Your comments and questions are always welcome. To send comments and questions please click here to go to our main page.

If you want to change the background color go to the bottom of this page & select the color.

October 6, 2003

Syria Says Ready to Fight if Israel Attacks Again
JERUSALEM/MADRID (Reuters) - Syria's ambassador to Spain said on Wednesday Damascus would respond militarily against Israel if the Jewish state carried out new attacks on Syrian territory.

A senior Israeli security source swiftly dismissed the threat, saying Israel did not want to escalate tensions and believed Syria did not want to start a war. The source said the envoy's statement was mainly intended to impress the Arab world.

But the comments increased tensions simmering since Israel carried out an air strike on Sunday on what it said was a training camp for Palestinian militants near Damascus, one day after a Palestinian suicide bombing killed 19 people in Israel.

Syria says the target was a civilian site and has said it has the right to defend itself.

Israel's Military Declares Alert In North
TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel has placed its military on alert along the borders of Israel and Syria.

The military alert was ordered on Monday in wake of two attacks by Hizbullah along Israel's border with Lebanon in which an Israeli soldier was killed. Hizbullah launched automatic weapon, rocket and mortar fire toward Israeli military posts along the Israeli border on Monday and early Tuesday in what officials deemed retaliation for an Israeli air strike on a Palestinian training base near Damascus.

Comments
I don't see Syria attacking or retaliating against Israel.  No yet anyway.  It will come, but not until the peace accord is signed.  This could be a catalyst to hurry that along.

This is a big development but we will have to wait and see where this leads.

Pastor Malone

Disclaimer:  If an unChristian banner comes up just ignore it.  It is a mistake that will eventually be rectified