Obama speeds up limited air strike, no-fly zones preparations for Syria
Obama speeds up limited air strike, no-fly zones preparations for Syria.
US President Barack Obama has ordered the US Navy and Air Force to accelerate preparations for a limited air offensive against the Assad regime and the imposition of no-fly zones over Syria, debkafile reports. Their mission will be to knock out Assad’s central regime and military command centers so as to shake regime stability and restrict Syrian army and air force activity for subduing rebel action and wreaking violence on civilian populations.
debkafile’s sources disclose that the US President decided on this step after hearing Russian officials stating repeatedly that “Moscow would support the departure of President Bashar al-Assad if Syrians agreed to it.” This position was interpreted as opening up two paths of action:
1. To go for Assad’s removal by stepping up arms supplies to the rebels and organizing their forces as a professional force able to take on the military units loyal to Assad. This process was already in evidence Friday, June 8, when for the first time a Syrian Free Army (which numbers some 600 men under arms) attacked a Syrian army battalion in Damascus. One of its targets was a bus carrying Russian specialists.
2. To select a group of high army officers who, under the pressure of the limited air offensive, would be ready to ease Assad out of power or stage a military coup to force him and his family to accept exile.
The US operation would be modulated according to the way political and military events unfolded.
Washington is not sure how Moscow would react aside from sharp condemnations or whether Russia would accept a process of regime change in Damascus and its replacement by military rule.
WarSclerotic 
June 11, 2012 at 2:07 PM
Obama is about to start such a mess, we all wish to be on the Moon, in a colonization mission.
June 11, 2012 at 2:47 PM
Luis,
No, this is the Biblical ‘end of days’ we’re watching. Personally I wouldn’t miss it for the world!
Israel is back in the land. Obama is just a pawn. The ‘last days’ is well under way.
June 11, 2012 at 2:55 PM
This is also one way to put Russian air defense weapons to the test.
June 11, 2012 at 3:02 PM
Debka must think this is serious because I’ve followed their website for years and as far as I’ve known they’ve never posted a video before.
June 11, 2012 at 3:58 PM
Ok, i agree with all the comments here. If American forces are to be involved and Assad will feel too much heat, then…some strange scenarios may happen. Assad can choose to complicate an equation that already has too much variables. Should he attack Israel ? ” Terrrorists did ” he will say. What kind of attack that will be ? Some missiles – very probable – or a full scale attack ? Iran may want this to happen. Keeping Israel bussy and sacrificing Assad and Syria. Iran wants to make her wars by others, we know that too well. But Israel also, once the country has been attacked, can decide that the time for Iran has come. Yes, its a very complicated situation. May be its the time to take the ” factor ” God in consideration, too.