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Jerusalem News-796
10 Av 5768 11 August 2008
1. Killed Syrian Aide Gave Anti-Aircraft
Missiles to Hizbullah
2. 40,000 Rockets
3. Border police use 'Skunk' against crowds
1. Killed Syrian Aide Gave Anti-Aircraft
Missiles to Hizbullah
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/127129
by Hana Levi Julian
(IsraelNN.com) Top Syrian presidential aide Brigadier-General Mohammed Suleiman,
assassinated at the beginning of this month, reportedly supplied Hizbullah
terrorists with the advanced SA-8 anti-aircraft missile system, according to The
Times of London.
Suleiman, 49, was a key person in President Bashar Assad's regime, "more
important than anyone else" according to the London-based Al-Sharq al-Awsat
newspaper. In a report published last week, the newspaper called Suleiman
"senior even to the defense minister," and said, "He knew everything."
As operations officer, Suleiman was responsible for national security, and for
the security of Assad's regime. He was also linked to Syria's dealings with
North Korea and Iran, as well as the alleged nuclear facility that was destroyed
on September 6, 2007 in a remote section in the northeastern corner of the
country. Suleiman was also Syria's main liaison to Hizbullah.
That all ended when he was quietly killed at dawn on August 2 by a single bullet
to the head as he sat in the garden of his summer home near the port city of
Tartus in the north. Writing in The Sunday Times, journalist Uzi Mahnaimi noted,
-Nobody heard the shot, which appears to have been fired from a speedboat by a
sniper, possibly equipped with a silencer. The expertise required to execute
such a long-distance sniper murder has led suspicion to fall upon the Israelis.-
A spokesman for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said, however, that Israel had "no
direct knowledge and no comment" on the assassination.
During the prime minister's visit to Paris last month, sources in Jerusalem said
Olmert asked French President Nicolas Sarkozy to warn Assad that Syria was
"crossing a red line" by sending weapons to the terrorist group in Lebanon.
Last week the Security Cabinet received the latest intelligence report on
Syria's weapons deliveries to Hizbullah - including information on the SA-8.
The system supplied to Hizbullah by Suleiman may have been the inspiration for
the group's announcement last week that it would soon "stop Israeli fighter
planes flying over our land."
The Russian-made SA-8 Gecko (Russian designation 9K33 "Osa") surface-to-air
missile system was originally developed in the late 1960s. It is a highly
mobile, low-altitude, short-range tactical system, the first mobile air defense
missile system to incorporate its own engagement radars on a single vehicle.
It is slaved to a fully amphibious, six-wheeled all-terrain vehicle (9A33 TELAR)
steered by both the front and rear wheels, able to drive up a 60% gradient. The
individual SA-8 vehicles are also equipped with their own targeting, tracking,
launching and guidance systems.
2. 40,000 Rockets
From: Guysen International News <webmaster@guysen.com>
Guysen International News - Mailinfo August 8, 2008
Defence Minister Ehud Barak said that the Hezbollah now has about 40,000
rockets, some of which can reach more than one third of Israeli territory. (Guysen.International.News)
3. Border police use 'Skunk' against
crowds
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218104256520&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
The weapon, nicknamed "The Skunk," is a foul-smelling liquid which is sprayed on
the protesters, compelling them to leave the scene to escape the smell.
Security officials told Channel 10 that "The Skunk was developed as part of
police's efforts to develop non-lethal means and "avoid irreversible physical
damage." They added that it was less harmful than tear gas or rubber bullets.
Border Police forces used the new weapon during a demonstration on Friday. They
said it proved effective and led the protesters to leave the area to shower and
change their clothes.
Some demonstrators described the smell as similar to that of sewage, adding that
it was hard to get rid of, even after a shower.
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