U.S. preps for possible cruise missile attack on Syrian gov't forces

[Serpentine]

Dont quote me. I dont value your posts period. You are so annoying.

With pleasure, as long as you don't pollute the name of my country with worthless lies.

 

[flamer84]

The Gulf war took a different shape, with a different narration my fellow. In case you don't know, we bribed the Russians to stand natural, condemning Sadam's brutal acts on Kuwaitis. The issue is way above than what you think.

Lol,Russia opossed the war,France,Germany to...54 countries did and no UN resolution backed it either.The americans still went ahead.You need will and the truth is you don't have it.Why is that,i don't know,i can only assume.

 

[Arabian Legend]

With pleasure, as long as you don't pollute the name of my country with worthless lies.

You are not contributing much to any discussion, your posts are of no value as always. And yes Iran is controlling Iraq otherwise you wouldn't be able to skirt sanctions or do what you are doing In syria now.

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

Dreaming is what donkeys do

Russia oil and natural gas | Energy Sector in Russia | BRIC Report on Russia energy industry

What am I supposed to do with this article? LoLz.

 

[Serpentine]

You are not contributing much to any discussion, your posts are of no value as always. And yes Iran is controlling Iraq otherwise you wouldn't be able to skirt sanctions or do what you are doing In syria now.

Let other members judge about whose comments are of no value.
Iraq might be a friendly country toward Iran, but it doesn't mean Iran is controlling it. Otherwise they wouldn't control and check Iranian planes destined for Syria.

 

[Arabian Legend]

Let other members judge about whose comments are of no value.
Iraq might be a friendly country toward Iran, but it doesn't mean Iran is controlling it. Otherwise they wouldn't control and check Iranian planes destined for Syria.

Ok let's not go that far here I'm quoting Iraq FM

(Reuters) - Iraq is unable to stop its neighbor Iran transferring weapons to Syria through its airspace, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said in a newspaper interview published on Saturday.

"We reject and condemn the transfer of weapons through our airspace and we will inform the Iranian side of that formally. But we do not have the ability to stop it," he told pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat.

Iran is the main ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who is fighting mostly Sunni rebels in a civil war in which more the opposition say more than 100,000 people have been killed.

The United States, which wants Assad to relinquish power, has warned Iraq not to allow Iranian weapons flights to cross its airspace into Syria. But Zebari said he had told Western countries that if they wanted to stop such flights, they had to help do so themselves.

"If you imagine these flights breach United Nations Security Council resolutions banning weapons imports and exports from Iran... I invite you in the name of the government to help us stop these flights across Iraqi airspace," he said.

He said random checks by Iraq on Iranian aircraft bound for Syria since September had only found non-lethal aid like medicines and food.

Iraq is dominated by Shi'ite Muslim parties with close ties to Tehran, but Zebari said his country was committed to neutrality in Syria. Two years of fighting there risks further destabilizing an already fragile Iraq as Shi'ite and Sunni fighters cross the long border between the two states.

Zebari said Iraq does not provide any weapons or money to Syria and, despite requests from Damascus, does not sell it crude oil at preferential rates.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/13/us-iraq-syria-iran-idUSBRE96C03I20130713

Despite the US existence in Iraq, does that tell you anything?
Thank you.

 

[kalu_miah]

Israel estimates US will attack in Syria - Israel Opinion, Ynetnews

Ron Ben-Yishai

Israel estimates US will attack in Syria
Day after Gantz-Dempsey conversation, security establishment officials say US expected to operate against Assad forces even without UN mandate
Published: 08.24.13, 21:05 / Israel Opinion

Israeli security officials estimated Saturday evening that the US will act militarily in Syria in response to the chemical attack on rebel stronghold near Damascus earlier this week.

A senior army official said IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz discussed the Syrian crisis with US Joint Chiefs of Staff chief General Martin Dempsey during a phone conversation on Friday. The two generals also discussed the recent escalation of violence in Lebanon and the unrest in Egypt, the official said.

The American government is seeking concrete evidence of chemical weapons use by Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces against civilians. When such proof surfaces, Israeli officials speculate, the US will act even in the event that the UN Security Council does not take a decision to that effect.

The New York Times reported Saturday that US officials are looking at the air war over Kosovo in the late 1990s as a possible blueprint for strikes on Syria without a UN mandate.

Staying in the Mediterranean. USS Mahan (Video: Reuters)

During the 1998-1999 conflict, Russia supported the Yugoslav regime of Slobodan Milosevic, accused of committing atrocities against civilians in Kosovo. But since Russia holds veto power in the UN Security Council, there was no chance of getting a resolution authorizing the use of force against the Yugoslav Republic.

In March 1999, NATO launched a series of air strikes against Yugoslav forces, arguing that their abuses constituted a grave humanitarian emergency. The attacks lasted 78 days.

Israel's security establishment estimates that Washington is seriously considering a limited yet effective attack that will make it clear to the regime in Damascus that the international community will not tolerate the use of weapons of mass destruction against Syrian civilians or any other elements.

US warships in the Mediterranean (Photo: AFP)

US President Barack Obama met with his national security team on Saturday to consider possible responses to the chemical attack on Damascus' suburbs. The Washington Post reported that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said that Obama had asked the Pentagon to prepare military options for Syria. US defense officials told The Associated Press that the Navy had sent a fourth warship armed with ballistic missiles into the eastern Mediterranean Sea but without immediate orders for any missile launch into Syria.

ABC News said potential targets include Syrian military or government command and control facilities as well as delivery systems for Syria’s chemical weapons, namely artillery or missile launchers. Targeting Syrian chemical weapons depots carries the risk of unleashing chemicals into the atmosphere, which makes them less likely targets.

