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Israel's strategic strike on Syria just a shot in the dark

Published February 2nd, 2013 - 05:00 GMT

Though Israel claims to have made a precision strike on a strategic target in Syria, one blogger is calling their bluff; US policies in Egypt; Where is Syria aid money really going? Watch preview of 'God of War: Ascension' and Syrian opposition chief stands in the line of fire.
Strategic strike or not, Israel is becoming a factor in the Syria conflict.
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Karl reMarks [2]
Israel’s post-modern air strike on Syria, adventurism and pre-emptive interventions
What to make of the preemptive attacks? "In reality, it is an attempt to compensate for Israel’s failure to make up its mind about what’s happening in Syria and whether it should get involved at all."
Abu Aardvark [3]
The Egypt Policy Advice Challenge
He proposes new conditions and strategies for USAs involvement in seeing a democratic government flourish in Egypt.
Blog Al Jazeera [4]
Where is Syria aid money really going?
The one change that could really turn things around for these people is to stop the bombings and the air strikes. Then they could get to proper hospitals. The NGOs would deliver supplies. Fuel and food would start to flow back into the country. It's not enough to just stock up the warehouses. Not if you want a clear conscience.
Mahir Zeylanov [5]
US embassy bombing: Marxism or Assadism?
One of the reasons why the Marxist organization targeted the US embassy in Ankara could be a violent response to the government’s increased crackdown on the organization.
Gradly [6]
Watch the First 30 Minutes of God of War: Ascension
Although built upon an improved version of God of War III engine, but judging by the multiplayer beta demo released earlier and this 30 minutes of the single player gamplay, the game is looking beautiful, more fluid, larger in epic/scale with a bunch of new controls and free combat.
Arab Saga [7]
Syrian opposition chief stands in the line of fire
Moaz al-Khatib is today facing calls to step down as head of the Syrian National Coalition of Revolutionary and Opposition Forces over his “unilateral offer” to negotiate with representatives of President Bashar al-Assad.
Source URL: http://www.albawaba.com/blog_roundup/israel-strike-syria-467829

Links:
[1] http://www.albawaba.com
[2] http://www.karlremarks.com/2013/01/israels-post-modern-air-strike-on-syria.html
[3] http://lynch.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/02/01/the_egypt_policy_advice_challenge?wp_login_redirect=0
[4] http://blogs.aljazeera.com/blog/middle-east/where-syria-aid-money-really-going
[5] http://mahirzeynalov.blogspot.com/2013/02/us-embassy-bombing-marxism-or-assadism.html
[6] http://gradly.net/2013/02/01/watch-the-first-30-minutes-of-god-of-war-ascension/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=watch-the-first-30-minutes-of-god-of-war-ascension
[7] http://arabsaga.blogspot.com/2013/01/syrian-opposition-chief-stands-in-line.html