Israel, Syria and the Glaring Secret

Austin, TX, Sept. 25, 2007 – Stratfor’s Geopolitical Intelligence Report this week explores what happened in the Middle East on September 6, 2007. The secret that is being kept about the Israeli warplane that the Syrians claim penetrated their airspace is not trivial. Israel and the United States have both gone out of their way to draw attention to the fact that a highly significant military operation took place in northern Syria, and they have compounded the attention by making no attempt to provide a plausible, if misleading, cover story. An important operation occurred, however it remains absolutely unclear what it was about.

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