism is the root of the other two monotheistic religions, Christianity and Islam. Both Christianity and Islam acknowledge this. Christianity accepts Christ as a Son of the Father and Muslims accept Christ as one of Gods (the Father’s) prophets, they follow Mohammed as the last of the true prophets as he brought them the message of a loving and monotheistic God. The details of who is what is not nearly as important as humans making true the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. Only then shall they evolve beyond sentient animal creatures that must obey the impetus of tooth and claw and move to higher beings that understand and use spiritual values.
Christ, like all true messengers, risked his life to tell ordinary men that each one is God’s child and can directly seek his approval without the intervention of any earthbound authority. Each of use carry the God fragment within use, popularly called the Soul, and no one puts this spark of eternal life into an entity, but the Father Himself. The Sanhedrin did not like that teaching; it challenged their self proclaimed power as “God’s broker”. Power was their god, not God. Their actions bear that out.
About 740 AD the Khazars adopted Judaism and gained their learning from the scribes of the Sanhedrin. The Talmud of the Sanhedrin continued to evolve under the Luciferian inspiration of the AshkeNAZI Jewish Rabbis’ who considered themselves “chosen” by God and so authorized to rule the goyim subhumans. They have been deceived by Lucifer to believe he is God and have been taught great earth skills, some of them of Gods design, like unity and brotherhood (for the tribe only, not of all the children of God), and other skills of Lucifer’s design, like the art of deception. They think that their organizational skills prove they are Gods chosen and pay no heed to the mischief they engineer in slowing down the evolution of the goyim (who are effectively part of God’s family).
The antichrist is a system of thought planted by Lucifer and made real in the Zionist genius. They are authentically and methodically ruthless, tenacious, and infinitely patient. Read the protocols of the elders of Zion to gain insight into their mindset. Ashkenazi Jews are not all practicing world dominators, but they are almost all complicit tools for the ones who are, and like all humans they will take the free lunch (to be slave masters rather than slaves) if they get it. However there is no free lunch and even if they wreck the world and take it over for a thousand years “what profit a man if he should gain the whole world and lose his immortal soul.”
All this mayhem and nonsense for nothing; it is time for the goyim to wake up and put a stop to these misguided, puerile, and lost children of God. If you don’t awaken, and fail to use the brain and free will God gave you, then you will come under their domination which is really Lucifer’s domination. You have to want God and the freedom that is your creation right. It is not handed to you on a silver platter; that would contradict the principle of free will. Freedom, the expression of free will, is always coveted by potential slavers, Lucifer being the head one around here.
You think God is mumbo jumbo? Free market economics is the invention of no man; it is a naturally occurring expression of the free will which is the best of the individual man, planted in his nature by his Creator, in His own image. Lucifer cannot hope to defeat God on any ground. Lucifer exists at God’s pleasure, a sad aberration of the free will gift, God is Existence itself and more.
So, little people in a big game, seek to stand in the sphere of Gods light and don’t lean entirely on yourself because these forces are very much bigger than you, even if you are educated in truth. Remember on the Jewish Day of Atonement as they recite the Kol Nidre, they are coming for you, almost all of them from the Tribe. At their head is their spiritual guide whom they mistakenly think is God, but we know him by the name Lucifer and recognize him via his deeds (Ye shall know them by their fruits).
Sorry for this terribly long post, promise I’ll never do it again; but one more thing that I sense from the tone of these posts. Seek every option before you resort to violence, and if you must resort to violence, not the dehumanizing way Hitler did it, but with measured reserve, for we are ALL God’s children, ALL of equal value to Him, and like any father of a family, he wants to see ALL his children do well, and so is most appreciative of those children who helped their siblings that are lost and in eternal danger. This applies only to the misguided, those who know they serve Lucifer, and choose to be the head of a rat rather than the tail of a lion; they have a different thing coming
Non-sequitor: TYLER, I like you motor scooter ads. More relevant than T-shirt or slut-escort ads. Especially with oil prices rising soon. :-) I actually plan to look into these wheels.
