Syrian VP: We'll retaliate for Israeli aggression

[Sajjad]

Syrian VP: We'll retaliate for Israeli aggression
Al-Manar special - Hanan Awarekeh
09/09/2007

"Damascus will retaliate," Syrian Vice President Farouk al-Shara said Saturday in an interview with Italian newspaper Le Repubblica following Israel's reported violation of Syrian airspace on Thursday.
Asked what the response would be, al-Shara replied, "I cannot reveal the details, as this is an issue of national security. All I can say is that the military and political echelon is looking into a series of responses as we speak. Results are forthcoming."

Al-Shara was visiting Italy for meetings with Prime Minister Romano Prodi, Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema and Pope Benedict XVI, and spoke to the paper from his hotel in Rome. The Syrian vice president slammed the US-sponsored so-called "Middle East peace" conference scheduled to take place in November.

"The conference will not advance peace, because Washington does not really view it as important, and has turned it into a photo opportunity, aimed at diverting the attention from Iraq. Meanwhile, an unprecedented arms race has been launched in the Middle East, increasing the risk of new military adventures, such as Israel's in Syria two days ago. Syria will retaliate for this violation."

Asked about Israeli President Shimon Peres' appeal to Syria, speaking of his hopes for peace, al-Shara replied, "Excuse me for smiling. The talks about peace are a disguise for blatant aggression. Moreover, Israel's responses in light of the aircraft's infiltration are amazing; with (Prime Minister Ehud) Olmert saying he knows nothing about it. This creates the impression that Israel has a week government, which is unable to take courage and follow the road of peace, accepting the Arab world's offer which was approved unanimously."

The Syrian vice president argued that Israel was to blame for the failure of negotiations. "Those who try to cast the blame on Syria forget that we took part in the negotiations for 10 years. We were not the ones who ended the talks. Let history bear witness to that."

Asked whether Damascus would take part in the peace conference if were invited, al-Shara replied, "Italy knows that only an overall solution could succeed. The current plan is vague. There is no list of the countries invited, and not even a date… And Israel is not cooperating. It's not saying whether it will accept the UN resolutions, the principle of land for peace. As for our role, both Prime Minister Prodi and Foreign Minister D'alema have reiterated Kissinger's motto: 'Without Syria there is no peace.'"
"But there is also no war," the La Repubblica reported said, noting that Syria was arming itself.

"Washington is leading an arms race in the Middle East, which is unprecedented even compared to the Cold War era," al-Shara responded. "Some $30 million in military aid to Israel only. This is not an encouraging sign. The White House is favoring a military conflict over diplomacy and international law."

Concerning Lebanon, al-Shara said that his country encourages the Lebanese parties to reach a consensus, adding "We are interested in stabilizing Lebanon, as well as Iraq."

Asked about Iran, al-Shara said, "The relations with Iran are very tight. There is no reason to fear Iran. The realistic solution for the Iranian crisis is a Middle East free of nuclear weapons. We suggested this to the UN four years ago and were backed by the Arab League. And Iran agrees to this. The only one opposed to it is Israel. A Middle East without nukes will serve peace worldwide."

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[Sinosphere]

It seems Israel and Syria's conflict possibility is increasing, this is unfortunate. :(

[Bumble Bee]

Syria is getting ready to bring destruction against israel.

[Nubian Warrior]

Syria is getting ready to bring destruction against israel.

For the least enlightened among us please explain how this will pragmatically come to fruition.:huh2:

[s-300]

Sryira is weak time as passed there contry was atacked and syria did not responde the simply true.

[Bumble Bee]

Syria should immediately retaliate if Mahmoud loses office.:)

[worldleader]

i think syrian weaponry may not be enough against israel but if iran russia hezbollah helps its possible. asymettric warfer is key.

[Ya2]

i think syrian weaponry may not be enough against israel but if iran russia hezbollah helps its possible. asymettric warfer is key.

Russia?

They can nuke us to hell but they wouldn't..

It wouldn't be nice seeing 4000 Syrian Tanks getting bombed in minutes.....

But if they want to, bring it on :)

[AL-EH]

you wanna see hundreds of thousands of jews on the streets chocking from our chem weps then... you sir... SHALL

[Mohmar 'Deathstrike']

There still has been no retaliation on Syria's part.

