Saturday, April 19, 2008

The March to War: Israel Prepares for War against Lebanon and Syria


by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya

Global Research, April 19, 2008

"......It is now 2008 and the spectre of war has remerged in the Middle East. Syrian President Basher Al-Assad revealed that his country is uneasy and prepared for the worst once again. Despite Tehran’s position that the U.S. would not dare launch a war against Iran, the Iranian military is on standby. The Lebanese military and Hezbollah have also been placed on alert.

“While war is not a preferable option, if Israel declares war on Syria and Lebanon or if America declares war on Iran, Syria would be prepared,” the Syrian President told a gathering of Arab intellectuals according to Al-Akhbar, a Lebanese newspaper, on April 16, 2008. [5] “We should analyze the situation from the perspective of American interests, because the last war in Lebanon has shown that at some point Israel wanted to stop the fighting, but was forced by the [Bush Jr. Administration] to pursue it further,” Basher Al-Assad continued. [6] Thus the threat of war lives on in the Middle East in 2008......

“Miscalculations” in the Levant: Setting the Stage for War?....

Tel Aviv’s Orwellian talk of Peace......

De-linking Syria from Iran: Israel’s Real Condition for Peace with Syria......

Neutralizing Syria: Prerequisite for Neutralizing Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran......

Operation Orchard: Fabricating a Syria-Iran-North Korea Nuclear Axis.......

The Assassination of Imad Mughniyeh in Damascus: Antecedent to War?......

Creating Pretexts for War in Lebanon......

The Mediterranean Front
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