Cheaper and less grief than the damn Enterprise. ;-)
Helen Thomas was right. The "Israelis" need to pack it up and go back home to Europe. Israel has turned out to be a failed experiment.
No, rather than endless nicks, cuts and jabs of the proverbial World 'Wrestling' (War!) Federation, we need WINNER TAKES ALL. Only then will we have peace.
"Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger."
B Netanyahu.
What a piece of scamp, Benjamin.
It summarizes what is being happening not only in Israel, but in the US with the "war on terror". The strategic of "National Security", totalitarian shit of the sort.
Nice "leaders" up there. You need new ones. Or none.
Not that I'm defending nettyjewhoo but didn't Hermann Goering say that?
Yeah it was goering, but it could just as easily have come from bibi's mouth.
"Threadshitter" - Noun. (Thred SHIT ter) - Definition - One who derails, destroys, and corrupts threads. [Urban Dictionary]
Seeing a lot of new faces here.
Let's up this game, the two minutes hate is awfully boring.
Security Council President on the situation in Syria- 18th April 2013. [UN] Worth a listen; called for immediate cessation of hostilities. Quote that defines it: "I don't want to comment, I am here simply to deliver what I was asked to do". Mr. President knows who runs Barter Town.
U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon and ambassadors from the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China discussed on Thursday "possible diplomatic moves to end" the Syria conflict after U.N. diplomats said mediator Lakhdar Brahimi was determined to quit...Ban's spokesman, Martin Nesirky, said of Ban's meeting with the council envoys: "(They) discussed possible diplomatic moves to end the crisis. He briefed them on the latest developments relating to the chemical weapons investigation mission." [Reuters 2nd May]
"Diplomatic moves": Israel is a honey-badger, and just don't care (and actually sees this type of baiting as vitally important to fronting Arab states in the region, nothing better than giving it the old ultra violence once the actual big-boys have done talking). The security council members had already finalized the deal, if you missed it.
The real fix was in @ Davos btw for anyone who missed the talks there (smart post earlier about energy go find it), esp. regarding Turkish deals with Kurds / PKK; it took a while to hash out though:
The jailed leader of Kurdish rebels fighting Turkey, Abdullah Ocalan, has called for a truce after years of war.
Ocalan also urged the fighters of his PKK organisation to withdraw from Turkey, in a message read out to cheers during Kurdish New Year celebrations in the city of Diyarbakir. [BBC 21st March 2013]
New Moon on the 10th is known as the "full flower moon" [source], unless you're Chinese, then it's the Dragon Moon.
Feel free to go back to flinging poo.
just a small correction, please.
the "full flower moon" - full moon - is on the horizon, for 24/25 May, the second full moon in this cycle, somewhat rare, the first being 25 April. . . moon cycle about 29 days, full/new roughly 14.5 days apart, eclipses usually pair'd - so there appears to be an outlier, rogue-ish moon stirring the global pot, heh. from February 2013 it's the year of the Black Water Snake.
it's the ongoing Uranus in Aries square with Pluto in Capricorn that bears watching - IMHO - representing massive upheaval, sudden events, wars, but most importantly, a death/ending to cultural/national structures built from belief systems, over time - upcoming next exact pass will be 20th May, just prior to the full moon eclipse, could prove in-tense.
it's nature-all, nothin' personal. . . surprises happen when one isn't paying attention.
Aff, you have me. New -> Full moon; Flower to full.
As for paying attention... if I blind myself more, I'll end up with blinkers. I'll hope the völvur forgive me when the time comes.
oh, that paying attention bit was most certainly not aimed at you, if anything perhaps your attention is FULL on.
compared with most here, I know relatively little about most things financial, but I do have a corner on the sky-watching memes.
we all contribute what we have/can, heh.
respect.
