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		<title>By: WaltTheMan</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/15/lost-weapons-now-in-hands-of-middle-east-extremists/comment-page-2/#comment-4017898</link>
		<dc:creator>WaltTheMan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Comment by RepublicansAreFascists â€” August 15, 2007 @ 11:49 pm

The links are gone. I did a Google on &quot;F14 iran missing&quot; and got ome hits, but could not open the threads and no &#039;cache&#039; showed up as well. The original artical appeared in February.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Comment by RepublicansAreFascists â€” August 15, 2007 @ 11:49 pm</p>
<p>The links are gone. I did a Google on &#8220;F14 iran missing&#8221; and got ome hits, but could not open the threads and no &#8216;cache&#8217; showed up as well. The original artical appeared in February.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4017898', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: big papa</title>
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		<dc:creator>big papa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>...bullsh*t...

...Blackwater has &#039;em...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;bullsh*t&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;Blackwater has &#8216;em&#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4017103', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: RepublicansAreFascists</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/15/lost-weapons-now-in-hands-of-middle-east-extremists/comment-page-2/#comment-4015141</link>
		<dc:creator>RepublicansAreFascists</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 03:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Last year they lost about 17 F-14s.
Comment by WaltTheMan&lt;/em&gt;

What? Really! Please provide links, I&#039;ve never heard this!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Last year they lost about 17 F-14s.<br />
Comment by WaltTheMan</em></p>
<p>What? Really! Please provide links, I&#8217;ve never heard this!!!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4015141', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: WaltTheMan</title>
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		<dc:creator>WaltTheMan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The military is good at losing things. Last year they lost about 17 F-14s.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The military is good at losing things. Last year they lost about 17 F-14s.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4014767', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ipod</title>
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		<dc:creator>ipod</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#8 - good point wayne - 190,000 ak-47&#039;s? - how can you &quot;lose&quot; nearly 200,000 machine guns!!! - and are these brand new or 2nd hand on the black market somewhere?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#8 &#8211; good point wayne &#8211; 190,000 ak-47&#8217;s? &#8211; how can you &#8220;lose&#8221; nearly 200,000 machine guns!!! &#8211; and are these brand new or 2nd hand on the black market somewhere?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4014601', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Ret. Col. Jack Ripper</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ret. Col. Jack Ripper</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>OK, so republicans are incompetent at running government and they can&#039;t prosecute a war without screwing up badly. But, they have been pretty good at winning elections! That&#039;s something.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OK, so republicans are incompetent at running government and they can&#8217;t prosecute a war without screwing up badly. But, they have been pretty good at winning elections! That&#8217;s something.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4014519', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: tom baker</title>
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		<dc:creator>tom baker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>that was completely intentional - if everyone over there ran out of munitions, what would our erxcuse be to hang around - that&#039;s just &quot;the boys&quot; keeping the &quot;game&quot; going, so they can keep ripping off all parties involved, including you righty idiots who pay taxes (if any of you really do)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>that was completely intentional &#8211; if everyone over there ran out of munitions, what would our erxcuse be to hang around &#8211; that&#8217;s just &#8220;the boys&#8221; keeping the &#8220;game&#8221; going, so they can keep ripping off all parties involved, including you righty idiots who pay taxes (if any of you really do)<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4014427', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Wayne</title>
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		<dc:creator>Wayne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 22:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The huge weapons cache that was left unguarded after the overthrow of Saddam because Rumsfeld didnâ€™t think looting should be a priority. And a weapons dump the size of Manhattan was allowed to be emptied.
Comment by raynman

Securing the oil was more important  to Bushco than securing or blowing  the dumps.


