Report: Syria Deploys Missiles near Border with Lebanon
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
The Syrian army deployed advanced surface-to-air missiles along the northern border district of Akkar, Ad Diyar newspaper reported on Friday.
According to the report, the missiles can shoot down advanced military warplanes.
The newspaper said that Syria's step is precautionary in case Turkey uses Lebanese territories to attack it.
Tension escalated between Turkey and Syria recently after a spate of cross-border shell and mortar firings.
Turkey, which has been vocal in its criticism of Syrian President Bashar Assad's crackdown on the opposition, has beefed up its military presence along the 910-kilometer frontier after shelling from Syria killed five Turkish civilians in a border town last week.
The poorly-demarcated Syrian-Lebanese border has witnessed a number of violations since the revolt against Assad began in mid-March 2011.
Lebanon and Syria share a 330-kilometer border, but have yet to agree on official demarcation.
12 October 2012, 09:30
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hey smarties, where do you think the turkish fighter was downed?
and where do you think the israeli bombers which bombed the powerplant came in from? you have such narrow minds it's funny to watch
12 October 2012, 10:04
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could you explain to us why you defend so ferociously the syrian regime knowing all the killings murdering torturing destruction of lebanese villages they ve done? is it stockholm syndrom? is it because you dream of this kind of regime for lebanon? is it because hezbollah says so?
a normal person would rejoice to see this regime in difficulties after all they ve done to us! but M8? they seem to forget...and by their support and yours, agree with what syria has done to lebanese...
they harmed our economy, they are at the root of corruption, they killed and kidnapped so many lebanese but you still defend them? how come?
explain to us please...
12 October 2012, 10:31
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they harmed our economy? really? don't you think the tens of billions stolen by hariri and his clique, leaving us with a debt worth 2 years of our GDP, and debt which interests alone are enough to strangle us, much worse for our economy?
i defend the syrian regime because the alternative is terrifying, a muslim brotherhood/wahhabi/saudi proxy regime would be the end of the levant region as we know it. the FSA and their buddies already announced they would come to lebanon to "punish" those who didnt support them, christian and shiaa. they will establish an islamic regime in syria and thinking it will not spread onto lebanon is a naive illusion. they will also make peace with israel as they announced and turn against HA, stripping south lebanon to the status of easy prey... man try to use your head, i dont have any love for bashar, but think what is our interest, dont think who you like or dislike
12 October 2012, 11:20
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waw! always the same propaganda...you don t remember what aoun said concerning the theft of our economy it seems... M8 amnesia as usual.forget that many of your M8 friends were in power too!
if you were truly concerned by lebanon you d be happy to revenge those killed by your beloved regime. even if a regime that doesn t suit you appears, then you may react and fight it at that moment! but you base your support on assumptions created by bashar and your friends to frighten you! you do exactly what is asked from you! brave little soldier...
12 October 2012, 11:35
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"if you were truly concerned by lebanon you d be happy to revenge those killed by your beloved regime." do you realize the imbecility of this?
whether you look at it from a Christian moral standpoint, or you look at it from a RATIONAL and LOGICAL standpoint, REVENGE makes no sense whatsoever. NO dear "peace", if you care about your country you put aside your little self and desire to see blood to appease your hatred (which it will not) and think of consequences, national interests, future developments and how they can impact us.
you dont go ruining your country and your future, for "vengeance". all this is even more ridiculous knowing two things:
-the one you hate is hafez, newsflash: he is dead. want to revenge on his son? what did he do to you besides get out of lebanon peacefully?
-the people behind the FSA, you think they didnt contribute to harm lebanon? blease peace, blease.
12 October 2012, 11:55
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like it or not mowaten and ft these kind of regimes are now part of history and you with them! funny how you know the outcoming of this war by knowing that salafis will govern? where did you see that? in your M8 crystal ball? if you don t know the harm this regime is still doing to lebanon then educate yourselves.
you believe that syria and hezbos are the future of lebanon? they both don t respect the state and laws. how naive you are! syria takes lebanon for its lackey and hezbos for its iranian playground!
you whine when israel cuts a tree in lebanon but applaud when syria bombs it! see how stupid you both are? you make me laugh... it is not to a foreign country to enter lebanon and do justice! sovereignty means something to you? i see it doesn t as long as syria is involved! you only deserve despise...
12 October 2012, 12:34
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you're way too emotive peace, to say we should sacrifice our country on the altar of vengeance means you really dont realize what is at stake.
about the eventual result of bashar's overthrowing, i dont need a crystal ball to say it is crystal clear, i have reason:
1-there is only one organized force in the opposition: muslim brotherhood. all others are fragmented and disorganized.
2-we saw what happened in egypt, during the revolution everyone disregarded the warnings that islamists would take over.and then it happened and it was too late. go try to root them out now.
12 October 2012, 12:34
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3-in egypt as well, but also all over the world, money wins elections. with the billions and billions that saudis invested to oust bashar, dont you think they will hesitate to send dozens more to buy the eventual elections? in a country that would be just coming out of war, and the population ruined, houses destroyed, do you think the civilians will have the luxury of turning down a check for their vote? in lebanon it's been the case since the 90's and we're still not out of that mentality.
etc etc.. all evidence converge to saying muslim bros/salafis will takeover, nothing indicates they will not
12 October 2012, 13:06
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"but thanks to internal help. people who were happy to split the loot." among which lots of M8 people too so stop throwing the blam on one camp for all the miseries in which you leaders had a big share!
you both are defending syria because they support M8. without the help of bashar you perfectly know that M8 will fall down.you are more afraid of that than defending people s will in syria!
you are against muslim brotherhood but you support an islamic resistance! both muslim extremists! chia extremists see it as a jihad to kill sunnis which are not true muslims to them... but for you one extremism is better than the other! don t you see your contradictions give you zero credibility? lol
double M8 standards as usual...
