June 29th 06, 03:44 AM
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Help please - looking for the Israel slant
Ok, thanks.
Memorexxdiscie wrote:
"N9NEO" wrote in message
ps.com...
I am looking for news out of Israel on the current situation. I have
heard that the Israelies are expanding the effort to Syria, but don't
trust source.
regards,
Bob
CONFIRMED BY BBC - Israel Overflew Damascus airspace at 2200 UTC:
www.jpost.com
http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage
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Syria condemns Israeli warning flights
Wednesday 28 June 2006 6:09 PM GMT
Israel says it wants to send a message to al-Assad
Israeli warplanes have flown over one of the Syrian
president's palaces to warn Damascus against supporting
Palestinian fighters who abducted an Israeli
soldier, the Israeli army says. An Israeli army spokeswoman
said the planes early on Wednesday flew over
Bashar al-Assad's palace near the city of Latakia,
"because the Syrian leadership supports and harbours
terrorist leaders, among them Hamas, the kidnappers of the soldier".
Syria said its air defences opened fire on Israeli
warplanes that overflew the country, forcing them to flee.
State-run Syrian television said two Israeli planes
flew near Syria's Mediterranean coast but did
not mention Israel's claim that the planes swooped
low over the president's summer residence.
"The overflight by two Israeli planes near the Syrian
shores is an aggressive act and a provocation," the
television news said, quoting an unindentified information ministry
official.
Israeli television reports confirmed the overflights, early on
Wednesday morning, were to have created several sonic booms.
Israeli television reports said four planes were
involved and al-Assad was home at the time.
The flyover was the second time Israel has buzzed
al-Assad's summer palace. In August 2003, warplanes
reportedly flew so low that windows in the palace shattered.
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