[chaos]

you wanna see hundreds of thousands of jews on the streets chocking from our chem weps then... you sir... SHALL

:roflmao3:

and how u gonna do that? with ur scud? :roflmao3: the arrow will protect us +, if u use such weapons we will nuke your ***.
we have better early warning systems. when u send the scud, we already in the safe rooms with gas masks.

i think syrian weaponry may not be enough against israel but if iran russia hezbollah helps its possible. asymettric warfer is key.

it was a key in summer 2006. no more, hommie. :)

[skhara]

There still has been no retaliation on Syria's part.

Arabs only embarrass themselves. When you make a statement that sounds like a promise, you have to carry it out to have any kind of detterent capacity. These guys need to take a lesson from Hezbollah.


if u use such weapons we will nuke your

If you nuke them, they'll be a lot better than you will be. They'll die quickly and painlessly, you'll die slowly and painfully.

[lBlackWaterl]

IF syria retaliated now it would be seen more as an attack rather than retaliation. Your country is attacked who the hell waits months to respond..

[skhara]

IF syria retaliated now it would be seen more as an attack rather than retaliation. Your country is attacked who the hell waits months to respond..

Nah, I disagree -- those who would call it attack, would do so no matter what -- and vice versa.

[indianguy]

IF syria retaliated now it would be seen more as an attack rather than retaliation. Your country is attacked who the hell waits months to respond..

Syria may retaliate but that would be after the Middle East Conference which is forwarded by Americans in November.

Seems to me the this raid was related more to Middle East Conference .. By the begining of August , it was declared that in November this conference will took place.

On September 6th this raid took place and the reason of this that Syrians were pushing to include Golan Heights in this conference , which was rejected by Israelis.

Israel in real did the tricked by attacking inside Syria , Syrians were stopped by both Russians and Iranians to not retaliate, coz this would further isolate Syria in Arab World and Syrians would be blamed fordestroying this Conference.

But as soon as this Conference will end without anything , Syria can make more inroads inside Palestine as well as the Arab World and can harm Israel more .
Wars are not just fought on weapons , influence is also required . Syria needs Arab world backing and this would happen only after this Middle East Conference , which would be no where coz Israel will let Americans down.

[Mohmar 'Deathstrike']

Arabs only embarrass themselves. When you make a statement that sounds like a promise, you have to carry it out to have any kind of detterent capacity. These guys need to take a lesson from Hezbollah. But Hezbollah are mostly Arabic too.

[chaos]

If you nuke them, they'll be a lot better than you will be. They'll die quickly and painlessly, you'll die slowly and painfully.

no, we have great early warning systems and missiles against the scuds.

[skhara]

But Hezbollah are mostly Arabic too.

I suppose culturally since they speak the language. Hezbollah, although it's a grass-roots Labanese organization, could easily be considered an off-shoot of Iranian power. Their training, their mentality, and their aggressive pursuit of knowlege of battlefield tactics, and their enemies points of attack makes them a head above the entire sunni arab world. If those sunni Arab states, had that kind of conviction, motivation, and the brains to boot -- they would be bankrupting the western nations who prop up Israel.

[skhara]

no, we have great early warning systems and missiles against the scuds.

Doesn't matter. You can keep repeating that to yourself for a false sense of security. Besides, you can't effectively nuke any of the bordering states, without nuking yourselves. Believe me, when it comes to choosing you would much rather get vaporized instead of choke on chemical and biological agents, and rot from the radiation that you yourselves would have created.

[AL-EH]

:roflmao3:

and how u gonna do that? with ur scud? :roflmao3: the arrow will protect us +, if u use such weapons we will nuke your ***.
we have better early warning systems. when u send the scud, we already in the safe rooms with gas masks.



it was a key in summer 2006. no more, hommie. :)

OH har di har har first MINUTE of war... iran has promised 11000 rockets into the gulf to destroy the american military bases THAT'S THE FIRST MINUTE you outta run to your scardy house now sir.

[AL-EH]

IF syria retaliated now it would be seen more as an attack rather than retaliation. Your country is attacked who the hell waits months to respond..

things aren't as they seem if we attacked... ISRAEL would have denied any instigation hence the war would have been blamed on syria..
THEREFORE AMERICAN AID... would be unoposed. and SYRIAN AID would be highly condemned sanctions would fly out like cards from ze black jack dealer...

you need to think sir.... we have people for that:P