Truth be told, this is a crippled attention given. A mixture of Sisyphus and blinded sight, and chains put on responses.
If only we could go the speeds intended.
The net is becoming a silly place, where small voices practice and the weird is broken, because the Voice of One is here. Those who think that Order comes from a single vision, not multiplicity, because their business models cannot process reality. Who then make reality singular through force and expect no crash, death acceptable and then regret the loss of that which they rely upon, masked by drugged indifference.
Monoculture is the death of the divine.
the 'net is indeed becoming more silly by the day, entertaining on a level, but no substitute for ones personal reality. . . unless of course, that reality matches the 'net, in which case, well no escape *needed* eh.
all my life, whenever things start to feel a little too shiney-happy, I sniff the Voice of One, the single vision mandate, the no other way entertained vibe, and pack it in, move on - often literally. lately I hear people talk of how tired they are, they just want things to be "okay" - just when the propeller is about to fly off the post - and I wonder, how will they cope when it all gets ratched up yet another notch, and another.
monoculture is un-natural - the fist tightens, yet it cannot crush what it cannot hold. . . old stories are being out-grown now, by some at least, and those who cannot relax their grip, be it on self or on others, always lose in the end, despite their vain attempts at scripting his-stories. control is an illusion.
and of course, you know this.
you've outdone yourself on the video links Ax, well played.
http://m.nydailynews.com/1.1335214
E! Twitter hacked by Syrian Electronic Army. This is one way to get the low info voters attention.
Never a better time to grab a "7-day Tour of The Holy Land" on Vacations To Go...very discounted fares....but you have to bring your own Kevlar flack jacket.
This will be interesting to see how it all plays out. Lots of players, lots of prizes…
Will it be the Israeli Mistake?
- Syrian TV: Syrian sources say missiles will be launched at targets in Israel in the case of any Israeli incursion. The targets have been specified and they will be bombed by Syrian launchers without need for approval from the leadership
- BreakingNews: Damascus allows Palestinian factions to attack Israel from Golan Heights: sources
- #Iran chief-of-staff Hasan Abadai announces that "the resistance" (Hezbollah) will respond to #Israel's aggression on #Syria.
lol:
You've got the good links. I appreciate the links and real time.
+1.
The nerve of Syria - defending itself.
"an elite group of Republican Guards"
Ha! Now where have I heard that before?
Oh, perhaps last year, when Ron Paul and his supporters were being systematically mocked, attacked, marginalized and ostracized by the corrupt and underhanded shenanigans of the pro-status-quo GOP Old Guard?
No worries. With our liberal immigration policy all the Syrian refugees can move here to the USA, get s5tudent loans, Section 8 houses and food stamps. Maybe they can grab some of that government-paid private schooling/tuition like that Chechen kid in Boston.
@3532753
Some might (move to the U.S. or Canada). For now, they are emigrating to Russia:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01NObXYk0rA
http://rt.com/news/syrian-refugees-russia-kevorkova-751/
Damascus Bombing Video
This was heavy:
http://homment.com/damascus-bombs-video
You're re-hosting a video from liveleak that I posted 37 minutes after it went live, on a dubious 3rd party site, that requires a login unless you allow certain parts of the script to run.
Script kiddies =! cool.
Those are some very large secondary explosions from a major attack. This is going to get interesting in the next few days. How much has Russia invested in syria over the decades.
Israeli launches airstrikes against Assads forces, while the anti-Assad forces are made up of fundamentalist Islamic factions, including Al Qaida, which the US also wants to back. both Israel and the US now back the terrorists in Syria and Russia could take a strategic interest there, which might mean putting actual Russian advisors and weapons systems in Syria in order to defeat the terrorists. And these same Russians tried to communicate information about the Boston bomber to US authorities. In conclusion I am damned sick and tired of these Russkies sticking their nose where it doesn't belong.
Yes, because the Russian - Syrian treaty wasn't done in 1971. Oh, sorry, I forgot: The USA has prior claim.
