Launched Syrian Scud Missile Was from N. Korea, NOT IRAQ!!!

[Pryderi]

DON'T LET THE NEOCONS GET AWAY WITH SAYING IT!!!!

I was just talking to my neighbor, and he said the missiles were sent to Syria from Iraq!

Hannity's Blog is talking about them being from Iraq too.

It might be part of the right wing talk show agenda next week.


http://www.hannity.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9735

Here's the real story!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/06/04/wsyria04.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/06/04/ixnewstop.html

" Syria fires Scuds over Turkey 'to taunt US'
By Tim Butcher, Middle East Correspondent
(Filed: 04/06/2005)

Syria has staged a defiant display of strategic firepower by test-firing Scud missiles for the first time in four years, Israeli security sources said yesterday.

The officials, citing intelligence data, said the missiles, using North Korean technology and designed to carry chemical warheads, were launched last week from northern Syria.

One missile was fired towards the Mediterranean, the Israeli officials said, and broke up over the Turkish province of Hatay, shedding debris over two villages.

Israeli security sources said Syria's attempt to fire a missile over Turkey, a Nato country, was intended as a snub to America.

Washington has led a fierce campaign against Syria over the past year, blaming it for backing insurgents in Iraq and leading the chorus that forced Damascus to withdraw from Lebanon.

It is believed Israel has acquired film footage of the launches, which involved two Scud D variants, with a range of 400 miles, and one Scud B, with a range of 190 miles.

There have been suspicions that Syria has been buying missile technology from North Korea, and Israel will analyse what advances it has made in terms of targeting.

Any evidence that Syria can accurately launch Scud missiles, possibly with air-dispersed chemical weapons, raises dramatically the likelihood of pre-emptive Israeli military action.

When Israel was hit by Scuds launched by Saddam Hussein's regime in 1991, it was persuaded not to retaliate by evidence that the missiles were inaccurate and had modest payloads.

America was silent about the latest Syrian launches, but Turkey confirmed that missile debris had landed around two villages in the southern province of Hatay.

The Turkish foreign ministry said Syria had assured it that the incident was "just an accident'' during routine military training."

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1. IMHO, there is not one piece of hard evidence in any of those stories...

...other than some debris that dropped into Turkey. How easy would it be for Israel to fire a missile over Turkey, or drop debris from a very high altitude flight?

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