2011/11/25

Nov 24 Incidents

تفاصيل العملية الأمنية التي خففت لهجة أردوغان ضد دمشق
Details of the security operation, which softened the tone of Erdogan against Damascus
al-Baath, its cache
Written by Albaath Media
Thursday, November 24, 2011 21:20

I spoke to media sources on Friday, the start of the Syrian vast security operation "destroy illusions." For his part, the Lebanese Al-Manar site stopped at this process, trying to shed light on the political meanings and implications.

Where sources reported that Syria Syrian armor and artillery completed the long-range spread over the entire border with Turkey, starting from the phases of the Idlib in the north to win the region that fall within the province of Latakia.

The sources add that a closed military zone imposed on areas scattered along the border with Turkey and a depth of 20 km, and followed that Syrian security authorities prevented the entry and exit from this area without the collection of prior permission from the security officials in the region, so as to prevent the infiltration of armed groups across the border with Turkey in order to clean the area of ​​militants, and close the ports between the goals of arms smuggling and cut supply lines and communication among the armed gangs.

The sources quoted informed that any entry of the military imposed, whether foreign or entry by the rebel groups will be addressed to him by the Syrian army and deal with him, just as in war, and therefore entitled to Syria, then take all appropriate military action.

Revealed the same sources that the operation came in response to the challenge that has emerged in the attitudes of Turkey and the U.S., and for this reason called the "break illusions," which means that the Syrian army will destroy the illusions that left the Turks and opponents Syrians while the left calls for the intervention of Turkish and impose an air embargo and a closed military zone by the Turks Syria, the Syrian army Fbaghthm already.

Asked why the focus of the Syrian army on the border with Turkey, These sources said that U.S. threats that preceded the invasion of Iraq in 2003, indicating that the entry of the U.S. military will be across the Turkish border, but the surprise was to enter the U.S. from the land of Jordan and other Arab territories adjacent to Iraq, This is what makes that Syria vigilant of what is happening on the various borders, but the emphasis is on the northern border due to the length of the Syrian border - Turkish, according to the same sources.

For his part, Professor of International Relations at the University of Damascus, Bassam Abu Abdullah that the information circulating in the community indicate that the imposition of the Syrian security zone will apply to the border areas with Turkey and Jordan.

A d. Abu Abdullah said that "most of the militants who carried out the quality of entered the Turkish border ... and there are Turkish auspices of the gunmen who have been providing weapons and training camps in Turkey," revealing that the Turkish army was not reluctant to spread the Syrian, "because there are points in the Turkish army Turkey does not want to get involved with NATO. "

He explained that Turkey is experiencing a split internally on the position of Syria, and that there is strong opposition to the positions of the Turkish government on the part of the national trend, and even from some Islamic groups, who take this position not out of concern for Syria but for the sake of Turkish interests and understand the implications of the crisis the Syrian Inside Turkey, according to the opinion of Abu Abdullah.

He noted that the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan live a bit of confusion is evident in the contrasting positions of Erdogan in reference to the sharp decline in the language of Erdogan after it was confirmed that the days before al-Assad in power are numbered.

With regard to the borders of Jordan, uncovered. Abu Abdullah, the official circles Syrian today speak for information and documents show that "the Jordanian intelligence service was involved in the events of Daraa, and talk about the Jordanian intelligence is talk about the Mossad, an Israeli, they disarm mines in the border region with Syria to make way for armed groups to move within the region and the transfer of arms into Daraa, and the role of Jordanian intelligence is coming. "

He also pointed out that Jordanians do not pay any attention to that involved by sparked may extend to the inside of Jordan, pointing out that the Syrian army knows "heads involved," has held a number of threads .. Adding, "now playing on the overdraft."

In talking about the details of the operation pointed out that it requires the implementation of military operations targeting foci of security where there are armed gangs, noting that means the Syrian army is the lack of casualties among civilians, saying that the militants are turning to this point is why they are taking civilians as human shields .

