SYRIA AMASSING TROOPS ON ISRAEL BORDER

This is huge. The potential for a Syrian attack on Israel to spark general attacks by Hezbollah, Hamas, Fatah is real. That Iran would be supporting these terrorists is a foregone conclusion. Stateless terrorists attacking Israel is one thing, but an attack on one recognized state (Israel) by another (Syria) would have to be treated as all out war weather the Israeli government wants to or not. Such a conflict may well trigger attacks by Islamic sleeper cells and home grown Jihadi throughout the world and rally Islamists everywhere. The ramifications of a global Islamic terrorist uprising would be disastrous for the free world.

Of course, we can hope that this is just another exercise in Syrian sabre rattling.

FROM ATLASSHRUGS:

SYRIA AMASSING TROOPS ON ISRAEL BORDER
War is imminent and I pray that Israel repsonds with everything before it's too late. Hamas has rearmed, flush with US cash, preparing for war from Gaza, Iran is all nuked up promising the "elimination of Israel", Hezbos on the Soputhern border of Israel ..... and now Syria.

War Is Talk Of Syria And Israel
Benny Avni NY SUN (hat tip edge)
Reports that Syria has stepped up its military presence near Israel's northern border have sparked increasing speculation on both sides that war may be imminent. Although some Israeli politicians are advocating negotiations with President al-Assad of Syria, the Israeli army deputy chief of staff said yesterday that retaliation against any nation that launches a war against Israel, the "strongest country in the region," would be "painful."
Syria has called up its reserve units and deployed them near the Israeli border after bellicose remarks by Israeli officials spurred concerns in Damascus, a London-based Arabic-language newspaper reported yesterday. Al-Quds al-Arabi did not specify which Israeli comments raised the alarm. The newspaper reported that Syria deployed its units to the Bekaa Valley, an area it said Israel would be most likely to attack.
On the face of it, Syria may have enough of a pretext to launch a military offensive this spring. although Israeli officials have never provided confirmation, a number of press outlets have reported that Israel bombed a nascent Syrian nuclear facility in September. and next weekend Syria reportedly will release an official report on the assassination in Damascus of Hezbollah's
operational commander, Imad Mughniyeh, which is likely to hold Israel responsible. However, yesterday's al-Quds report said Hezbollah, which is funded by Iran and Syria, would not retaliate over the killing of Mugniyeh, to avoid giving Israel a pretext for war. Syria and its chief ally, Iran, are not angling for a war, either, according to analysts. and with Israelis preparing for their country's 60th-anniversary celebrations in May, the public and the government are largely averse to war, as well.
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