The Syrian coup d'état of March 1949 was a bloodless coup d'état that took place on March 29 and was the first military coup in the history of Syria. It was led by the Army chief of staff at the time, Husni al-Zaim. Syria's President, Shukri al-Kuwatli, was briefly imprisoned, but then released into exile in Egypt. Al-Za'im also imprisoned many political leaders, such as Munir al-Ajlani, whom he accused of conspiring to overthrow the republic. The coup was carried out with discreet backing of the American ministry, and possibly assisted by the Syrian Social Nationalist Party, although al-Za'im himself is not known to have been a member. According to Joseph Massad, a professor of Modern Arab Politics and Intellectual History at Columbia University, the coup was sponsored by the United States CIA [1]
(and yes, we got the snark, you just didn't do it right - it needs more 'MURICA)
Wars have been going on for a long time. A lot of generational money has been made while we all kill each other for questionable causes. Now that we the globe can communicate via the internet. Can we the people all over the world stop it? Maybe not today...but one day? Interesting thought...what are the possibilities? The internet didn't show up until 2000. It is still growing globally. How long before we the people figure out we don't need to die or kill for some anonymous elite? Is it possible? God I pray that it is possible. I have never been more informed then I am thanks to sites like Zerohedge. What I once took for granted, I now question. I'd like to think I am part of the global awakening and part of dare I hope, the evolution of humanity.
There's a lot we could do. We're a vast, huge majority.
We could even strike worlwide to stop them. All shutted down except for emergency services.
Are we willing to do it?
Like, for instance, if everybody shut off their computers all at once?
Ah Ah!!
Nop.
It does not do to rely too much on silent majorities, for silence is a fragile thing, one loud noise, and its gone. But the people are so cowed and disorganised. A few might take the opportunity to protest, but it'll just be a voice crying in the wilderness. Noise is relative to the silence preceding it. The more absolute the hush, the more shocking the thunderclap. Our masters have not heard the people's voice for generations and it is much, much louder than they care to remember.
V
you can see this playing out...
Israel launching small scale air strikes against the Syrian military, doing what NATO would like to do but doesn't dare attempt right now.
not without some kind of indisputable "moral high ground", like say a mass chem attack against a highly visible civilian target resulting in large amounts of civilian casualties that could be placed squarely on Assad's shoulders.
that would neutralize Russia and it's high powered radar system and large amounts sea and land based SAM weapons it currently operates in and just off shore of Tartus. which could be turned against NATO air craft cause Putin knows that if Assad gets booted, he loses Tartus.
so the real question is how important is Tartus to Russia? how far will Putin go to defend his military interests in Syria?
I think the only reason why we haven't yet seen a Libya style "humanitarian kinetic military action" in Syria is because NATO is seriously concerned that Putin might just be willing to go 12 rounds over this and in his back yard, with Iran willing and able to pitch in NATO would find itself at a distinct disadvantage.
so Israel will do the heavy lifting at least for now, until "Syrian" anti air batteries suddenly and mysteriously become proficient enough to shoot them down...even in Lebanon.
Very good! Like I said... Players and Prizes...
Kinda like my old hood,without the shit heads.
The Syrian Central Bank - Banque Centrale de Syrie - holds its gold in Damascus. I say this based on the following precedent.
When Syria received gold in the IMF restititions, it received the gold via the Bank of England, opening a new set-aside account (and a drawing account). It then asked for the gold to be exported to Damascus. So, like Saudi Arabia (via BoE) and Libya (via Banque de France), Syria imported the restituted gold.
Syria may have had other gold in FRB or Paris but I haven't looked yet. But given the hostilities, they would not be likely to leave gold sitting around in FRB etc.
So all gold is most likely in Damascus, if its still there. It may have been squandered or else spirited somewhere by the ruling families.
So another Libya or Iraq gold seige?
