January 30, 2013
— Ace The convoy was carrying Russian missiles.
Beyond that, there's some confusion.
Western officials say that Israel did indeed strike the trucks carrying SA-17 missiles. The Syrians are denying it... well, they're denying Israel hit trucks containing SA-17s. They claim instead Israel hit some sort of Peaceful Scientific Installation for the Benefit of Adorable Beagles.
Honestly I have no idea what they're saying.
Syria denied news reports that a convoy was hit in Syrian territory."Israeli warplanes violated our airspace at dawn today and directly struck one of the scientific research centers responsible for elevating resistance and self-defense capabilities in the area of Jamraya in the Damascus countryside," Syria's military said in a statement carried by the official Sana news agency. It said the attack killed two workers and injured five others, and "caused significant material damage and the destruction of the complex."
Hezbollah also denied that Israel had attacked a convoy of Hezbollah weapons in Syria. "We have no information about this issue. We are not concerned at all," said Hezbollah spokesman Ibrahim Mousawi.
Thanks to Monty.
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And orphans. Don't forget the dead orphans.
Posted by: pep at January 30, 2013 03:43 PM (6TB1Z)
Posted by: Truman North, FUPA TROOPA at January 30, 2013 03:44 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at January 30, 2013 03:44 PM (l7h8K)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 30, 2013 03:44 PM (cnS/d)
The target was a truck loaded with weapons, heading from Syria to Lebanon," said one Western diplomat, adding that the consignment seemed unlikely to have included chemical weapons. Related:
A source among rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar Assad said an air strike around dawn (0430 GMT) blasted a convoy on a mountain track about 5 kilometers (3 miles) south of where the main Damascus-Beirut highway crosses the border. Its load probably included high-tech anti-aircraft and anti-tank missiles.
Posted by: ette at January 30, 2013 03:45 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: pep at January 30, 2013 07:43 PM (6TB1Z)
And puppies. Westerners like puppies.
Posted by: Methos at January 30, 2013 03:45 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: Overwrought Al-Jazeera reporter at January 30, 2013 03:45 PM (6TB1Z)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 30, 2013 03:46 PM (S7Hzw)
and anti-tank missiles.
Well, yes. It is easier for aircraft to bomb SA missiles while they're still in the crates, so this makes sense.
Posted by: Methos at January 30, 2013 03:46 PM (hO9ad)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger (aka 3 tooth) at January 30, 2013 03:46 PM (3E2th)
Posted by: ette at January 30, 2013 03:46 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: ryukyu at January 30, 2013 03:47 PM (C6XFd)
Posted by: RWC at January 30, 2013 03:47 PM (sqp6o)
Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at January 30, 2013 03:47 PM (CHnHn)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at January 30, 2013 03:47 PM (l7h8K)
Posted by: chemjeff at January 30, 2013 03:47 PM (cnS/d)
I'm sure that they'll be staying up all night in Turtle Bay, working on the official U.N. condemnation.
Posted by: Stu-22 at January 30, 2013 03:48 PM (k4bdL)
Posted by: Typical Peaceful Syrian at January 30, 2013 03:49 PM (nTwQs)
continual survival...Why would anyone believe anything
Syria has to say , - proven liar's....
Posted by: American Dawg at January 30, 2013 03:49 PM (trA4n)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Offering Moobats Gasoline and Matches at January 30, 2013 03:50 PM (0q2P7)
There are two dangerous possibilities regarding Syria,” Shapiro said. “Either the regime will use chemical weapons against the Syrian people, or will transfer the chemical weapons to Hezbollah or other extreme organizations. We want to prevent either of those possibilities from taking place, and we are watching the situation closely.”Home Front Defense Minister Avi Dichter, who characterized Syria as a chemical weapons superpower, said Israel was monitoring the situation to understand with as much specificity as possible what was happening to the country’s chemical weapons arsenal.
JP
Posted by: ette at January 30, 2013 03:50 PM (nqBYe)
continual survival...Why would anyone believe anything
Syria has to say , - proven liar's....
Shut up, you Zionist tool.
Posted by: Chuck Hagel at January 30, 2013 03:50 PM (6TB1Z)
Posted by: Truman North, FUPA TROOPA at January 30, 2013 03:50 PM (I2LwF)
Posted by: CSMBigBird at January 30, 2013 03:51 PM (l7h8K)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 30, 2013 03:52 PM (S7Hzw)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff, purveyor of corrugated cardboard Mini-Estates at January 30, 2013 03:52 PM (JDIKC)
Translation: "chemical warfare plant"
Posted by: Waterhouse at January 30, 2013 03:52 PM (K1TxD)
Posted by: Hello, it's me Donna let it burn really.really bummed at January 30, 2013 03:52 PM (9+ccr)
I've seen the UN observer vehicles up on the Golan and in the West Bank, just parked at tourist spots. Those guys act like they are on vacation.
