23.03.2011                      17.Adar ll, 5771

Ablenkung?:

IDF: Syria may provoke Israel to distract from domestic unrest

Defense officials have been following events in Syria closely over the last few days, especially after the violence in the southern town of Dara'a.

The Israel Defense Forces is readying for the possibility that Syria might create a provocation along the northern border to divert attention from the growing protests against President Bashar Assad's regime. Nevertheless, the defense establishment views this as unlikely.
Defense officials have been following events in Syria closely over the last few days, especially after the violence in the southern town of Dara'a. Intelligence officials said that despite their earlier assessments that the Syrian regime was stable, and that the unrest sweeping other Arab countries would not affect it, they now believe it will be very hard for Assad to restore the status quo ante….