12 October 2012, 13:53
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if it s the will of the people to have muslim bros in power, what does it have to do with you? it s their choice, not for you neither me to decide...
if such is the case and if they want to harm lebanon then you will have the right to fight them back!
but defending such a murderous regime? no way....
12 October 2012, 14:27
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you have a funny conception of "choice" peace. first the majority support bashar, but you will deny this because rami abdulrahman said otherwise, and second bashar offered open free elections, but the "democrats" refused, they want his head at any cost.
12 October 2012, 14:54
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free elections in a dictatorship. ROFL! you truly believe in the word "free"?
waw you are naive mowaten!
12 October 2012, 11:04
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no you misunderstood it. they apparently fear that turkey would pass over lebanon to attack syria, doesnt mean either is using us, or, if anything, the report says -turkey- might use our airspace.
12 October 2012, 09:43
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Must be very desperate times for the Syrian regime. Just like how they stole our mirage fighter planes never to return them, we too, when Bachar runs for dear life, we should go in and take these AGAMs from them, I feel that it's only fair, what's taken by force can be returned in the same way. Our army now needs to watch for the opportunity.
12 October 2012, 12:28
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AGAMs? what's that?
btw in 82, amongst many other lootings, the isrelis raided the AUB and stole their telescope's lenses, i guess we should go and get those too no?
12 October 2012, 14:53
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Focus on the theft of our LAF Mirages that the Syrians took and never returned, so if the Syrians are that desperate to place batteries of Advanced Ground to Air Missiles near our border, when Bachar flees for life or kicks the bucket, we need to retake these from them. In the meantime you can take what's left of the lab stuff from whatever univ you fancy.
12 October 2012, 15:00
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don t be so optimistic! M8 in such case will prefer to burn down lebanon rather than lose their privileges and ignite a regional war to help save them...
12 October 2012, 15:01
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And the trouble with the Lebanese lackeys is they don't know what to do now, should they burn Lebanon for Bachar's love, or should they too start packing? Who goes to Iran and who goes to Moscow? But hey wait, here's the catch, Tehran could be bombed anytime who knows, so it looks best to go to the Bahamas where the Iranian Mullahs have big complexes all their own. What would happen to their assets here, and TV media? I'm keeping my best bottle of champagne and my best cigar for the day when we are told Bachar is gone. Let's buy fireworks too, worth the celebration.
12 October 2012, 18:45
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Mowaten you defend syria because you are shia full stop be honest for once in your life.
12 October 2012, 20:23
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Funny how we try to defend the undefendable, regimes such as syria,egypt, uae, iran etc.. or anywhere else are wrong, against the free will of their popuation and counter productive. unfortunatley the arab world are about 20-30 years from become competent people where they can make their own decisions without reference to religion, a particular political head, sect or what ever nose ring they are pulled around with.. I think if a leader truly has the best interest of his people he would try to avert confontation even back down meaning his ego may be a little bruised, once it becomes evident that there could be blood shed, or lose of control as we saw in the eary stages of the syrian uprising. except they send in their milita's and thugs to intimidate, kill and incite greater revolt.
12 October 2012, 20:23
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We however, which ever political divide we stand along as lebanese should not greatly concern ourselves with our neighbours and their internal politics as much as own own. If we even showed half the vigor as demonstrated on the site towards getting our house in order and turning our country into a truly democratic state we all boast about, we would be in a much better position to then interfer in regional developments, until then we will have a democracy where every za3im and his sheep bicker over un lebanese ideolgies, personal agendas and self interests against the national interest. There is no such thing in lebanon as a 'swinging voter' why? because we love to take sides and fight for our ego's not our future.
12 October 2012, 20:24
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both sides may be right in ther opinions at some stage however it is with self interest that they spin their BS and we continue to follow them into the unknown. before we start making comments on what happens under a rock 5000 kms away lets try to fix what rocks we have at home.
13 October 2012, 02:29
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Wishful thinking on behalf of the Syrian regime, The downed drone with a few more violations by HA will not draw Israel to retaliate, the Israel's are to smart for that, and if they do, that will only prove that Israel is intentionally trying to save Bachaar.
13 October 2012, 16:00
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These SOBs have forgotten how the Syrians stole from Lebanon, from our railway system, to our fighter planes, our tanks, cars, windows, kitchens, floor tiles, doors, windows, the many citizens they kidnapped, from the theft of the casino, to the ports, to the airport, they had their hands on everything. When they left, most of their trucks were covered with STOLEN goods, even rusting lamp posts they stole, so many buildings became gaping without doors and windows. Our spotters followed them, pictured them. Now that they left, they made sure that they put in place their own thieves to continue the old dirty habit.
13 October 2012, 16:02
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Lo, look at what destiny has for them now, their buildings are falling over their heads. Yalla, fi Allah, he who laughs last will laugh most, Fi Allah.
