Israel Says Damascus Blast, Preventing Arms Transfer to Hizbullah 'Consistent' With its Policy
Israeli Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz said a massive explosion near Damascus International Airport on Thursday was consistent with Israel's policy, but stopped short of confirming his country was behind it.
Israeli warplanes have hit the airport and other bases around the Syrian capital in the past, targeting what it said were weapons stockpiles of its Lebanese foe Hizbullah, which is allied with the Syrian government.
"We are acting to prevent the transfer of sophisticated weapons from Syria to Hizbullah in Lebanon by Iran," Katz told army radio.
"When we receive serious information about the intention to transfer weapons to Hizbullah, we will act. This incident is totally consistent with this policy."
In line with its usual practice, Israel's military has declined to comment on the incident.
Israel has sought to avoid being dragged into the six-year civil war in Syria, but acknowledges carrying out air strikes there to stop what it says are deliveries of advanced weapons to Hizbullah.
Last month, in the most serious incident between the two countries since the Syria conflict began, Israeli warplanes struck several targets, drawing retaliatory missile fire.
Israel used its Arrow interceptor to destroy what was believed to have been a Russian-made SA-5 missile, and Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman threatened to destroy Syria's air defense systems "without the slightest hesitation" if it happened again.
Israel fought a devastating war against Hizbullah in 2006.
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you and your filthy likes are the only traitors around here. You openly say you follow and take instructions from waliy al faqih in iran, you receive your arms from iran, your salaries from iran, your food from iran. Then talk about traitors ya irani....
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the iranian shoe follower of wilyayt al faqih is accusing others of being shameless traitors. Does it get better than that? rofl
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You know momo... calling yourselves "resistance" fools no one.. you are collaborators... collaborators to the Assad Regime that has been ruling over Lebanon for Decades... you are collaborators and executioners for those thugs in Damascus... you are assassins, drug traffickers, thugs, black shirts, weapon smugglers... you are the worst kind imaginable, and have no right to call yourselves Lebanese!
WE are the resistance, wer are the free spirits of Lebanon, WE are Lebanon's Future and Hope! May all of you Hezbos rest in Pieces ...in Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Bahrein, you name it...
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To the shia iranian traitors living in Lebanon:
Look at it this way: The Lebanese consider Israel to be an enemy at this stage, but an external one. But we consider you and your iranian hezbollah an enemy from within which is more dangerous and more evil. You are an enemy that kills us, threatens us, steals our country's resources, kidnaps us for ransom, kills our leaders and politicians, steals our cars, deals in drugs and money laundering, and is a cancer to our way of life. You are an enemy that gets us involved in wars in Iraq, Syria Yemen and other places. Because of you we have lost opportunity costs of over $30 billion, our economy is in shambles, our youth have to emigrate, and we have a passport that is lower than that of North Korea.
Israel as an external enemy has offered us peace and is ready to make peace. You offer us wars and destruction and avenging your hussain.
Guess which enemy we despise most and consider the greatest threat to our existence?
You!
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Bien dit Barry!
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barry thank you!
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no board meetings today?
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excellent comment @Barry.
We can make peace with Israel and it will honor it. But how can you make peace with an evil cult who have not made peace with their own fellow moslems for more than 2000 years.
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did somebody wrongly accuse you of being funny in any way?
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hey barry
the opinions of immigrants like you is not taken into account, irrelevante
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southern please tell us who you are? a meqdad, a jaafar, a fneish or a tleis... all the same : bandits, thugs and drug dealers.
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similar to the ones who let you living in this country free of slavery..... the slavery of the zionists and later of the head choppers.... satisfy, bro.
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Southy...you know how much I like you... but the opinion of retards (and believe me I feel for you) is unfortunately not taken to account...
"irrelevante".... what are you...Spanish??
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100%
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100% Barrymore
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Barrymore... I answered the thug mowaten before having read your post... thumbs up! I think this collaborator needs to understand he is a collaborator and a traitor... not the other way around...cheers to you brother!
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stfu
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why so angry! who slapped you to feel frustrated, bro.
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you got it all wrong southern irani, the ones who got b-slapped today are your iranian terrorists in damascus.
lol, what a shameless traitor. you will finish nothing but your own pathetic existence.