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Syrian-Based Palestinian Terrorist: Iran, Syria, Hezbollah, And Palestinians Prepared To Attack Israel

And here we were assured by our foreign policy experts that Shiites and Sunnis never work together:

Israel has already made a decision to attack Syria and was just mulling over where to land its first strike, Ahmad Jibril, leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine... Jibril estimated that Israeli action, several weeks after an alleged IAF foray into Syria on September 6, would likely be a wide-scale operation, and would probably be answered with attacks by Iran, Hizbullah in Lebanon and the Palestinians of Syria. "I believe Israel has prepared all likely scenarios for war with Syria, but they are still considering where they will land the first strike, which will come very soon," Jibril said. "They are weighing whether to attack on one front or on multiple fronts... The PFLP leader said also that Israel was wary of a "domino effect" that would drag other countries into the conflict. "The Israelis have not formed a final estimate regarding the possibility of Iranian intervention if they will attack Syria. Secondly, the Lebanese resistance, led by Hizbullah's Islamic resistance, will intervene and strike the Zionist home front with missiles," he said. "The Syrian brothers will not be afraid to protect their land and will continue the war with the Zionist enemy, and we, the Palestinians in Syria, will not sit by idly - we will be on the front lines," Jibril added.

One would certainly hope that the IDF has wargamed out different conflicts with Syria. The Syrians have been saber-rattling all summer. They repeatedly declared that they were "actively preparing for war". They allowed it to leak that they were modernizing their air defenses with Russian help as part of that preparation. And they went out of their way to highlight ongoing military coordination with Iran and Hezbollah. But if and when a war finally does start, you can be quite sure that Israel will get blamed anyway.

References:
* Jibril: Israel will attack Syria soon [JPost]
* This Summer's War With Syria - Syria Openly Brags About Preparing For War [MR]
* This Summer's War With Syria - Syria Says They're "Actively Preparing For War With Israel" [MR]
* Syria Modernizing Its Airforce With Russian Help - War With Israel On The Horizon [MR]
* This Summer's War With Syria, Iranian Coordination Edition [MR]
* Syria Sending Weapons To Hezbollah For The Next War. Of Course They Are. [MR]

Previously:
* This Summer's War With Syria - Assad To Respond To Tribunal By Trying To Kill Jews
* Syria In Full Pouting Mode About How Israel Humiliatingly Took Away Their Nuclear Toys
* This Summer's War With Syria - Assad To Respond To Tribunal By Trying To Kill Jews

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