Israel threatened by U.S. after rejecting call to attack Syrian advance
( Not sure WHAT to make of this… – JW)
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WASHINGTON — The United States has launched a campaign against Israel in wake of its refusal to attack Syria.
Diplomatic sources said Israel rebuffed a request by President Barack Obama to attack the Syrian Army as it advanced toward rebel strongholds in the Golan Heights in May 2014. The sources said Obama’s aides, including National Security Adviser Susan Rice, warned Israeli leaders that they would regret their decision.
“The Israelis were warned that their refusal to attack [Syrian President Bashar] Assad’s forces would be very costly, and over the last few weeks there has been increasing evidence of U.S. retaliation,” a source said.
The sources said Ms. Rice and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel rejected Israel’s explanation that an attack on the Syrian Army could spark a war that would include Iran.
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May 28, 2014 at 7:01 PM
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( Not sure WHAT to make of this… – JW)
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May 28, 2014 at 10:49 PM
Syrian Rebels Describe U.S.-Backed Training in Qatar
May 26, 2014, 4:53 pm ET by Nancy A. Youssef McClatchy Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — With reports indicating that forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad are gaining ground in that country’s brutal civil war, moderate Syrian rebels have told a visiting journalist that the United States is arranging their training in Qatar.
In a documentary to be aired Tuesday night, the rebels describe their clandestine journey from the Syrian battlefield to meet with their American handlers in Turkey and then travel on to Qatar, where they say they received training in the use of sophisticated weapons and fighting techniques, including, one rebel said, “how to finish off soldiers still alive after an ambush.”
The interviews are the latest evidence that after more than three years of warfare, the United States has stepped up the provision of lethal aid to the rebels. In recent months, at least five rebel units have posted videos showing their members firing U.S.-made TOW anti-tank missiles at Syrian positions. The weapons are believed to have come from Saudi Arabia, but experts on international arms transfers have told McClatchy that they could not have been given to the rebels without the approval of the Obama administration.
The documentary, produced by FRONTLINE for airing on PBS stations, features journalist Muhammad Ali, who has been following the Syrian civil war for the program. It shows Ali meeting up with a seemingly moderate faction of the rebels, though the faction itself is not identified — apparently for fear of angering its American contacts.
Ali is shown riding with a rebel supply officer as he traveled to the Turkish border to reportedly pick up American-supplied Russian weapons and ammunition, but he is not allowed to accompany the fighters to the actual meeting. When the rebels return to pick him up, they display bullets and a mortar, which are shown in the film, and tell him they have received TOW missiles; the missiles are not shown, however.
The commander of the unit also told Ali that their American contacts had asked him to bring 80 to 90 members of his unit to Ankara for training. Once in Ankara, after a 14-hour drive from Syria, they were interrogated for days about their political leanings and their unit’s fighting history. The commander told Ali that their questioners identified themselves as belonging to “the military,” but that he believed they were from the CIA.
On the final day, they were told that they would be flown the next day to a training camp in Qatar, a monarchy in the Persian Gulf. Then they were transported to a training facility they believed was near the border with Saudi Arabia.
much more here !
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/foreign-affairs-defense/syria-arming-the-rebels/syrian-rebels-describe-u-s-backed-training-in-qatar/#disqus_thread
May 28, 2014 at 11:20 PM
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http://www.barenakedislam.com/errorHandler/error/specifyInstance
and prophetofdoom also
http://prophetofdoom.net/Islamic_Quotes.Islam
Who is pushing this ?
May 29, 2014 at 4:31 AM
“Israel’s explanation that an attack on the Syrian Army could spark a war that would include Iran. ”
But Israel doesn’t think that an Israeli (or US) attack on Iranian soil could spark a war that would include Iran?
May 29, 2014 at 8:30 AM
That the WH would make such a demand is unfortunately believable.
One need not travel so far as Iran to find the reason for IDF refusal.
We have absolutly nothing to gain from interfering in Syria on either side, both of which are our enemies.
May 29, 2014 at 12:31 PM
Yep and one armed by the USA !
May 30, 2014 at 12:49 PM
And as if to say that the IAF is not waiting for the kick-off with Iran and her local gulags. Wishfull thinking.
May 29, 2014 at 3:08 PM
Assuming this article is accurate, then the proverbial shoe is on the other foot. Israel will not go to war at the behest of the USA no more than the US would do the same at the behest of Israel.
That being said, the source of this article, “World Tribune” touts itself as the provider of “news of strategic significance, supplemented by special reports on its affiliated weekly intelligence newsletters…”
Personally, I would wait for confirmation of this information from other news sources.
May 30, 2014 at 12:36 PM
Oh gee not to worry.
Losing no sleep over this one.
Shabbat Shalom LS have a great weekend!
May 30, 2014 at 12:43 PM
Ira…
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Can’t post email publicly…
Cheers!
Joe