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April 18, 2004
Israel: Hamas leadership in Syria could be targeted

HAARETZ: Israel: Hamas leadership in Syria could be targeted

Israel will consider attacking Hamas' compound in Damascus should the organization move its main power base to Syria following the assassinations of its former leaders, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and Abdel Aziz Rantisi, in Gaza.

There is no proof at this stage that orders to carry out terror attacks are being delivered by Hamas leaders in Damascus to members of the organization in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. However, during meetings recently held by Israeli political and security officials, participants agreed that should intelligence information point to Damascus as Hamas' nerve center, the option of targeting the organization in Syria could be considered.

Given Hezbollah's increasing support for Palestinian terror, Israel also will consider attacking the organization's targets in Lebanon, according to Israeli sources.

Posted by Laurence Simon at April 18, 2004 09:29 PM | TrackBack
Comments

Hassan Nasrallah of Hezbollah in Lebanon and Masahall (sp.) of Hamas in Syria. Who else?

Posted by: leaddog2 at April 18, 2004 10:11 PM

Damn, I hate makin' predictions.....but, when the sh-t hits the fan, which it hasn't......

let's just say the big picture will become clearer to all.

Posted by: Jeff B at April 18, 2004 10:25 PM

It's been kind of silly to me to see it raining fire on Al Qaeda, when Hamas got off with the title "religious organization."

If it looks like a terrorist, walks like a terrorist, talks like a terrorist and deliberately chooses civilian targets like a terrorist, I say cook it like a terrorist and see how it tastes.

Apparantly Israel has reached the same conclusion.

It'll be interesting to see how the Syrian air defense network stacks up compared to the Palestinians.

Interesting and perhaps even instructive.

Posted by: jeffers at April 18, 2004 11:58 PM

thanks in advance, IDF for payback for the sleeping marines of beirut! drive these organizations underground and cut off their finances. leave syria to the kurds and israelis while we deal with iran who BTW just INCREASED funding for hezbollah.

Posted by: hound at April 19, 2004 12:35 AM

We should have bombed Damascus in 1983/1984. Hopefully the Israelis will have the gall to finally go after Hezbollah and Hamas, and maybe accidentally erase Assad in the process!

Posted by: -ed at April 19, 2004 01:42 AM

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