Israel's Syrian Campaign

For years Iran has been aiding the Assad regime. As such the Islamic Republic has built a considerable military infrastructure in Syria, much to the alarm of the Israelis.

Here's a very interesting article on Israeli operations in Syria these last few years:

Jerusalem (AFP) - An Israeli military official said Tuesday the army had carried out some 200 strikes in Syria over the past 18 months against mainly Iranian targets, a rare confirmation of such action.

A total of 202 strikes were carried out in neighbouring Syria, the official said, all of which involved "military targets, most of them belonging to the (Iranian) Revolutionary Guards."

Around 800 missiles and bombs were used in the strikes, said the official who spoke on condition of anonymity to confirm the details first reported in various Israeli media.

The Israelis seem to strike with impunity. Last week a large ammunition dump at an airstrip near Damascus just exploded. If there's a mysterious explosion in Syria, it was the Jews. 

Israel has a vast intelligence organization in Syria via the Kurds and Druze, two people with whim the Jews get along. Mossad: It's never an accident.

The unnamed official quoted in the article is delivering a message to Assad and Iran: the Imams are right, the Jew is clever.

Israel has fought these undeclared wars before. Between the Six Day War and the War of Atonement the Israelis waged the War of Attrition against Egypt in which they bombed airstrips, vaporized oil refineries and even raided the coast of Africa and stole a new Soviet radar.

Looks like we'll need to ad another chapter.