Hey, it&#039;s not  like we  invaded for  WMDs   right?
Oh, yeah that was  the reason given  for invading............</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The huge weapons cache that was left unguarded after the overthrow of Saddam because Rumsfeld didnâ€™t think looting should be a priority. And a weapons dump the size of Manhattan was allowed to be emptied.<br />
Comment by raynman</p>
<p>Securing the oil was more important  to Bushco than securing or blowing  the dumps.</p>
<p>Hey, it&#8217;s not  like we  invaded for  WMDs   right?<br />
Oh, yeah that was  the reason given  for invading&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4014409', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Thumper</title>
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		<dc:creator>Thumper</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just wondering why my posts aren&#039;t being posted?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just wondering why my posts aren&#8217;t being posted?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4014068', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Deniz Yeter</title>
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		<dc:creator>Deniz Yeter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Google:  Susurluk Incident/Scandal
Google:  Operation Gladio

The CIA and others are in on the Turkish drugs/arms trade.  We taught the Mujahadeen to grow opium to fund their secret war in Afghanistan (1979-1989), just like we showed our hired thugs in Southeast Asia how to set up the Golden Triangle to help fund secret wars during the Vietnam war.

Everyone in Europe knows about it, and several governments have investigated their own countries involvement alongside the CIA (Italy, Turkey, Belgium, etc)

THE CIA SELLS YOUR KIDS DRUGS!  (both directly and indirectly)

THE CIA WAS BEHIND FALSE FLAG TERRORISM IN EUROPE!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Google:  Susurluk Incident/Scandal<br />
Google:  Operation Gladio</p>
<p>The CIA and others are in on the Turkish drugs/arms trade.  We taught the Mujahadeen to grow opium to fund their secret war in Afghanistan (1979-1989), just like we showed our hired thugs in Southeast Asia how to set up the Golden Triangle to help fund secret wars during the Vietnam war.</p>
<p>Everyone in Europe knows about it, and several governments have investigated their own countries involvement alongside the CIA (Italy, Turkey, Belgium, etc)</p>
<p>THE CIA SELLS YOUR KIDS DRUGS!  (both directly and indirectly)</p>
<p>THE CIA WAS BEHIND FALSE FLAG TERRORISM IN EUROPE!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4013978', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Probus</title>
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		<dc:creator>Probus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is another example of the unbelievable incompetence we have seen from this administration. This is not the first time weapons have gone missing in Iraq. The fact that Petraeus decided to not look for these weapons is disturbing. This kind of incompetence puts our soldiers at risk.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is another example of the unbelievable incompetence we have seen from this administration. This is not the first time weapons have gone missing in Iraq. The fact that Petraeus decided to not look for these weapons is disturbing. This kind of incompetence puts our soldiers at risk.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4013958', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Wayne</title>
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		<dc:creator>Wayne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:52:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And ArmyVet, you are right! IF you lost a weapon, and werenâ€™t dead, there was Hell to pay to the First Shirt, the CO and the other REMFs.
Comment by upside00