The limited-scope military options would use "standoff" weapons, which would not require the US to send jet fighters over Syrian airspace and risk their getting shot down by Syria's strong air defense system, ABC News reported. The use of sea-launched Tomahawk cruise missiles is seen as the most likely option.

Weighing options. Hagel (L), Obama (Archive photo: EPA)

Another standoff option would involve fighter jets launching their munitions from outside Syrian airspace. This is a method that Israel has used to conduct several airstrikes into Syria this year without challenging Syria’s air defenses, ABC News said.

The US Navy currently has four destroyers in the Mediterranean, each equipped with more than 90 Tomahawk cruise missiles. The USS Barry and USS Gravely are currently located in the eastern Mediterranean as part of the Navy's ballistic missile defense mission in the region.

The USS Mahan and USS Ramage are located in the central Mediterranean, the Ramage is replacing the Mahan as part of that same mission in the eastern Mediterranean.

A Defense official was quoted by ABC News as saying that the commander of US Naval Forces Europe ordered that the Mahan temporarily remain in the Mediterranean as it returned home from its deployment as part of the ballistic missile mission.

A White House official told the Washington Post: "We have a range of options available, and we are going to act very deliberately so that we're making decisions consistent with our national interest, as well as our assessment of what can advance our objectives in Syria."

"Once we ascertain the facts, the president will make an informed decision about how to respond," the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.

Syria's Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi warned Saturday that that attacking his country would have dangerous consequences. "A mass of flames will ignite the Middle East," Omran al-Zoubi said in a television interview, adding that such an attack will not be a "picnic."

The minister conveyed a stern message from the regime in Damascus, saying "The American pressure will not help, it is a waste of time, and Syria will not withdraw from its fight against terror."

 

[Doritos11]

Ok let's not go that far here I'm quoting Iraq FM



Iraq foreign minister says can't stop Iran arms flights to Syria | Reuters

Despite the US existence in Iraq, does that tell you anything?
Thank you.

Foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari told the US that Iraq has no capabilities to stop the Iranian flights ( no fighter jets ), as Iraq is neutral in the Syrian war and in the entire US-Iran thing, Hoshyar told John Kerry that the US is allowed to take action in Iraqi airspace to stop Iranian flights if they wanted this.

Zebari also said that, "If you imagine these flights breach United Nations Security Council resolutions banning weapons imports and exports from Iran I invite you in the name of the government to help us stop these flights across Iraqi air space.

US existence in Iraq is limited to a few trainers and embassy guards, however new news recently about that part.
So despite being controlled by Iran Iraq is inviting the US to bring and operate armed drones ( MQ1 & MQ9 ) in Iraq, they also ask the US to send intelligence agency personnel, maybe even bringing back some USSF.

You should look up what neutral means.

 

[Serpentine]

Ok let's not go that far here I'm quoting Iraq FM



Iraq foreign minister says can't stop Iran arms flights to Syria | Reuters

Despite the US existence in Iraq, does that tell you anything?
Thank you.

If you look in your own source, it says:

He said random checks by Iraq on Iranian aircraft bound for Syria since September had only found non-lethal aid like medicines and food.

which means they have checked our planes randomly and didn't find any weapons. A country that you are supposed to 'control' wouldn't force your plane to land in their territory to check it.
They just don't have the means to controll all flights toward Syria which is true, so they asked U.S to help them which again shows your assessment is not true.

 

[Arzamas 16]

What am I supposed to do with this article? LoLz.

Read it, but I suppose Donkeys can't

 

[BLACKEAGLE]

You talk as if FSA is the superpower here which Assad should beg for for mercy, speaking about consequences you forgot about the load of sarin gas, maybe that demon will wake up.
Leave this to Syrians only instead of GCC arabs who are a bunch of secterian clowns hiding behind the US.

I meant by "demon" Sunnah who happen to be the vast majority in Syria and Arab world, yet everyone supports this bloodthirsty scum get to face the consequences. No matter how much power Bashar has, he won't stand for long, his thugs are mainly Alawites and Shia mercenaries who happen to be a tiny minority, and they can't stand an attrition war with 18 million Sunni Syrians. In short, those terrorists have no future in Syria not to mention that those Syrians and Arabs in general will never forget what Shia did to them especially those in Lebanon. They have to learn that when such a little minority talk and act big they should expect big consequences as well.

Dear, Arabs didn't take US permission to support the FSA in 2012 and without those Arabs, Syrian uprising would have been burried by now.

 

[Doritos11]

I meant by "demon" Sunnah who happen to be the vast majority in Syria and Arab world, yet everyone supports this bloodthirsty scum get to face the consequences. No matter how much power Bashar has, he won't stand for long, his thugs are mainly Alawites and Shia mercenaries who happen to be a tiny minority, and they can't stand an attrition war with 18 million Sunni Syrians. In short, those terrorists have no future in Syria not to mention that those Syrians and Arabs in general will never forget what Shia did to them especially those in Lebanon. They have to learn that when such a little minority talk and act big they should expect big consequences as well.

Dear, Arabs didn't take US permission to support the FSA in 2012 and without those Arabs, Syrian uprising would have been burried by now.

Permission was given in secret, do you think everything is open, now leave it to them.

 

[BLACKEAGLE]

The problem is that it's not the majority of Syrian who are fighting now in Syria, it's foreign paid terrorists and other countries who are controlling them.
If majority of Syrian wanted this bloodshed and terrorists, Bashar would have been gone for long now.

That's a big fat lie your cult made up, you know, you people are professional at faking things in that dumbest way imaginable till your media and state figures turned into jokes.

 

[Jihad_]

Stay home America.

 

[BLACKEAGLE]

Permission was given in secret, do you think everything is open, now leave it to them.

Man, get me a source on sth like this and stop telling me things from your head. And my fried, not all countries are puppets like yours