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Resistance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-23-04 09:25 PM
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USA mulls Hizbullah strikes
Janes Intelligence Digest


According to JID's intelligence sources, US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is considering plans to expand the global war on terrorism with multi-pronged attacks against suspected militant bases in countries such as Lebanon and Somalia. In a week in which Israel launched airstrikes against Hizbullah positions, our regional correspondent reports from Beirut.

the Bush administration is currently stepping up pressure on the Damascus regime in a bid to force it to cut off all support for radical Palestinian groups that have been targeting Israel during the three-year-old intifada. Washington also wants Syria to abandon its weapons of mass destruction and to withdraw all its forces from Lebanon, a virtual satellite since Syria moved in with tacit US support in 1990 as part of a strategy to end Lebanon's civil war.

The US administration has long considered Damascus as a prime candidate for 'regime-change' ..
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-23-04 09:53 PM
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1. very bad idea
this move could really disrupt on going terror investigations. the CIA would be extremely upset since they have a good working relationship with their Syrian counterparts. there is a prevailing thought that the money for the 9-11 attack may have come from the Muslim brotherhood.these guys were slaughtered in an attack by the previous Syrian king ,so it seems that the best policy is- your enemy is my enemy. another example of rummy`s private intelligence agency pulling rabbits out of their hats to get bunny pants elected.


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number6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-23-04 11:27 PM
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2. the empire strikes !!!
gotta build that imperial army bigger !!!
:nuke: :scared:
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Resistance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 09:38 AM
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4. gee whatever could you possibly mean
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kalian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-24-04 10:28 AM
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5. I've got to laugh...too funny....
:D
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