tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post5949370548777641123..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: Israel Strikes BackGeorge Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-5217010606537554282007-09-14T23:08:00.000-04:002007-09-14T23:08:00.000-04:00Spook,You might be interested in the following bla...Spook,<BR/><BR/>You might be interested in the following blather I scribbled on my blog: <BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://boghieonyoursix.blogspot.com/2006/07/keep-your-eyes-on-prize.html" REL="nofollow">'Keep Your Eyes on the Prize'</A><BR/><BR/>During last years 'Summer War' between Hezbollah and Israel I speculated that Israel would not be able to violate Iraqi air space. They would need a temporary air strip in the eastern Syrian dessert. Iranian nuclear facilities are in air sortie range from that part of the world. And, now it seems Turkey and Iraq might be a bit complicit - oh, my you mean you flew your bombers right over the border. We can't even decide who should patrol that damn thing, eh. Such confusion, eh...<BR/><BR/>By the way, your airbase map was what I was really looking for. Many thanks...<BR/><BR/>I think this other post is also pertinent:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://boghieonyoursix.blogspot.com/2005/12/redblue-in-middle-east.html" REL="nofollow">'Red/Blue in the Middle East!!!'</A>Boghiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07082497352696881585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-82130405292996646602007-09-12T13:34:00.000-04:002007-09-12T13:34:00.000-04:00Thanks,Spook.Thanks,Spook.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-3415656521725173662007-09-12T12:51:00.000-04:002007-09-12T12:51:00.000-04:00Lars--There are regular transport flights between ...Lars--There are regular transport flights between Iran and Syria; It's relatively easy for the Iranians get permission to transit airspace through Turkey. The aircraft are probably flagged as "civilian" and the cargo manifests are either misleading or completely false. We ought to be leaning on the Turks to deny overflight by Iranian carriers, but without convincing proof of WMD cargoes, it's difficult for Ankara to deny use of their airspace, particularly when they count on Iran for cooperation on "other issues," namely the Kurds. <BR/><BR/>In a pinch, Iran could probably take the "long" route around the Arabian peninsula and up the Red Sea across the eastern Med, but (from what I'm told), that's typically not required.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712369389411084085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-80907795682121360042007-09-12T09:26:00.000-04:002007-09-12T09:26:00.000-04:00If the weapons were destined for Hezbollah, then i...If the weapons were destined for Hezbollah, then interdicting the shipment, even if it is on another country's territory, is permitted under clause 15 of UNSC 1701.Solomon2https://www.blogger.com/profile/15341059223792174505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-49410503007702431922007-09-12T08:13:00.000-04:002007-09-12T08:13:00.000-04:00The elephant in the room is how Iranian weapons tr...The elephant in the room is how Iranian weapons transit to eastern<BR/>Syria without crossing Iraq or Turkey?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-10624222535522696012007-09-11T19:46:00.000-04:002007-09-11T19:46:00.000-04:00Essentially all of the information about this even...Essentially all of the information about this event has been provided by the Syrians so much of it is certainly some combination of wrong, lies, exaggeration and nonsense. One might argue, however, that if there were no basis to it at all then the Israelis would have denied it. The Syrians have made a series of claims about what happened but oddly have made no pictures available, which suggests they are hiding something.<BR/><BR/>If the alleged Israeli planes appeared on Syrian radar in eastern Syria how do the Syrians know the path they took to get there? Were Syrian jets scrambled to engage the Israeli jets once they were discovered? Is it really true that no one was injured and nothing was damaged on the ground?<BR/><BR/>If this event bears some semblance of appearance to what cnn is claiming then things may be looking up for the good guys. This, in combination with the snatch operation of a high level Hamas leader in Gaza last week, may be signaling that the new defense minister in Israel, Ehud Barak, has changed how the Israeli armed forces will act in the future. Many parts of the Israeli armed forces are certainly highly trained, highly motivated, and highly capable. Let's see if they can pull off some more significant actions in the future.<BR/><BR/>There is some chance that Syria will retaliate in some way for this event but it seems like they either keep doing what they've been doing, namely use proxies, or go for all-out war. The Israelis have in some way turned the tables on the Syrians. The Syrians like to use terrorism, which provokes Israel but not enough to make Israel start a war with Syria. In this case the Syrians have been provoked, and even humiliated, the one thing that Arabs can't stand, but they have no real recourse.Utopia Parkwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09976835397530299973noreply@blogger.com