In response to the question: why the silence of the Syrian media to the security operation of this size, it was considered an international relations professor at the University of Damascus that "the policy of the Syrian media known .. a secret and not disclose any information military because the military action in the foundation is based on the element of surprise and of surprise," adding Aatdat said that Syria does not release information in their possession and not to reveal their possession from the leaves of force, and whether its actions no matter how large.

Regarding the border with Lebanon, Zkrabu Abdullah that there are political parties in Lebanon are involved in the ongoing killings in Syria, noting only that one of the involved deputies in the Lebanese parliament, stressing at the same time there is a "coordination between the Syrian and Lebanese armies in regard to controlling the Lebanese border and in particular the northern border, after it has been dumping Homs weapons and weapons were seized after the quality of the possession of insurgents there have been targeting citizens and public facilities and economic targets. "

He described the professor at the University of Damascus, that what is going on, "What is a proxy war for the United States ... and it became clear that America is run by the conflict is not about achieving the reforms it is a struggle to win the papers."

He said that the U.S. administration revealed itself after the announcement of Syrian Interior amnesty for all armed surrender, after militants urged not to surrender.

And strength cards which may be used to put pressure on Syria in the coming days, Abu Abdullah replied: "U.S. fils .. but no longer have economic sanctions." Carter said "Syria is able to live with the next 50 years of sanctions, it feeds the Arab countries Qmhaa" .. He added: "Here is Iran and Cuba continued despite the sanctions imposed on them years ago, the Arabs may impose further sanctions, pressures and Thursday, but not Arab investments in Syria are afraid to lose."

And the fear of civil war considered d. Bassam Abu Abdullah, they are just Thualat ruling out the fact, saying they need to ground and this ground is not available in Syria, he said, "Yes, in Homs are hotbeds of tension, but the people do not want that, killing is going on in a few places in Homs, and is intended to, and behind him to drag the people to fight , and Satellite Gulf is working to create a suitable platform through the broadcasts of the shipping sectarian. "

The Syrian political analyst that Syria has a mutual defense pact with Russia, and this explains the Russian position in support of Syria, ruled out any military intervention of NATO, because NATO - as he put it - did not enter any Arab country until it recognizes the Arab country all his papers. And Syria are still at full capacity and the military have many surprises just Kmufajat that appeared in the 2006 war. "


Armed Group Assassinates School Director in Ma'arrat al-Numan
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/11/24/383898.htm
Nov 24, 2011


Several Terrorists arrested, Amounts of Ammunition Seized in Daraa Countryside
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/11/24/383907.htm
Nov 24, 2011

DARAA, (SANA) – Competent authorities in Daraa on Thursday arrested a number of terrorists and confiscated amounts of weapons in the province's countryside.

SANA correspondent in Daraa said that the seized weapons included RBG launchers, different sorts of rifles, grenades, explosive devices, pistols , shot stores, diverse ammunition, explosives and military uniforms.

Methods of training, following-up and monitoring, plans of preparing ambushes, detailed maps and plans to attack Daraa Province from different axes, sabotage public and private properties and to attack law enforcement forces' centers in Daraa and its countryside were discovered. Small engines for generating electricity were also seized.


الناطق الرسمي باسم الحكومة الأردنية يؤكد حصول عمليات تهريب للسلاح من الأردن إلى سورية
Jordanian Government Spokesman Confirms Arms Smuggling Took Place into Syria
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/11/24/383831.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2011/11/24/383851.htm
Nov 24, 2011

AMMAN, (SANA)- Jordanian Minister of State for Media Affairs and Communications and Government's spokesman, Rakan al-Majali, on Thursday said that arms smuggling operations took place from Jordan into Syria, noting that his country is working to stop this.

He added in press statements that the incident which happened in the Jordanian northern city of al-Ramtha is evidence that smuggling of arms into Syria took place, pointing out that this incident was not the only one.