Posted by: Dr Evil at January 30, 2013 03:53 PM (CypDC)
Posted by: logprof at January 30, 2013 03:53 PM (jVAw4)
Posted by: Burglars & Thieves local 392 at January 30, 2013 03:53 PM (GlnE7)
Oh peace train take this country, come take me home again
Oh peace train sounding louder
Glide on the peace train
Come on now peace train
Yes, peace train holy roller
Everyone jump upon the peace train
Come on peace train
Yes, it's the peace train
Posted by: Cat Stevens, aka Yosef Islam at January 30, 2013 03:53 PM (P4cxa)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 30, 2013 03:54 PM (S7Hzw)
Posted by: L, elle at January 30, 2013 03:54 PM (yZxXI)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger (aka 3 tooth) at January 30, 2013 03:54 PM (3E2th)
Posted by: LASue at January 30, 2013 03:54 PM (gjIQF)
continual survival...Why would anyone believe anything
Syria has to say , - proven liar's....
It's a cultural thing. People telling lies tell them anyway knowing that everyone knows they're lies, people hearing the lies, lie by pretending to believe the lie, even though everyone knows they know the original lie was a lie. Smoke Mirrors, assembly not required.
It's patently obvious. Every accident in Iran gets blamed on the Mossad, every obvious Mossad hit was an accident.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Offering Moobats Gasoline and Matches at January 30, 2013 03:54 PM (0q2P7)
Posted by: zsasz at January 30, 2013 03:54 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: L, elle at January 30, 2013 03:56 PM (yZxXI)
Now the parents should be put in the stockade and have rotten organically grown produce thrown at them. Or sent to Syria to act as human shields.
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 30, 2013 03:56 PM (S7Hzw)
Amidror was making his way to the country as Russia held its largest ever naval maneuvers in the eastern Mediterranean, off the coasts of Syria, in what is seen as a clear message to Western powers that it would not tolerate a forceful intervention by NATO in the country.
WATCH OUT FOR bULLSHIT FLYING EVERYWHERE;
In an interview with The New Republic published on Monday, US President Barack Obama spoke about his struggle over how to respond to the ongoing violence in Syria.
“I am more mindful probably than most of not only our incredible strengths and capabilities, but also our limitations,” Obama noted. “In a situation like Syria, I have to ask, can we make a difference in that situation?” He went on to pose a question about whether such intervention would have an impact in that country, but also on the US ability to support troops in Afghanistan and whether American action would trigger even worse violence or the use of chemical weapons.
Obama also asked, “How do I weigh tens of thousands who’ve been killed in Syria versus the tens of thousands who are currently being killed in the Congo?” Obama continued by pointing out these were not simple questions with easy answers.
“You make the decisions you think balance all these equities, and you hope that, at the end of your presidency, you can look back and say, I made more right calls than not and that I saved lives where I could.”
Posted by: ette at January 30, 2013 03:56 PM (nqBYe)
>>>"We have no information about this issue. We are not concerned at all," said Hezbollah spokesman Ibrahim Mousawi...
... cowering behind a children's hospital.
Posted by: garrett at January 30, 2013 03:57 PM (BY38Y)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff, purveyor of corrugated cardboard Mini-Estates at January 30, 2013 03:57 PM (JDIKC)
Posted by: slug at January 30, 2013 03:57 PM (vVv3V)
Posted by: thunderb at January 30, 2013 03:57 PM (3ZkG0)
Posted by: Rachel Corrie (still dead and feeling a little flat) at January 30, 2013 03:57 PM (3E2th)
Those d@mn Joooooooos is pretty smart. How is it their bombs manage to hit wymyns and chilren? Thems some pretty smart bombs.
Why should the Syrians, or anyone else for that matter, tell the truth. Zippy and the Sh!t Flies never do.
Posted by: Amalgamated Cliff Divers, Local 157 at January 30, 2013 03:59 PM (Ph479)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at January 30, 2013 03:59 PM (piMMO)
http://tinyurl.com/bafkj9n
How long until the Perpetually Outraged Grievance Committee requires the NFL to draft openly gay players?
Posted by: John P. Squibob at January 30, 2013 03:59 PM (kqqGm)
“How do I weigh tens of thousands who’ve been killed in Syria versus the tens of thousands who are currently being killed in the Congo?” Obama continued by pointing out these were not simple questions with easy answers.
The old, 'What's in it for me?', from General LeadsFromBehind.
Posted by: garrett at January 30, 2013 03:59 PM (BY38Y)
weigh tens of thousands whoÂ’ve been killed in Syria versus the tens of thousands
who are currently being killed in the Congo?” Obama continued by pointing out
these were not simple questions with easy answers.
“You make the
decisions you think balance all these equities
coughing , good l-rd.
so we have to choose to CARE about one over another, because hey i can only think one thought!?
Posted by: ette at January 30, 2013 03:59 PM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Amalgamated Cliff Divers, Local 157 at January 30, 2013 04:00 PM (Ph479)
Posted by: Brian Al Williams at January 30, 2013 04:00 PM (Oi60j)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 30, 2013 04:01 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: steevy at January 30, 2013 04:02 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 30, 2013 04:02 PM (S7Hzw)
weigh tens of thousands whoÂ’ve been killed in Syria versus the tens of thousands
who are currently being killed in the Congo?
So you've broken down and started asking us how to set your priorities now? You've openly admitted you lack the necessary insight to do your job?