No chit.
If you were not  dead, you ended up wishing you  were.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And ArmyVet, you are right! IF you lost a weapon, and werenâ€™t dead, there was Hell to pay to the First Shirt, the CO and the other REMFs.<br />
Comment by upside00</p>
<p>No chit.<br />
If you were not  dead, you ended up wishing you  were.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4013934', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ArmyVet</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/15/lost-weapons-now-in-hands-of-middle-east-extremists/comment-page-2/#comment-4013897</link>
		<dc:creator>ArmyVet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Uncle Ho - I sit corrected.  But still the whole thing seems fishy to me :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Uncle Ho &#8211; I sit corrected.  But still the whole thing seems fishy to me :)<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4013897', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Uncle Ho</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/15/lost-weapons-now-in-hands-of-middle-east-extremists/comment-page-2/#comment-4013888</link>
		<dc:creator>Uncle Ho</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ArmyVet; The GAO(General Accounting Office) is an investigative arm of the Congress, not the White House.(but not much difference from Bush control  under the 109th Congress).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ArmyVet; The GAO(General Accounting Office) is an investigative arm of the Congress, not the White House.(but not much difference from Bush control  under the 109th Congress).<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4013888', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ArmyVet</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/15/lost-weapons-now-in-hands-of-middle-east-extremists/comment-page-2/#comment-4013849</link>
		<dc:creator>ArmyVet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:34:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Don&#039;t mean to seem too distrustful here...but isn&#039;t the GAO a wholly owned Bush subsidiary?  Why would they release such supposedly devastating information?
  I wish I could make up my mind whether Bush and company are incompetent boobs or diabolical evil masters of chaos.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Don&#8217;t mean to seem too distrustful here&#8230;but isn&#8217;t the GAO a wholly owned Bush subsidiary?  Why would they release such supposedly devastating information?<br />
  I wish I could make up my mind whether Bush and company are incompetent boobs or diabolical evil masters of chaos.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4013849', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Jackie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jackie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well it makes since that the US supply the enemy with weapons to continue the so call war. If we hadn&#039;t given them weapons and bullets they would have nothing to kill our soldiers with.  Bush is doing a great job at getting our soldiers killed while feeling the pain and those fake feelings to the families of those who died based on his lies. Americans should feel proud of this Liar-in-Chief.  9 more soldiers died today in Iraq and more will die each day thanks General Petraeus and the White House making sure the terrorist are well equiped to continue. I wonder if that will be in the White House report to Congress on Sept. 15th.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well it makes since that the US supply the enemy with weapons to continue the so call war. If we hadn&#8217;t given them weapons and bullets they would have nothing to kill our soldiers with.  Bush is doing a great job at getting our soldiers killed while feeling the pain and those fake feelings to the families of those who died based on his lies. Americans should feel proud of this Liar-in-Chief.  9 more soldiers died today in Iraq and more will die each day thanks General Petraeus and the White House making sure the terrorist are well equiped to continue. I wonder if that will be in the White House report to Congress on Sept. 15th.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4013807', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Medusa</title>
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		<dc:creator>Medusa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>No No it was lost on purpose, we sold weapons to Iraq &amp; Iran under Reagan(the Iran Iraq War), that was what Iran-Contra was about &amp; what Ollie North lied to Congress about; we (as a nation) tend to do that, it doubles the money-making for our private weapons makers. It&#039;s how it is.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No No it was lost on purpose, we sold weapons to Iraq &amp; Iran under Reagan(the Iran Iraq War), that was what Iran-Contra was about &amp; what Ollie North lied to Congress about; we (as a nation) tend to do that, it doubles the money-making for our private weapons makers. It&#8217;s how it is.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4013796', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: upside00</title>
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		<dc:creator>upside00</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:24:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Comment by Uncle Ho&lt;/em&gt;

I know, you guys had a big target all over you!

I usually had the CAR-15 and also had a .38 S&amp;W Combat Masterpiece as well as a .45 ACP when doing the jungle penetration thing.  Needed to be easy to get through the trees and wanted lots of &quot;metallic courage&quot; with me.

And ArmyVet, you are right!  IF you lost a weapon, and weren&#039;t dead, there was Hell to pay to the First Shirt, the CO and the other REMFs.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Comment by Uncle Ho</em></p>
<p>I know, you guys had a big target all over you!</p>
<p>I usually had the CAR-15 and also had a .38 S&amp;W Combat Masterpiece as well as a .45 ACP when doing the jungle penetration thing.  Needed to be easy to get through the trees and wanted lots of &#8220;metallic courage&#8221; with me.</p>
<p>And ArmyVet, you are right!  IF you lost a weapon, and weren&#8217;t dead, there was Hell to pay to the First Shirt, the CO and the other REMFs.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4013787', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Tobey Tall</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tobey Tall</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;b&gt;Israel fears masks may spook Syria &lt;/b&gt;

ISRAELI Defence Minister Ehud Barak has suspended the planned distribution of gas masks to the Israeli public because of fears the move could be taken by Syria as preparation for imminent war and trigger a pre-emptive attack by Damascus.