"We, in the Jordanian government, are concerned to be conscious of this issue," said al-Majali, stressing his country's rejection of allowing smuggling arms into Syria.


حماية المستهلك تصادر 80 ألف ليتر مازوت في حلب
Consumer protection confiscated 80 thousand liters of diesel in Aleppo
الخميس - 24 تشرين الثاني - 2011 - 13:09:25
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=c2c05f9e338ed641d9f869d16f2fc4ce&ar=509981542


Massive theft of telephone cables in Damascus countryside depletes the strategic reserves
لصوص الكابلات الهاتفية يسطون على مئات الكيلومترات وريف دمشق في المقدمة...بكر: مخزوننا الإستراتيجي تم استنفاده بالكامل
Telephone cable thieves robbing hundreds of kilometers and Damascus in the foreground ... Baker: our strategic stockpile has been exhausted completely
http://www.alwatan.sy/dindex.php?idn=112587
http://backupurl.com/591tr5
24/11/2011

The Director of PTC Bakr Bakr that the phenomenon of theft of copper cables institution has become a daily phenomenon deals with the institution since the beginning of the events, pointing out that the strategic reserve has been fully exhausted since the length of cable stolen hundreds of kilometers and the province of Damascus came to the fore.

Baker, speaking during a statement to «home» trying to infringe on the optical cable in the countryside of Damascus in order to theft, if it has had to cut off communication from the southern region.

Baker pointed out that next to the optical cable to copper cable last two cables were cut in order to theft, it seems, and while they were surprised by the arrival of a robbery as they fled and were afraid of being arrested and left behind everything.

However,: the cable was cut at night and fix it the next morning because the location of the incident was not fit for the work of the night, but that communication had not been interrupted because the institution has an alternative route (alternative link).

Bakr said: The custom at this kind of thieves usually have to look for copper cables and used since the beginning of the recent events to record daily incidents and more during the day.

Baker revealed that the strategic reserves of cables have been exhausted yesterday and there is no cable networks in the business plan including the additional quantities that are secured and an estimated 10 percent of the amount of additional contracts to fill the emergency needs of breakdowns and repairs.

He stressed that the lengths of cable stolen from the rank of hundreds of kilometers of different sizes and is not one-size-due to theft daily, especially in the countryside of Damascus, which exceeded the limit is reasonable as there are axes is robbery on a daily basis, that is, when is fixed malfunction as a result of theft found stolen on the day immediately following However, this is not the fault of the citizen may not be cut service by the job by installing a new cable instead of the stolen goods and so on.

And the Director of Communications, the Ministry of Interior issued six circulars on the elements in the administrative units to cooperate with the Foundation to pursue this type of theft, explaining that the solution to this issue is not only the awareness of citizens to assist the State in the Report from doing this kind of heinous acts, as It is not possible to keep every room inspection when a police officer guarding note that there are more than 30 thousand rooms, and inspection is not possible to put an army entirely on these points.

In response to a question on measures to counter this phenomenon, said Bakr said that the organization had been circulated to all provinces by the Ministry of Local Administration to all the councils of cities and towns to spread awareness among the citizens, in addition to the internal circulated to all police units to pursue the case and the perpetrators and bring them to justice, stressing that these measures What is the maximum institution can do.

He added: some take advantage of current conditions for personal reasons in order to purely non-profit, taking into account the value and importance of service provided to them, the last are in this category, and that the thieves do not benefit from the theft of optical cables, but copper only.

Referred to the theft of cables in Damascus alone amounted during the last forty days, more than 23 thousand square meters various capacities most recently was an attempt to steal the spare optical cable telecommunications southern region.


