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10/31/2013 10:17:24 PM
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Israel Strikes in Syria For the Fifth Time Since 2011
[quote](CNN) -- Israeli warplanes struck a military base near the Syrian port city of Latakia this week, an Obama administration official told CNN on Thursday.
An explosion at a missile storage site in the area was reported in the Middle Eastern press, but an attack has not been confirmed by the Israeli government.
The target, according to the Obama administration official, was missiles and related equipment the Israelis felt might be transferred to the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah. The official declined to be identified because of the sensitive nature of the information.[/quote]
It appears Israel took out another missile shipment to Hezbollah either yesterday or today. Like the title states, this is the fifth time Israel has launched an airstrike in Syria to take out arms shipments headed for Hezbollah.
[url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2013/10/us_official_israel_again_struc.php]Here is an article that has links to articles about the other airstrikes and their targets[/url].
What do you make of this? What are your thoughts on Israeli's 'strategy' regarding these airstrikes? What are your thoughts on the general topic of the Syrian Civil War?
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Well, I'm far from Israel's friend, but this seems like a sensible strategy. Low collateral damage is a bonus, it's not being plastered all over the news as a tragedy and it works out as a containment strategy to prevent excessive violence spilling over into other countries. They're preventing strikes on themselves and indirectly Lebanon without getting involved in Syria. That's good. Makes it look like Assad's regime couldn't prevent an Israeli attack if they tried and that it's only Israel's disinterest that's preventing further involvement in the civil war. The people who are going to rage about Israeli invasions of Syrian airspace are mostly crazies anyway. So, yes, good job Israel and may these events continue to be low key.