It is well known that Russia and China have vetoed all attempts to get a UN mandate to attack Syria by NATO. The nation of Israel being the creation of the UN and the only victim nation given unlimted rights in this world, it stands to reason the US and NATO asked them to beging to attack Assads best military units and amunition stockpiles. You see, it is now working perfectly. Sincce Israel did it, all is well in the world.
Expect more. It is a win win for NATO. If Syria defends itself then the USA has a treaty right to invade and conquer Syria. This is fact.
Yes it is NATO. that evil NATO
Zionists cant get the blame, no way
Israel is a victim
In a recent Sibel Edmonds interview with Lew Rockwell, she talks about the bigger picture regarding the Boston Bombings and speaks about a possible "back door deal" with Russia concerning Syria. Not long after the bombing, Russia suddenly does a sweep of the Caucasus and rounds up 140 suspected extremists. Now, we have the invasion of Syria beginning...She confirmed that Graham Fuller has been a long-time CIA operative in the Caucasus region (which is funding and supporting the "freedom fighters" there), and Graham Fuller is the father of Uncle Rustan's wife, who also has ties of working in that region. (uncle Rustan is Tsarnaev bros. uncle). That cannot be coincidence!
The Boston Bombing, the CIA, and the US Empire | Sibel Edmonds
http://youtu.be/ZpmRWYLeOTc
The winds of real war, yet gold and silver opened down.
Watch them fall thru the floor tomorrow morning as the paper market bears zero relevance to any sort of reality whatsoever other than the reality of utter lawlessness in the rading world.
Come on Iran, take these asshole Likudniks out once and for all. Overall, not many people would mind.
The guys that worked hard to bring us the destruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 9/11, and the death of hundreds of thousands of people, are at it again. Same guys, different nation. William Kristol, Elliot Abrams and wife Rachel, Richard Perl, John McCain, Michael Ledeen, Mort Abramowitz, Eric Edelman, Alan Makovsky, Douglas Feith, Paul Wolfowitz, Robert Kagan. And pretty much the entire Banking cartel and CFR (council on foreign relations).
Listen to them via all their "think tanks". The Jamestown Foundation in the Caucasus is where Tamerlan trained as a CIA asset. Several of the boys listed above are heavily invested in "organizations" in the Caucasus....For Democracy, of course.
Now you see all you people who like to blame all the jews or all the muslims, this is how you do it. Name names.
Bravo.
WHAT? Wasn't Iran next on the neo-con hit list? Seems like Israel is getting ahead of things.......
oh well... war is war, and given the accelerating pace of things this must mean that the economic melt-down is fast approaching and major diversions are needed. I suspect someone seriously miscalculated with the last metalsa slam down and the 'unexpected side effects' are playing havoc with attempts to keep the lid on things. The latest jobs numbers are pure fiction - but nary a hint of skepticism in the MSM....... We're past the 1932 unemployment rate with 24% real unemployment (shadowstats.com) and inflation is 3x the official rate using the 1980 metrics.
The Israeli attack on Syria, the mercenaries in Syria who were on the CIA payroll when they earlier started the uprising against Gaddafi in Benghazi and the al-Qaeda car bombers who just struck in Damascus with multiple car bombs prove one fact. That fact is that Obama is the organ grinder controlling these monkeys. What other "monkeys who bomb people" Obama has on a leash is ultra classified information. Boston bomber Tamerlan isn't talking.
Amazing how much evil and darkness this shitty little tribe of 13 million causes. No wonder they are the most hated group in the history of the planet!
Jews are not permitted to kill Arabs. Only Muslims have the license.
I have seen no reports of ground to air missile launches at the Israeli planes. The Syrians may not have an air defense system capable of stopping them, but the Russian ships must be able to take them out if they come near the ships. I have no clue if they might risk getting blown out of the water for Assad. The Israelis can fly under the radar and do a bomb toss maneuver on a land approach. Satellites can track all flights so there are no secrets after a minute or two. Both sides know so i do not know why it is not made public.