القبض على عراقيين اثنين سرقا مصاغا ذهبيا ودولارات بقيمة 5 ملايين ليرة سورية في حي الميرديان بحلب
The arrest of two Iraqis stole formulated golden dollars and $ 5 million Syrian pounds in the neighborhood of Aleppo Meridian
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_articles&id=31ce6d1bed3685f6b3d65defd0eac93b&ar=986595814
Tuesday - November 22 - 2011 - 13:41:30

al-Jamiliyyah Police Department arrested two Iraqis they stole the gold framed and more than ninety thousand dollars, and the laptop from the house in the neighborhood of Meridian Aleppo.

Aks al-Ser learned that an Iraqi woman sexual complained to the Police Department of Fine steal an amount of more than ninety thousand dollars and framed in gold and laptop from her home in the neighborhood of Meridian, about eleven o'clock on the morning of Monday, when she was going to receive aid her, accompanied by one of their close associates .

During the follow-up and investigation at the Department of al-Jamiliyyah show that the person who was accompanied by the woman, had coordinated with the other person is also an Iraqi national, taking advantage of her house to steal out of the house to get the aid and their children go to school.

A source told Aks al-Ser: "arrested the two accused, and admitted that they had agreed to steal money and gold, and planning for it, driven by the expansion of their work in their place the new supermarket in Aleppo."

And Ms. Iraqi "Mayada" Her loot for Aks al-Ser: "I was asked a knowledge of the family of Iraqi origin, too, to go with him to get aid from the center of the distribution of subsidies to the Iraqis insisted on that."

She "went about nine o'clock am on Monday, and when I returned home at about the 11 and found that the house was stolen from Crafted Gold $ 600 thousand Syrians, almost more than ninety thousand dollars was found, and the laptop, and destruction of the house and furniture tool sharp. "

She added, "filed a complaint to the Department of al-Jamiliyyah the same time, during the investigation told me a few hours after they were able to identify the assailants and arrested them, and I went to the department and received the stolen goods after retrieval."

It is noteworthy that the arrest of the perpetrators and the investigation with them and recover the stolen items were in less than eight hours, while the actors denied at first, to recognize in the end, and they are doing the loot hidden in the ceiling nickname.


Blast rocks Hezbollah stronghold in south Lebanon
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Politics/2011/Nov-23/154877-huge-blast-rocks-hezbollah-stronghold-in-south-lebanon.ashx
November 23, 2011 07:03 AM (Last updated: November 24, 2011 09:42 AM)
By Muhammad Zaatari

SIDDIQIN, Lebanon: An explosion shook a Hezbollah stronghold near Siddiqin in the Tyre region of south Lebanon overnight, a security source told The Daily Star Wednesday.

The Lebanese Army released a statement Wednesday afternoon saying that the explosion was likely the result of a landmine or a cluster bomb left over from the July-August war between Lebanon and Israel in 2006.

Earlier Wednesday, the security source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the cause of the blast, which was heard shortly before midnight, could not be determined due to a heavy security blanket by Hezbollah that followed the explosion.

In its statement Wednesday, the army said it had searched the area but found no trace of the explosion as it "left no visible effects."

Early in the day, local media said the explosion likely took place at a Hezbollah arms cache.

In a statement later in the day, Hezbollah denied that the explosion in south Lebanon was a result of an explosion at an arms depot.

"What has been circulating in the media regarding the explosion in Sidiqqin and that it is related to storage center for Hezbollah is utterly false," the party said in the statement.

Four Israeli warplanes were spotted flying over Siddiqin at around 10.00 a.m. and patrols by the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon were active in the area. A UNIFIL helicopter could also be seen flying over the village.

A spokesman for the U.N. peacekeeping force said UNIFIL had heard about the explosion on the news.

"We have no information at the moment. We are checking this report," Andrea Tenenti told The Daily Star by telephone.


Lebanese Army attributes south Lebanon blast to land mine
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2011/Nov-24/155003-lebanese-army-attributes-south-lebanon-blast-to-land-mine.ashx
November 24, 2011 02:10 AM
By Patrick Galey, Muhammad Zaatari

BEIRUT/SIDDIQIN, Lebanon: The Lebanese Army Wednesday attributed a mysterious explosion in southern woodland to a mine or cluster bomb, after speculation the blast had occurred at a Hezbollah arms storage facility.

