Thursday, July 11, 2013

Did Israel Bomb Syria Last Week? (Updated)


Did Israel Bomb Latakia Last Week? -- Michael Weiss, NOW Lebanon

Last Thursday, a day after Americans were nursing Fourth of July hangovers, tracking the Trayvon Martin case at home, or the fallout from the coup in Egypt, mysterious explosions occurred at a weapons depot in the Mushayrafet al-Samouk district of the Syrian coastal city of Latakia. Fighter jets were reportedly seen over the nearby city of Al-Haffah, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights quoted residents in Latakia who claimed missiles fired from unknown locations were responsible for the blasts. The Observatory also said that several Syrian troops were killed and wounded.

Qassem Saadeddine, the spokesman for the Supreme Military Command (SMC) of the Free Syrian Army, told Reuters yesterday: "This attack was either by air raid or long-range missiles fired from boats in the Mediterranean." The only plausible party responsible would therefore be Israel.

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More News On Speculation That Israel Bombed Syria (Again) Last Week

Did Israel Attack Syria? -- Global Research
Syria naval base blast points to Israeli raid -- Reuters
Rebels Hint that Israel Attacked in Syria -- Arutz Sheva
Did Israel strike in Syria again? -- Threat Matrix
Syrian rebels claim IAF destroyed S-300 battery near Homs -- Israel Hayom
Syria says foreign power wiped out weapons stash; Israel mum -- Washington Times
Syrian rebels hint Israel behind attack on missile cache -- Jerusalem Post

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