For months, the Israeli media have been reporting concern by Israeli military intelligence over the possibility that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad might launch a missile strike against Israel or undertake a more limited attack on the Golan Heights. 

Mr Assad&#039;s ascribed motives include an attempt to prod negotiations over the Golan Heights, captured by Israel in 1967, and fear that Israel is planning a strike against Syria to regain the deterrence lost in its inconclusive war against Hezbollah in Lebanon last year. 

Syria has in the past year undertaken a significant build-up of its armed forces that for the first time in decades gives it a military potential Israel must take seriously, including numerous ground-to-ground missiles capable of striking anywhere in Israel, including Tel Aviv. 

Tel Aviv newspaper Yediot Achronot reported that Syria, to offset Israel&#039;s air superiority, had the densest array of anti-aircraft missile batteries in the world, including the latest models coming off Russian production lines. 

The Syrian army has been carrying out intensive manoeuvres and has built up its forces opposite the Golan Heights. It has also equipped itself with new Russian anti-tank missiles that can penetrate tank armour. 

Israel distributed gas masks to its entire population before the Gulf War of 1991 in anticipation of a missile attack, possibly with chemical warheads, by Saddam Hussein. The Iraqis fired several dozen missiles at Israel but only with conventional warheads. 

After last year&#039;s war, during which thousands of Hezbollah rockets hit Israel, the defence establishment decided to collect all masks still in civilian hands for refurbishing and then redistribute them so as to be prepared for chemical weapons use in a future conflict. It is this redistribution Mr Barak has put on hold.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>Israel fears masks may spook Syria </b></p>
<p>ISRAELI Defence Minister Ehud Barak has suspended the planned distribution of gas masks to the Israeli public because of fears the move could be taken by Syria as preparation for imminent war and trigger a pre-emptive attack by Damascus.</p>
<p>For months, the Israeli media have been reporting concern by Israeli military intelligence over the possibility that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad might launch a missile strike against Israel or undertake a more limited attack on the Golan Heights. </p>
<p>Mr Assad&#8217;s ascribed motives include an attempt to prod negotiations over the Golan Heights, captured by Israel in 1967, and fear that Israel is planning a strike against Syria to regain the deterrence lost in its inconclusive war against Hezbollah in Lebanon last year. </p>
<p>Syria has in the past year undertaken a significant build-up of its armed forces that for the first time in decades gives it a military potential Israel must take seriously, including numerous ground-to-ground missiles capable of striking anywhere in Israel, including Tel Aviv. </p>
<p>Tel Aviv newspaper Yediot Achronot reported that Syria, to offset Israel&#8217;s air superiority, had the densest array of anti-aircraft missile batteries in the world, including the latest models coming off Russian production lines. </p>
<p>The Syrian army has been carrying out intensive manoeuvres and has built up its forces opposite the Golan Heights. It has also equipped itself with new Russian anti-tank missiles that can penetrate tank armour. </p>
<p>Israel distributed gas masks to its entire population before the Gulf War of 1991 in anticipation of a missile attack, possibly with chemical warheads, by Saddam Hussein. The Iraqis fired several dozen missiles at Israel but only with conventional warheads. </p>
<p>After last year&#8217;s war, during which thousands of Hezbollah rockets hit Israel, the defence establishment decided to collect all masks still in civilian hands for refurbishing and then redistribute them so as to be prepared for chemical weapons use in a future conflict. It is this redistribution Mr Barak has put on hold.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4013769', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Spudge_Boy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Spudge_Boy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;As for these missing weapons, libruls are really uneducated&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Says a dumb fu*king troll that can&#039;t spell liberal.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>As for these missing weapons, libruls are really uneducated</p></blockquote>
<p>Says a dumb fu*king troll that can&#8217;t spell liberal.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4013764', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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