A statement by the army said that an explosion close to the southern village of Siddiqin late Tuesday had been investigated and was the result of a combusting land mine or cluster bomb left over from Israel's 2006 assault.

"At 9:45 p.m. Tuesday an explosion was heard in a forested area on the outskirts of Siddiqin," the statement said. "After the explosion a unit from the Lebanese Army visited the area and undertook a search operation all night long until Wednesday noon.

"However, the army did not find any remnants and the explosion did not cause any visible damage. Probably, what happened was a result of a mine or cluster bomb possibly dropped by Israel [in 2006] exploding."

A security source told The Daily Star earlier Wednesday the explosion had occurred at an arms depot, when people were working inside. An eyewitness said a car had hurriedly left the blast site, possibly carrying injured individuals.

The exact cause of the blast has proven difficult to independently verify, following the deployment by Hezbollah members in the village, who restricted some movement of local media.

The party, which enjoys widespread support throughout the area, denied any involvement in Tuesday's explosion.

"Whatever was mentioned within the media regarding an explosion on the outskirts of Siddiqin, and that it is related to an arms depot of Hezbollah is not true at all," a statement from Hezbollah's press office said.

Calm returned Wednesday to the village, situated near the southern coastal city of Tyre, even as gossip on the blast was rife.

Most residents testified that they hadn't heard an explosion but a local man, Hajj Ali Fakih, said he had heard a "huge" blast come from a patch of woodland known locally as Al-Jabal al-Kabir, or Big Mountain.

Hezbollah operatives carrying high-tech communications equipment spread throughout the village and accosted The Daily Star, asking why its reporter was making inquiries related to the blast.

The army and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon sent patrols to Siddiqin, although the peacekeeping organization said that it had received no official word on the explosion.

"Following today's media reports, we were in close contact with the Lebanese Army and until now we have not information to confirm that there was an explosion," UNIFIL deputy spokesperson Andrea Tenenti told The Daily Star.

"We have 350 patrols a day and this is part of our area of operations so we do have troops there on the ground. We have no investigation at the moment."

Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronot, quoting an American blogger who had contacted an Israeli official with "considerable military experience," reported that the blast at Siddiqin had been caused by an Israeli sabotage on a Hezbollah arms facility.

The blast was the latest in a series of suspect explosions to have occurred in south Lebanon during recent years.

In September 2010, a suspected arms depot blew up in the town of Shehabiyyeh. Hezbollah denied there had been weapons at the blast site, but Israel released a video taken by a surveillance drone purporting to show men removing rockets from the area in the wake of the explosion.

In 2009, twin blasts in Khirbet Silim and Tayr Filsay injured several people. Hezbollah claimed the former had been caused by Israeli shells that had been stored in the town in coordination with the Lebanese Army.

Israel routinely alleges Hezbollah is guilty of maintaining a significant arsenal south of the Litani River, in contravention of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701.


ISRAELI MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CAUSED MASSIVE EXPLOSION IN HEZBOLLAH SOUTH LEBANON ARMS CACHE
http://www.lebanese-forces.org/local/ISRAELI-MILITARY-INTELLIGENCE-CAUSED-MASSIVE-EXPLOSION-IN-HEZBOLLAH-SOUTH-LEBANON-ARMS-CACHE1005600.shtml
By Richard Silverstein
Nov 24, 2011 - 5:18:24 AM

For over a year, Hezbollah has been attempting to discover how to jam the ground signals commanding the drone so as to disable them in flight. When it discovered the downed craft, its operatives must've crowed that they'd finally discovered the key to success. This bit of hubris is how Aman drew Hezbollah into its net. Its soldiers dutifully collected the imagined intelligence trophy and brought it to a large weapons depot it controlled in the area. Once inside the arms cache, Aman detonated the drone causing a massive explosion. Here is how the Daily Star described that event:

A huge explosion shook a Hezbollah stronghold near Siddiqin in the southern coastal city of Tyre overnight, a security source told The Daily Star Wednesday. The source said the cause of the blast, which was heard shortly before midnight, could not be determined due to the heavy security blanket by Hezbollah.

