JERUSALEM, Oct. 2, 2007
Israel Admits To Sept. Air Attack In Syria
No Details Except "Military Target"; May Have Been Nuclear Facility, Hezbollah Weapons
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Released Fatah prisoner Abd Al-Hadi Hassaneh is greeted by relatives in his home in the Beit Lahiya refugee camp, after being released by Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007. (AP)
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An Israeli F-16 military jet takes off for a mission in Lebanon from an air force base in southern Israel. (AP)
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Israeli army vehicles are seen during a military training exercise in the Golan Heights in Sept. 19, 2007. (AP)
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Newly-released Palestinians celebrate upon arrival at the Erez Crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel, Oct. 2, 2007. (Getty)
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Reuters photographer Mohammed Salem is carried by colleagues after being wounded in the leg by Israeli soldiers when they opened fire at a crowd that rushed towards a border crossing to greet freed prisoners at the Erez Crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel, Oct. 2, 2007. (Getty)
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However, the censor continued to bar publication of other key details, including the target of the raid, which forces participated in the mission and whether the operation was successful.
Foreign reports say Israel attacked a nuclear facility supplied by North Korea or a weapons shipment destined for Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon, reports CBS News correspondent Robert Berger. Syria denies that, saying Israel hit a vacant military building.
Israel's military censor had imposed a total blackout on coverage of the Sept. 6 air strike. But Tuesday, the office allowed preliminary details to be published after Syria's president, Bashar Assad, confirmed the air strike in a televised interview.
Journalists in Israel are required to submit articles related to security and military issues to the censor, which can make changes to stories or bar publication altogether. In a rare move, the censor's office issued a special directive about the Syrian air raid, specifically prohibiting publication of any details.
Violation of the censorship orders can result in the loss of press credentials or other sanctions.
In other developments:
The September attack has raised tensions, says Berger, but both sides say they do not want a war.
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"Israeli air force planes attacked a military target deep inside Syria on Sept. 6, the military censor allowed for publication today," Israel's Army Radio reported. The headline on the Web site of the Maariv newspaper was, "Now it can be revealed: Israel attacked in Syria," while the Haaretz newspaper led with the military's permission to publish "the fact" of Israel's attack.Israeli air force planes attacked a military target deep inside Syria on Sept. 6, the military censor allowed for publication today.
Israel's Army RadioIn an interview with the British Broadcasting Corp. Monday, Assad said Israeli warplanes attacked an "unused military building," the first time Syria officially acknowledged an air raid had taken place.
Previously, Syrian officials had said only that the Israeli warplanes entered the country's airspace, came under fire from anti-aircraft defenses, and dropped munitions and fuel tanks over northeastern Syria to lighten their loads while they fled.
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The release of the Gaza prisoners was held up for a day after Israel's military chief expressed reservations over the move. In the first stage of the release, Israel freed 57 prisoners to the West Bank on Monday.
The Gaza prisoners walked through the terminal at the Erez border crossing and were greeted by a large crowd of relatives (seen at left).
When ecstatic family members rushed toward the terminal, Israeli soldiers briefly opened fire, wounding two people, witnesses said.
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The prisoners were overwhelmingly members of Fatah, the moderate movement of President Mahmoud Abbas, which was routed by the Hamas militant group in June. The crowd sang Fatah songs and held yellow Fatah flags.
Security officials said military chief Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi sent President Shimon Peres, who must authorize sentence commutations, a letter saying it was "immoral" to release Gazans held by Israel while Hamas-linked militants in Gaza continue to hold Cpl. Gilad Shalit. Peres' office would not comment on the affair.
Militants linked to Hamas captured Shalit in June 2006 after they tunneled under a fence separating Gaza from Israel and attacked an Israeli army base. Two other soldiers were killed.
The release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails is for Palestinians key for reconciliation between the people since Israel holds about 11,000 prisoners, and many families have relatives held.
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- Posted by tuckerndfw at 09:29 AM : Oct 04, 2007
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wronggggggggg mini me monkey boy will be dead meat like so-damnn-insane is,,, - Reply to this comment
- FASCIST NAZI TERRORISLAMIST Mahmoud "MONKEYBOY" Ahmadinejad
SAYS FASCIST NAZI TERRORISLAM WILL RULE THE WORLD,,,
all nations will bow to iran,,, or iran will make them bow,,,
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=3pP0RlAJyOY&mode=related&search= - Reply to this comment
- it is fascist nazi terrorislam stupid,,,
non muslims of the world unite,,, fight against the tyranny of the fascist nazi terrorslam imperialist empire of the darkside,,,
I was a fanatic...I know their thinking, says former radical Islamist
By blaming the Government for our actions, those who pushed this "Blair''s bombs" line did our propaganda work for us.
