Embattled Syrian dictator Bashar Assad has ordered his military
chiefs to launch ballistic missiles at Israel if he is killed by rebel
forces, according to sources in Damascus cited by Israeli media this
week.
The online newspaper Inyan Merkazi reported that Assad met
with his top generals recently to express concerns that he could be
taken out by advanced American missiles recently provided to rebel
forces, or by a violent mob similar to the one that violently murdered
former Libyan dictator Muamar Gaddafi.
Should either of those scenarios become reality, Assad reportedly
told the generals to unleash Syria's considerable missile arsenal on
Israel and Egypt.
The reason for attacking Israel is obvious. Syria is officially in a
state of war with Israel and hosts numerous terror groups dedicated to
the Jewish state's demise. Even with all the regional hostility toward
him, Assad would secure a positive legacy by making his final act the
destruction of Israeli cities.
Assad is angry at Egypt because of the new Muslim
Brotherhood-controlled government's support for Syrian rebel groups,
many of which are fellow Islamists.
Last year, when the Syrian rebellion was first heating up, Assad
warned that if his rule were truly threatened, he would ignite the
powder keg that is the Middle East. That threat remains a very real
concern.
http://www.israeltoday.co.il/NewsItem/tabid/178/nid/23619/Default.aspx
Monday 14 January 2013
Assad Orders His Generals To Launch Ballistic Missiles At Israel If He Is Killed
Posted @ 17:00
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