The phantom strike that was - or was not. Or was it?

Skybird · 09-12-07, 05:54 PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6991718.stm

I tried to follow this news in medias, but found it almost useless to try, since nobody seem to have any substantial information at all. Unusual.

bookworm_020 · 09-12-07, 08:18 PM

A simlar story in The Australian newspaper

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...3-2703,00.html

Tchocky · 09-13-07, 03:04 AM

I spotted it on the BBC NEws site a couple of days ago. A sentence tucked into the article about Israeli planes "deploying ordnance", and the headline "Syria fires on Israeli planes". Something like that.

joea · 09-13-07, 03:39 AM

From Skybird's link:

Quote:

One, cited by the New York Times newspaper quoting a US source, suggests that the attack was in some way linked to North Korea.
The former US ambassador to the UN, John Bolton, in a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, raised the possibility that Syria is sheltering technology or materials relating to North Korea's nuclear programme.

:hmm: ... so the IAF destroyed the giant Mech sent by Kim Jong Il to Syria?

Tchocky · 09-19-07, 05:55 AM

Another, it seems

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7001006.stm

headline is a bit of a mess, though.

Skybird · 09-19-07, 06:02 AM

It seems - not. no strike, no raid, probably only recce, and warning-by-presence. It's a good idea to keep a very close eye on Hezbullah in Lebanon. It also does not compare by aim, scale and secrecy of the operations.

The Avon Lady · 09-19-07, 06:08 AM

I think this thread and this one need to be merged.

UPDATE:

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Originally Posted by Skybird

It seems - not. no strike, no raid, probably only recce, and warning-by-presence. It's a good idea to keep a very close eye on Hezbullah in Lebanon. It also does not compare by aim, scale and secrecy of the operations.

Everything seems to indicate that something was hit. Syria's silence is deafening.

Skybird · 09-19-07, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by The Avon Lady

I think this thread and this one need to be merged.

UPDATE:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skybird

It seems - not. no strike, no raid, probably only recce, and warning-by-presence. It's a good idea to keep a very close eye on Hezbullah in Lebanon. It also does not compare by aim, scale and secrecy of the operations.

Everything seems to indicate that something was hit. Syria's silence is deafening.

I was referring to the Lebanon overflight. I did not follow it closely, but the two or three reports I read about it had no word on "something was hit". The BBC report Tchocky quoted, also does not mention any attack.

The Avon Lady · 09-19-07, 07:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skybird

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Avon Lady

I think this thread and this one need to be merged.

UPDATE:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skybird

It seems - not. no strike, no raid, probably only recce, and warning-by-presence. It's a good idea to keep a very close eye on Hezbullah in Lebanon. It also does not compare by aim, scale and secrecy of the operations.

Everything seems to indicate that something was hit. Syria's silence is deafening.

I was referring to the Lebanon overflight. I did not follow it closely, but the two or three reports I read about it had no word on "something was hit". The BBC report Tchocky quoted, also does not mention any attack.

This thread's leading story is a week old already. It seems like it was more than an overflight and it was over Syria, not Lebanon.

Tocky's link is to yesterday IAF flyover Sidon. I didn't realize that the thread had switched to a different event.

Definitely recon. The UN is useless. Hizba'allah has snuck back in terrorists, weapons and missiles run under the blue turtle's noses.

Fish · 09-30-07, 11:50 AM

If there was nothing happening why did NK complain?

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satelli...cle%2FShowFull

Quote:

The Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands" in Syria called the claims of an Israeli air strike "lies and fabrications", AFP reported on Sunday.

Center officials denied the reports and said that after they had seen pictures of the center in newspapers, they realized that the alleged strike was supposedly carried out in one of their abandoned sites. An official message by the center read: "We were astonished by reports of an Israeli strike on one of our centers. The reports about the center in the Zionist press are lies and fabrications."

The Avon Lady · 09-30-07, 12:59 PM

Also, why did it take weeks for Syria to say this was all nonsense?

Tchocky · 10-02-07, 12:01 PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7024287.stm

10-03-07, 11:36 PM

Has anyone brought up the poor showing that the state-of-the-art Russian air defence provided Syria? If nothing else this should act as a deterent.

What other country purchased the state-of-the-art Russian air defence? How do you think they feel now?

baggygreen · 10-03-07, 11:58 PM

I hadnt even thought of that WG.

Unless its a big conspiracy and the Syrians never turned on their russian equipment because they were forewarned...:hmm:

Tchocky · 10-04-07, 09:50 AM

I thought Russia only sold MANPADs to Syria?

I mean, they'll still knock down a plane, but they're no S-400

09-12-07, 05:54 PM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,645 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	The phantom strike that was - or was not. Or was it? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6991718.stm I tried to follow this news in medias, but found it almost useless to try, since nobody seem to have any substantial information at all. Unusual. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

09-12-07, 08:18 PM	#2
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	A simlar story in The Australian newspaper http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...3-2703,00.html __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

09-13-07, 03:04 AM	#3
Tchocky Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,874 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	I spotted it on the BBC NEws site a couple of days ago. A sentence tucked into the article about Israeli planes "deploying ordnance", and the headline "Syria fires on Israeli planes". Something like that. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

09-19-07, 05:55 AM	#5
Tchocky Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,874 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Another, it seems http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7001006.stm headline is a bit of a mess, though. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

09-19-07, 06:02 AM	#6
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,645 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	It seems - not. no strike, no raid, probably only recce, and warning-by-presence. It's a good idea to keep a very close eye on Hezbullah in Lebanon. It also does not compare by aim, scale and secrecy of the operations. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

09-30-07, 12:59 PM	#11
The Avon Lady Über Mom Join Date: May 2005 Location: Jerusalem, Israel Posts: 6,147 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Also, why did it take weeks for Syria to say this was all nonsense? __________________ "Victory will come to us from the wombs of our women." - Houari Boumedienne, President of Algeria, Speech before the UN, 1974

10-02-07, 12:01 PM	#12
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10-03-07, 11:36 PM	#13
waste gate Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Has anyone brought up the poor showing that the state-of-the-art Russian air defence provided Syria? If nothing else this should act as a deterent. What other country purchased the state-of-the-art Russian air defence? How do you think they feel now?

10-03-07, 11:58 PM	#14
baggygreen Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canberra, ACT, Down Under (really On Top) Posts: 1,880 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	I hadnt even thought of that WG. Unless its a big conspiracy and the Syrians never turned on their russian equipment because they were forewarned...:hmm:

10-04-07, 09:50 AM	#15
Tchocky Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,874 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	I thought Russia only sold MANPADs to Syria? I mean, they'll still knock down a plane, but they're no S-400 __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]