North Korea Denounces Alleged Israeli Attack on Syria

by merrie | September 15, 2007 at 10:56 pm

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While all the "behind the scenes" maneuevering taking place in the
tense Middle East region may not be exactly reassuring, there have
been reports emerging, that if there is any factual basis for them,
could provide some critical information regarding the relationship
between Syria and North Korea. Also, a recent report from Debka is
intriguing in what has been discovered during the Israeli fighters
incursion into Syrian airspace.

A rare statement by Kim Jong Il's regime, which denounced Israel's incursion into Syria last week, raised speculations about a possible North Korean role in Middle East tensions.

Pyongyang
rarely issues public statements about world affairs, but on Tuesday, it
became the only non-Muslim country to condemn Israel, calling its
alleged air operation in Syria "a very dangerous provocation." The rare
statement came just as press reports from Washington said Israel had
recently used its air force in an attempt to document alleged transfers
of North Korean nuclear technology to Syria.

As they celebrated the Jewish New Year yesterday, Israeli officials maintained their weeklong, self-imposed official silence on Syria's allegations.

Syrian officials, however, repeated their condemnation of Israel's transgression. After delivering identical letters to the president of the Security Council and to Secretary-General Ban in which Damascus refrained from specifically demanding a council action, Syria's U.N. ambassador, Bashar al-Jaafari, told reporters yesterday that the council should "react" to what he said was an Israeli violation of international law.

Mr. Jaafari dismissed various press reports that, citing regional and American officials, said Israel's air incursion hit targets in Syria's northeastern region last Thursday. "This is, as we say in French, blah blah," Mr. Jaafari told the Sun, insisting the Israeli aircrafts hit no target in Syria and that they merely dropped some munitions and fuel tanks in their escape, after violating Syria's airspace.

Advanced Russian Air Defense Missile Cannot Protect Syrian and Iranian Skies
http://www.debka.com/

Hi Hi merrie, I can certainly fill you in on this one now I got some inside info about this 20 mins ago.

The truth seems to be there was no Israeli incursion into Syrian Air space. This makes a lot more sense than the falkey reports about the subject. Israel is unable to get into the Lebanon so the idea that they could fly over Syria is a bit of a laugh.

Syria was the first to report this and it would appear to be pure propaganda, just a taunt. Next the liars at jpost tryed to back up the false claim that Israel had indeed done this. Debka jumped at the chance to pump up the propaganda by claiming that Israel could actually get past the igla-8 systems installed in Syria to stop Israeli fly overs of Damascus and Armenia to stop Turkish incursions into armenian airspace.

The final crowning achievemnet of the tit for tat propaganda spree was the New York Post claiming that Israel had actually bombed some secret nuclear installation in Israel.

So Debka claim is really quiet funny and it shows how desperate these people have become, and even worse, it makes the USA look like a paper tiger as Russia has been saying for some time now.

merrie, I like this story. It's good stuff.

Hi Sth,

Hey thanks for the flag! What strikes me as odd is the renunciation from the "Hermit Kingdom". That's so

uncharactistic of them to make public statements. Also, I had read that the Turkish intelligence had given

Israel clearance for a fly-over, yet the upper echelons had no knowledge. I'm not sure where I read that.

Tayyip Erdogan, the PM was mentioned. Supposedly, the Turkish intell gave the Israeli's the go ahead.

Hmmm This seems to rather implauseable. Given that Israel does have a reason to Fly over, their committments to securing the BTC, I cant see why any part of the BTC that may br threaten at present could be in range of Israel aircraft. The only way to test the validity of the claim would be to see if any Israeli aircraft have been refueled in Turkey over the last week. I can not do this, because I dont have any insiders in the Turkish military, MAybe you could follow this up. Ill have a look on the web, but be careful of the sources you use, Good Luck we may be able to get to the bottom of this.

Ankara firmly denies Turkish intelligence sharing with Israel against Syria 14 Sep 2007 23:26 GMT
... Turkish officials on Friday ruled out a report ... pilots were given authorization by the Turkish army to use its airspace in order to ... "Israeli pilots conducted a training mission
using a longer route while equipped with auxiliary fuel tanks, dropping
them on their way in order to also test their maneuvering without the
tanks. I am sure Israel informed the Turkish military about the mission
and that it needed to enter into Turkish airspace. During the Sept. 6
event Israeli pilots were on a training mission to test their ability
to reach Iran," speculated Ankara-based Western military sources.

Those speculations may also explain the Turkish Foreign Ministry’s
relatively low-profile position on the issue, so far refraining from
issuing a statement through which it could have sought official
explanation from Israel.

Instead, unnamed ministry sources have given verbal explanations to
the Turkish press, saying a swift response had been sought from Israel
over its alleged violation of Turkish airspace and that fuel tanks
allegedly dropped by an Israeli fighter or fighters were found on
Turkish soil in the Hatay area, near the Syrian border.

According to Turkish diplomatic sources, Israel informed Turkey
that its entry into Turkish airspace was a pilot error. Israel has so
far declined to comment on the alleged incidents.

However Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan, hosting his Syrian
counterpart Walid al-Moallem on Sept. 10, described the Israeli act as
“unacceptable” and stated that Ankara has been waiting for an
explanation.

Using unnamed diplomatic sources instead of releasing an official
statement could be seen as a clue that the Turkish military has again
failed to coordinate its actions with political authorities.

For its part, Syria recently complained about Israel to the UN
Security Council, but has not yet come up with proof that Israeli
fighters actually bombed a Syrian site.

Syria said its air defenses opened fire on Israeli warplanes that had violated Syrian airspace and dropped munitions.

‘Target was Iran’
Having limited airspace for training purposes, Israel reportedly
used a longer Mediterranean route on Sept. 6 to test its pilots’
ability to fly with and without auxiliary tanks.

I sorta got the impression that the IDF was entering Syrian airspace at the north-east corner, which would

be at the Syria-Turkey border. I need to look at the map, but I got that mental image when I read that

article. I'll check my bookmarks, it may be in there, let me know if you're able to find anything.

Cheers

HA no need to check that one two explanations.

1 They had to cut in to Syria because they did not have the fuel to do the fly around

2 The most likely. If they were running along the boundry of Syrian Air space, the temptation to dip their wing tips into Syrian Air would be utterly irresistable. Both for Tactical/strategic reasons and propaganda purposes.

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