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Sun May 5, 2013, 09:07 AM May 2013

Declarations of War? Israeli Bombings in Syria Raise Alarms

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/05



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Israeli officials have yet comment on the incident, but did confirm a separate missile strike carried out by Israel on Thursday.

Reuters reports:

Israel carried out its second air strike in days on Syria early on Sunday, a Western intelligence source said, in an attack that shook Damascus with a series of powerful blasts and drove columns of fire into the night sky.

Israel declined comment but Syria accused the Jewish state of striking a military facility just north of the capital - one which its jets had first targeted three months ago. Iran, a key ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and an arch-enemy for Israel, urged states in the region to resist the Israeli attack.

People living near the Jamraya base spoke of explosions over several hours in various places near Damascus, including a town housing senior officials: "Night turned into day," one man said.
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Declarations of War? Israeli Bombings in Syria Raise Alarms (Original Post) xchrom May 2013 OP
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