Six Hour War
Syrian official: Damascus eager to respond to Israel flyoverSenior Ba'ath official tells Arab-Israeli reporter there is growing consensus among Syrian leadership for need to retaliate to reported Israeli violation of Syrian airspace
Roee Nahmias
Published: 09.20.07, 21:05 / Israel NewsA senior official in the ruling Syrian Ba'ath party said Thursday there was growing consensus among the Syrian leadership for the need to launch a military response to Israel's reported airstrike in Syria two weeks ago.
The official said the Syrian air force has been placed on high alert.
The official made the remarks to a reporter from the Arab-Israeli newspaper Al-Hadath during a visit to Jordan.
The official said Israel ordered the flyover in Syrian airspace to test air defense systems newly acquired from Russia.
The official reject reports that Israel destroyed nuclear equipment sent to Syria from North Korea who has agreed to dismantle its nuclear facilities in exchange for generous aide packages.
The official accused Israel and the United States of conspiring to ignite a war in the region in Iran and Syria did not bow to Washington's demands.
Syria has old aircraft and tanks that date back to when they were a puppet state of the Soviet Union, if they were to attack Israel we more than likely would have to name the war the 6 hour war.
The biggest threat that they have against Israel are their missiles, which have the ability to hit all of Israel.
But given our complete air superiority once the IAF has remove Syrian planes from the sky they would be free to hunt missile launchers.
