From: slider@anashram.com

Russia to send advanced S-300 anti-aircraft missiles to Assad, officials
said Monday, warning Israel not to attack the new air defense systems

Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Tuesday that Israel may strike the Russian-made S-300 anti-aircraft defense systems in Syria if they are used against Israel.

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-israel-may-hit-russian-systems-in-syria-defense-minister-warns-putin-1.6027919

"One thing should be clear - if someone fires on our planes, we will
destroy them," Lieberman said in an interview with the Israeli website
Ynet. "What's important to us is that the weapons defense systems that the Russians transfer to Syria are not used against us. If they are used
against us, we will act against them."

Lieberman's comments come a day after senior Russian officials told the Kommersant newspaper that Russia is expected to provide the Bashar Assad
regime with S-300 anti-aircraft defense systems soon. If Israel attacks
the new air defense systems, then it will suffer “catastrophic consequences,” the officials said.

The S-300 PMU-2 “Favourite” version of the anti-aircraft systems will be provided to the Syrians for free and very soon, the Kommersant reported.

Lieberman said that the S-300 are already being operated on Syrian soil,
though they are only being used by the Russians and not being employed
against Israel. Lieberman added that Israel will not allow an Iranian
foothold in Syria, saying that this is the principle guiding Israel. "If someone fires on us, we will respond. Let there be no doubt, it doesn't
matter what system - S-300, S-700 or something else."

Russian air defense systems have, in fact, been deployed in Syria for
years. Syria's air defenses are Russian made, and Israel has struck them several times, lately - after the downing of its F-16 jet in February. The
Wall Street Journal revealed that Israeli military targeted a Russian-made
Tor advanced air-defense system after Iran deployed it to the T4 base in
Syria earlier this month. In addition, Russia has deployed their own S-400 systems to protect its soldiers deployed in Latakia.

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that Russia had not yet
decided whether it would deliver advanced S-300 missile systems to Syria,
but would not make a secret of the matter if it took such a decision, the
TASS news agency reported.

"We'll have to wait to see what specific decisions the Russian leadership
and representatives of Syria will take," TASS cited Lavrov as saying on
Monday during a visit to Beijing.

"There is probably no secret about this and it can all be announced (if a decision is taken)," Lavrov added.

The Kommersant reported that experts believed Israel would react
negatively to the development and might bomb the area where the missile
systems would be deployed.

### - so, if israel hits targets in syria and syria responds by taking
down whoever is hitting them, then israel is gonna be very annoyed and
bomb the shit outta' whoever hits them??

well it's really quite simple then israel: DON'T fucking bomb targets in
syria!

oh so you've got the right to do it and no one else does??

yeah right fuck off! as if 'anyone' would ever accept shit like that??

least of all israel!

riiiight...

lol the world is 'full' of unreasonable cunts & troublemakers!

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