Israel VP Does not Rule out Strike if Syria's Chemical Arms Transferred to Hizbullah
Israeli Vice Prime Minister Silvan Shalom hinted on Sunday that any sign of Syrian chemical arms transfer to Hizbullah could trigger military strikes.
Shalom told Israel's Army Radio that should Hizbullah or rebels battling forces loyal to President Bashar Assad obtain chemical weapons, "it would dramatically change the capabilities of those organizations."
Such a development would be "a crossing of all red lines that would require a different approach, including even preventive operations," he said alluding to military intervention.
"The concept, in principle, is that this (transfer) must not happen," The Jerusalem Post quoted Shalom as saying.
"The moment we begin to understand that such a thing is liable to happen, we will have to make decisions," he added.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday stressed the need to "look around, at what is happening in Iran and its proxies, what is happening in other arenas with lethal weapons in Syria, which is falling apart."
According to reports in Israeli media, Netanyahu last Wednesday convened an emergency discussion with the security establishment and his inner cabinet on the situation in Syria and the risk of it losing control over its arsenal of weapons of mass destruction.
27 January 2013, 12:38
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they should bomb damascus and the rest of syria... we've had our share in Lebanon. Actually, what are they waiting for the bomb the chemical weapons depots right away? they want to see whether their ally and friend Bashar is going to fall or not.
27 January 2013, 13:06
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We all feces inside us and there is nothing wrong for being gay! You're simply an idiot with very few function brain cell network that can handle "Human Emotions".
Don't be afraid to love!
27 January 2013, 14:15
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talk talk talk israel
hope tomorrow israel launches an attack on iran and hizb
and let the whole region burn between chemicals destroyed in syria and iran and nuclear destroyed in negev
27 January 2013, 15:27
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(Corrected text). Knowing what Israel is capable of, it could simply come up with a pretext that these WMDs are already in Lebanon with Hezbollah, then that would justify any action Israel would take. I don't know if anyone has noticed, but Israel's air force is now flying in our airspace daily and at regular intervals. Syria is seriously weakened, Iran almost isolated, most Arab nations secretly wishing such a mission will take place, the international community fatigued, we Lebanese still criminally divided and as usual almost totally unfocused, and one day Israel will unleash its cruelty on us. In the eyes of the Zionists such an opportunity will not come anytime soon. Now dear Lebanese, can we get some unity between us?
27 January 2013, 17:04
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Inchallah the Hezz have them. Let the Z-boys annihilate them. We are sick of them.....I don't care who kills them. I am sick of their threats, their non-payment of electricity.....their fake resistance only to steal from the rest of us. They kill our politicians and are now engaged in the region doing terror on the behalf of Persia.
27 January 2013, 17:10
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I hope hizb al shaytan are aware of the hell they are bringing to us. Enough war and hatred, lets explore a peacefull settlement, one that preserves our rights.
27 January 2013, 17:39
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The1phoenix, dont try to be moderate to please the hizb, it wont help..they are too far gone, too deeply involved with the daily propoganda...the extremism they live with cannot be reasoned with.
Every know and then a war comes up and cleanses the hearts and renews the mind.. No other way..
27 January 2013, 20:24
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Starsky, me trying to please the Hezb? No brother I am not doing any of that, I am just trying to portrait a dimension that is very possibly happening. Did you ever fight in a real war? Sorry, just a routine question, no disrespect meant to you bro, but the question is aimed to highlight chemical weapons. Such can only be assembled just before they are deployed for use since they are very volatile weapons. In the absence of which, they'd have to be transported from very different locations to a designated place of destination. Chemical weapons cannot be transported so incognito, they stick like sore thumbs. So far logically speaking none is in Lebanese soil.
27 January 2013, 17:40
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The1phoenix, dont try to be moderate to please the hizb, it wont help..they are too far gone, too deeply involved with the daily propoganda...the extremism they live with cannot be reasoned with.
Every now and then a war comes up and cleanses the hearts and renews the mind.. No other way..
27 January 2013, 18:50
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@ ssnp, please do remind Bachar's wise and courageous resistance against the zionists... Same coin different faces thats it they are all in bed together you cockroach, understand that and maybe you'll begin to acquire an existential meaning to your miserable and worthless life