More important, they also helped to draw away any critical examination from the real engine of our violence: Islamic theology.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=465570&in_page_id=1770
Bless the Beasts and Children
Fascist nazi terrorslam kills every man woman and child in the village again%u2026 typical mo for terrorslam%u2026
http://www.michaelyon-online.com/wp/bless-the-beasts-and-children.htm
Our Prophet commanded us to fight the kaafirs when we are able and to attack them in their homelands and to give them three choices before we enter their lands: either they become Muslim and be like us, sharing our rights and duties; or they pay the jizyah (poll tax) and feel themselves subdued; or they fight, in which case their wealth, women, children and homes become permissible as booty for the Muslims.
http://islamqa.com/index.php?ref=13759&ln=eng&txt=before%20islam%20arabia%20pagan
the truth about fascist nazi terrorislam...
http://www.terrorismawareness.org/what-really-happened/ - Reply to this comment
- grazinggoat, Living in Australia puts our time line ahead of you guys in America, so while you are awake we sleep, thus answering what is said here is some what behind...
grazinggoat, all I can go by is what is written in Muslim holy books.. Where as, in the book of the Christians (which is the new testament) it says that Christians are not to kill, that they are to love even their enemies and to follow Jesus example, he is the big guy in Christianity and no where did he fight, kill or anything else, even Josephus (the historian) said that..The books of Hindi and Buddha are much the same..and even though many terrible things have been done in history by people who say that they are believers, no where even from Moses time does it say to kill..
Conversely, the last three quarters of the quran and other Muslim books constantly tell Muslims that when the time is right that they must kill all who will not submit...but it has to be when the time is right and in the lands of the infidel they do not have enough numbers YET to do this, but they are working on it, just as they said that they were doing in England with their large families, breeding an army..
Could you give me verses from the new testament which tell Christians to kill those who will not become Christians as I haven''t read all of it..and I can give you so many from the Muslim holy books.. - Reply to this comment
- tuckerndfw, Saudi Arabia does not constitute what all Muslims are like, "AT THE MOMENT''.. Perhaps the article below will show you what is happening, it only shows what they did to Jews,....
What all Arab nations have done to their Jewish population. The Arabs and Muslims stole everything the Jews had, and then either kicked them out or murdered them. Statistics of Jews in Arab Countries: Shocking - These stats were taken from "Myths and Facts" - a great book by Mitchell B. Bard. You can go to the internet link for this book at: http://standwithus.com/links.asp
First number is from the year 1948, the second number is taken from the year 2000:
Algeria 140,000,................Less than 100
Egypt 75,000,............................ 200
Iran 100,000,................12,000 to 40,000
Iraq 150,000,.............................100
Lebanon 20,000,.......................... 100
Libya 38,000,.............................. 0
Morocco 265,000,........................5,800
Syria 30,000,................ ............200
Tunisia 105,000,........ ...............1,500
Yemen 55,000,.............. ..............200
See a pattern???? and what do Muslims and Allah think of pagans/infidel, are we in for any better,,,,,hmmmm - Reply to this comment
- BTW, I lived in Saudi Arabia so don''''''''t waste your time directing those "convert or die" posts towards me. No one ever inquired about my religion.
Posted by tuckerndfw
-Well this explains it all! Finally tucker admits he''''s a muslim!
In Saudi Arabia you cannot even become a citizen unless you convert to islam. It is against the law to own a Bible in Saudi Arabia as well and a person can be imprisoned for being Christian.
Posted by singinrick at 10:12 PM : Oct 03, 2007
-Tucker, SickRick just can''t believe it, that you lived there and no one has asked for your religion. You are becoming an uninteresting fellow because he''s living on controversial news and he likes the have to fight. He'' s a maniac-brained child, always looking for excitement originating from imaginary ennemies. If there are no ennemy he invents one or more and he fights them. - Reply to this comment
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- would there be peace in the Middle East?
Posted by AJMarine1 at 06:45 PM : Oct 03, 2007
Nope!, the Shia and Sunni factions will never come to terms unless the Shia win, Then they will eliminate the Sunnis along with the western influenced countries n their effort to make the Planet Earth entirely ''Shia'' Muslim. - Reply to this comment
- It is highly unlikely there will be a nuclear war in the Middle East since that would negate the reason for the war in the first place (to grab the oil).
Posted by tuckerndfw at 07:03 PM : Oct 03, 2007
Ya, I guess radioactive oil wouldn''t sell very well. I''m just so sick of the Middle East, can''t we just have a time out, everyone say we don''t care how we got here, but we have to start now to stop this maddness. If it could just be that simple....... - Reply to this comment
- "Personally, I don''''t care what they do so long as it gets off the front pages of the newspaper (news shows, I''''net, wherever) every other day."
