25 Tamuz 5772UPDATE:
All of the players are in position with all their ducks sitting in a row. Judging by past experience, we've just received the justification for the next war from two sources. Can the war itself be far behind?
Headline news story at this hour on Yahoo: Reports of massive Syrian massacre
Headline at Debka: Syria takes WMD out of storage: US: Situation incredibly dangerous
As part of its ongoing war maneuver, Syria Thursday, July 12, this week drilled the firing of advanced Scud D ballistic missiles capable of carrying chemical weapons and nerve gas – a clear message from Bashar Assad that weapons of mass destruction are now in play to save his regime.
American officials, alarmed by the movement out of storage of parts of his vast arsenal of sarin nerve agent, mustard gas and cyanide, warned it could escalate the Syrian conflict and expand it to other parts of the region. "This could set the precedent of WMD [weapons of mass destruction] being used under our watch," one U.S. official said. "This is incredibly dangerous to our national security." The Obama administration has begun to hold classified briefings about the new intelligence.
(Read more here.)
I don't think they intend to attack Iran until after Syria is out of commission. And all the current measures being taken to preempt the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is because that's probably the first move Iran would take in response to a direct move against Assad.
The planners may have calculated that they can isolate Iran by taking out Syria and then topple Iran at the end, but I seriously doubt that the Iranian leadership is stupid enough to sit and wait for it.
Anything can happen. Just remember that Hashem controls it all.
Israel advised to brace for Syrian missile attack – conventional or chemical
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All of the players are in position with all their ducks sitting in a row. Judging by past experience, we've just received the justification for the next war from two sources. Can the war itself be far behind?
Headline news story at this hour on Yahoo: Reports of massive Syrian massacre
Headline at Debka: Syria takes WMD out of storage: US: Situation incredibly dangerous
As part of its ongoing war maneuver, Syria Thursday, July 12, this week drilled the firing of advanced Scud D ballistic missiles capable of carrying chemical weapons and nerve gas – a clear message from Bashar Assad that weapons of mass destruction are now in play to save his regime.
American officials, alarmed by the movement out of storage of parts of his vast arsenal of sarin nerve agent, mustard gas and cyanide, warned it could escalate the Syrian conflict and expand it to other parts of the region. "This could set the precedent of WMD [weapons of mass destruction] being used under our watch," one U.S. official said. "This is incredibly dangerous to our national security." The Obama administration has begun to hold classified briefings about the new intelligence.
(Read more here.)
I don't think they intend to attack Iran until after Syria is out of commission. And all the current measures being taken to preempt the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is because that's probably the first move Iran would take in response to a direct move against Assad.
The planners may have calculated that they can isolate Iran by taking out Syria and then topple Iran at the end, but I seriously doubt that the Iranian leadership is stupid enough to sit and wait for it.
Anything can happen. Just remember that Hashem controls it all.
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