Because we can't help everyone we shouldn't help someone? Gosh I wish you embraced that thinking when it came to giving away my money against my will.
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Offering Moobats Gasoline and Matches at January 30, 2013 04:03 PM (0q2P7)
They claim instead Israel hit some sort of Peaceful Scientific Installation for the Benefit of Adorable Beagles.
Oh, the Beagality!
Posted by: Toby the Beagle at January 30, 2013 04:03 PM (+z4pE)
Posted by: slug at January 30, 2013 04:03 PM (vVv3V)
Someone has seen video of the walls collapsing from the outside, from a surveillance camera. No one knows if there are any survivors.
It happened on Inauguration Day, January 21. Gee, was there a message there?
Posted by: Miss Marple at January 30, 2013 04:03 PM (GoIUi)
That would have been as close to a zero blowback, low risk intervention as ever presents itself.
Posted by: Burglars & Thieves local 392 at January 30, 2013 04:03 PM (GlnE7)
It will prolly help Barky indirectly, while at the same time irritating the shit out of him.
Posted by: ontherocks at January 30, 2013 04:04 PM (aZ6ew)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff, purveyor of corrugated cardboard Mini-Estates at January 30, 2013 04:04 PM (JDIKC)
New thread up. Menendez show rolls on.
Mr President! Mr. President!
' How do you feel about Bob Menendez fucking girls younger than your daughter!? '
Mr. President?! -
Sir?
Posted by: Fantasy Press Corps at January 30, 2013 04:04 PM (BY38Y)
I just cannot grasp the priorities here sometimes.
Posted by: Miss Marple at January 30, 2013 04:06 PM (GoIUi)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 30, 2013 04:09 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 30, 2013 04:12 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: we are so screwed at January 30, 2013 04:13 PM (BjJOB)
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at January 30, 2013 04:13 PM (n8LUb)
Think twig a berries. Sausage and two veg.
The one eyed worm. The snake with no tail.
You get the picture?
Posted by: Rachel Corrie (still dead and feeling a little flat) at January 30, 2013 04:14 PM (3E2th)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 30, 2013 04:14 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Russtovich at January 30, 2013 04:14 PM (3Nxuh)
Weak, passive aggressive bitch turns serious issue into self pitying false choice -
Fakenomics and
Fauxreign Policy
what a fucking clown
Posted by: T. Hunter - let it burn at January 30, 2013 04:15 PM (EZl54)
Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 30, 2013 04:18 PM (4Mv1T)
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at January 30, 2013 04:20 PM (C8mVl)
So don't anybody be talking to me about how conservatives are rational.
Bah.
Posted by: Miss Marple at January 30, 2013 04:22 PM (GoIUi)
North Koreans arrived and were broken into two groups. One went to one site, the other to the one which blew up. The NK group who went to the blown up site also included high ranking NK military officers.
Posted by: Miss Marple at January 30, 2013 04:24 PM (GoIUi)
weigh tens of thousands whoÂ’ve been killed in Syria versus the tens of thousands
who are currently being killed in the Congo?
How do I
It's so difficult...for me.
Posted by: T. Hunter - let it burn at January 30, 2013 04:24 PM (EZl54)
Posted by: steevy at January 30, 2013 04:27 PM (9XBK2)
Posted by: steevy at January 30, 2013 04:27 PM (9XBK2)
not making decisions is ok, because HE cares.
Posted by: ette at January 30, 2013 04:28 PM (nqBYe)
Source: a former intelligence guy from iran names Reza on the john Bachelor show. I am only reporting what I heard.
Posted by: Miss Marple at January 30, 2013 04:29 PM (GoIUi)
yep.
I guess only a lifetime of being taught how to fake empathy results in this level of melodrama. The on -cue self-pity and absorption fits perfectly into the "reality tv" fame-whore mold.
Posted by: T. Hunter - let it burn at January 30, 2013 04:36 PM (EZl54)
Posted by: Bitter Clinger (aka 3 tooth) at January 30, 2013 04:37 PM (3E2th)
Posted by: thunderb at January 30, 2013 04:39 PM (Dnbau)
Posted by: and irresolute at January 30, 2013 04:39 PM (DBH1h)
Posted by: T. Hunter - let it burn at January 30, 2013 08:36 PM (EZl54)
you know where that fell apart for me ?
'bump in the road'
i realized everything is just words and salesmanship of his forming opinion.
but he was caught in a calculated cold response.
Posted by: ette at January 30, 2013 04:42 PM (nqBYe)
I know what you mean. I still get nauseous over that phrase.
What normal person sees violent death of people for whose well being he is responsible as "bumps"?
His fixation on his own personal image is such that ANYTHING that threatens to tarnish it must be some sort of error or flaw that he OBVIOUSLY could not control.
A sick leader for a sick people.
Posted by: T. Hunter - let it burn at January 30, 2013 04:56 PM (EZl54)
The Israelis take no bullspit -- they are not kissing arse like TFG -- they're kicking it -- every chance they get. Good for them.
Israelis = good guys
Palis = bad guys (despite the 'poor me' shtick)
Posted by: KR1 at January 30, 2013 08:05 PM (oEfom)
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