Lebanese security forces were unable to access the scene of the explosion after the resistance group set up a security perimeter around the blast site, which is located in a valley called Wadi Al-Jabal al-Kabir between Siddiqin and Deir Ames, the source added. Local media said the explosion likely took place at a Hezbollah arms cache.

Given that Hezbollah is reputed to have many more missiles and more advanced models than it had before the 2006 Lebanon War, we can only imagine how serious this blow will be to the group's war fighting capability. Hezbollah is known to possess some of the most advanced Iranian rockets (the Zelzal) in anticipation of possible use should Israel attack Iran. Given the size of the explosion, we should expect that a good deal of its weapons cache in the south has been destroyed.

Hezbollah is known for being highly professional and quite crafty in its intelligence capabilities having penetrated the IDF intelligence network in the 2006 war. That's why I find it almost inexplicable that its fighters wouldn't have at least considered the craft might be a Trojan Horse. It's possible that Hezbollah did consider the idea and searched for an explosive charge & didn't find one. In that case, the IDF must've very cleverly concealed it.

At any rate, as soldiers, even brilliant ones, often do, Hezbollah made a fatal error which the IDF exploited. And before Israel's supporters jump for joy at another Israeli victory in the unending war on terror, remember that in 1999, a Hezbollah cell phone was brought to the vaunted IDF Unit 8200 headquarters for examination. The soldiers preparing to view it joked "If it explodes, we'll know." It did indeed explode seriously wounding the two senior Israeli intelligence officers. Not to mention the major amount of egg it splattered on the face of Israel's renowned intelligence agency.

The moral being, in this dirty game called asymmetrical warfare, you and your enemy circle each other warily seeking to exploit any weakness. And you will make mistakes because you are only human. The fatal assumption is that your opponent is the only dumb one who will make them, and you never will.

An additional embarrassment for Hezbollah is that the destroyed arms cache is located south of the Litani River in a zone which is forbidden to contain any armaments. This means that the group has committed a major violation of the UN ceasefire resolution 1701.

But let's not lose sight of the fact that though many Israelis and the pro-Israel right are crowing about this "victory" against terror, that saborage and black ops aren't even successful tactics, let alone strategy in dealing with Israel's issues with Syria or Lebanon. So what if Israel blew up 100 rockets? Hezbollah will only replace them. And then some. It already has many thousands more missiles than it had before the 2006 war. And it certainly has many arms caches hidden in southern Lebanon.

So if you're cheering for this IDF 'victory' it's pyrrhic at best. As I've said about Israel's covert actions and the U.S. sanctions program against Iran, they aren't a strategy. They're a substitute for a policy. Israel has no policy for resolving the conflict with Syria and Lebanon, so it uses a placeholder one of striking out whenever it can to degrade its opponent. But these acts of terror or sabotage don't degrade anything in the long or even medium-term. Hezbollah just regroups and comes out stronger than before.

There is only one real strategy, that is the one advocated by Turkey when it hosted talks aimed at resolving the conflict between Syria and Israel. I remind you it was Ehud Olmert who torpedoed those talks at a time when Bashar al-Assad was willing to make peace in return for the Golan. Until an Israeli leader is willing to do this, no amount of Israeli Trojan Horse drones or missile base sabotage will change the fundamental fact that Israel has no policy and no strategy for getting out of the mess it's in.


Nov. 24, Addounya TV broadcast a scene from the inter-city bus terminal in Homs city in which people say that all the travel routes are safe everyday, and foreign news are full of lies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S88tS9VtBw

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