Posted by tuckerndfw,
Agreed, but answer me this; just say that something does happen to Israel and the Arab world does defeat them, if there is nothing left of Israel and the US doesn''t retaliate, would there be peace in the Middle East? - Reply to this comment
- "the frogs are willing to,,,"
Posted by lars008,
I think before the issues of the Middle East are settled, alot of people will have to decide which side they are on and get ready for World War III. I know that doesn''t sound very optimistic, but I don''t see it happening any other way, unless we want to keep on doing what we have been doing for the past 60 years for another 60 years. - Reply to this comment
- Posted by tuckerndfw at 04:55 PM : Oct 03, 2007
what is your fascination with haiti??? are you from there???
it was a french slave plantation where the slaves took over,,, it has been a basket case ever since,,, mostly ruled by dictators,,,
it is just another in a long list of banana republics,,, - Reply to this comment
- Posted by AJMarine1 at 05:09 PM : Oct 03, 2007
the frogs are willing to,,,
Chirac threatens nuke terror for terrorism
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/73926
Chirac: Nuclear Response to Terrorism Is Possible
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/19/AR2006011903311.html?nav=hcmodule
France''s Sarkozy raises prospect of Iran airstrikes
In his first major foreign policy speech, French president says diplomatic push by world''s powers to rein in Tehran''s nuclear program is only alternative to ''Iranian bomb or bombing of Iran''
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3442638,00.html - Reply to this comment
- Israel to Syria: Use chem weapons & we''ll wipe you off map
BY MATTHEW KALMAN in Jerusalem and BILL HUTCHINSON in New York
DAILY NEWS WRITERS
Thursday, September 20th 2007, 4:00 AM
Israeli officials vowed to wipe Syria off the map if it is attacked with chemical weapons like one that reportedly exploded in July at a secret Syrian base staffed with Iranian engineers.
Politicians in Israel said yesterday they were not picking a fight with their neighbor, but pledged to forcefully retaliate if chemical warheads come screaming across its shared border.
"We will not attack them first. But if they ever use these weapons against Israel, then we must be clear %u2014 it will be the end of this evil and brutal dictatorship," Yuval Steinitz, a right-wing member of the Israeli parliament, told the Daily News yesterday. - Reply to this comment
- "Maybe we can convince China to nuke ''''em all and be done with it."
Posted by tuckerndfw
I believe this is the first time we have agreed on something. Somebody get this over with already. - Reply to this comment
- Ahmad Jibril, secretary-general of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, warned Thursday that if Israel attacked Syria or Hizbullah his organization would also respond.
In an interview with the al-Hadat newspaper, which is published in Arabic in the Galilee city of Tamra, Jibril warned that Israel planned to invade Syria in coordination with Arab countries. The interview is scheduled to be published Friday.
According to Jibril, if such an attack takes place, Iran and Hizbullah will stand by Damascus and respond in full force.
"I believe that the Israelis and the Americans will carry out attacks against Syria as soon as possible, in other words in the near future. I do not reject the possibility that the Israeli aircraft will attack us %u2013 the Palestinians in Syria. - Reply to this comment
- Karl Marx wrote extensively on the dark side of capitalism.
Posted by tuckerndfw at 03:41 PM : Oct 03, 2007
and he would know since he never had a job,,, lol
"Most people who read "The Communist Manifesto" probably have no idea that it was written by a couple of young men who had never worked a day in their lives, and who nevertheless spoke boldly in the name of "the workers"." surfun Thomas Sowell (American Writer and Economist, b.1930)
in capitalism you reward the industious, the frugal, the peole willing to sacrifice,,,
in socialism/communism you reward the lazy, the spendthrift, the people not willing to make any sacrifices,,,
scialism/comunism is a ponzi scheme,,, a pyramid scheme,,, it is non sustainable,,, as more and more people become dependent on the state,,,
Named after Charles Ponzi, a man with a remarkable criminal career in the early 20th century, the term has been used to describe pyramid arrangements whereby an enterprise makes payments to investors from the proceeds of a later investment rather than from profits of the underlying business venture, as the investors expected, and gives investors the impression that a legitimate profit-making business or investment opportunity exists, where in fact it is a mere fiction.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&defl=en&q=define:Ponzi+Scheme&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title - Reply to this comment
- Posted by tuckerndfw at 02:55 PM : Oct 03, 2007
they are lucky they life under capitalism,,,
capitalism works,,, every other system is BS,,,
it is the only system where anybody can become financially secure and independent,,, even a dishwasher,,,
no other system does that,,, - Reply to this comment
- Posted by tuckerndfw at 01:26 PM : Oct 03, 2007
Is islam a violation of international law???
islam practices slavery on non muslims
islam practices apartheid on non muslims
islam practices rape on non muslims
islam practices rape on babies and animals
islam practices genocide on non muslims
all are violations of international law and are crimes against humanity
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/22/world/main2505445.shtml
Imam Khomeini - Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution
http://www.homa.org/Details.asp?ContentID=2137352826&TOCID=2083225445
Malaysia women ''suffer apartheid''
The daughter of Malaysia''s former prime minister has launched a scathing attack on the roles and status of Muslim women in the country.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4784784.stm
A matter of tolerance
http://musingwithmarinamahathir.blogspot.com/2006/12/matter-of-tolerance.html
Marina Mahathir
http://musingwithmarinamahathir.blogspot.com/
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- Posted by tuckerndfw at 01:26 PM : Oct 03, 2007
sounds like you are pro slavery and apartheid,,,
the slaves in the southern states of the USA lived in peace,,, but they were still slaves,,,
just like non muslims in islamic countries are still slaves,,, it does not matter that they have not tried to kill their slave masters,,, they are still slaves and slavery is wrong,,, just like apartheid was wrong in south africa,,, - Reply to this comment
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