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Yom Kipur Warning: Syria might attempt Golan grab, fire missiles

Sep 22, '07 5:51 AM
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	ISRAELUPDATE: HIGH ALERT WITH SYRIA David Dolan September 21, 2007 But this will not be just another Yom Kippur for a more somber reason. Today’s main headline in Israel’s largest daily newspaper, Yediot Ahronot, reveals that there is a HIGH ALERT ON THE BORDER WITH SYRIA. This comes exactly 34 years after Syria and Egypt launched a Soviet-back surprise attack upon Israel on Yom Kippur in 1973. The article goes on to explain that a statement made on Tuesday by a senior Syrian cabinet minister known to be close to the country’s dictator, Bashar Assad, has raised fresh concerns in government and military circles.
	The minister repeated earlier government warnings that Syria would definitely respond to a widely reported Israeli military operation two weeks ago in northeast Syria that apparently targeted North Korean provided nuclear material. The statement came just one day after Israeli President Shimon Peres claimed last Monday that military tensions with Syria had subsided. The articles said that intelligence officials are concerned that Syria might attempt to seize some ground on the tense Golan Heights in the coming days or launch missiles at Israeli targets in retaliation for the reported operation. Concerns over a possible Syrian military strike were also exacerbated this week after Israeli Knesset opposition leader Binyamin Netanyahu basically confirmed on Wednesday that such an operation had indeed taken place on Sept 6.