Israel Matzav

What, no car swarms?

Syrian television has shown video of the results of the alleged Israeli air strike (yes, they're still calling it that) at a chemical weapons plant in Jamarya just outside of Damascus.

Let's go to the videotape.



My Arabic is non-existent - the only words I understood were 'Israeli' and 'shahid.' JPost adds.

The Jamraya research center is in the town of Jamraya, 8 miles (13 km) from the border with Lebanon, surrounded by heavily militarized areas including several army bases and artillery sites on the Qasioun mountain range, which overlooks Damascus proper 3 miles (5 km) to the east.

Details of Wednesday's strike remain sketchy and, in parts, contradictory. Syria said Israeli warplanes, flying low to avoid detection by radar, crossed into its airspace from Lebanon and struck the Jamraya military site.

But diplomats, Syrian rebels and regional security sources said the Israeli planes hit a weapons convoy heading from Syria to Lebanon, apparently destined for President Bashar al-Assad's ally Hezbollah, and the rebels said they - not Israel - hit Jamraya with mortars.

A statement from the joint military council of the rebel Free Syrian Army described Jamraya as "one of the biggest shabbiha strongholds", where it said Iranian, Russian and Hezbollah members were helping develop chemical and other weapons including 'barrel bombs' used by Assad's air force.

 Heh.

Labels: Bashar al-Assad, chemical weapons, IAF, Syrian uprising, weapons of mass destruction

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 8:38 AM