Potential Israel-Syria conflict
During his appearance on the John Batchelor Show on July 26, 2006, Yossef Bodansky delineated a set of red lines that are not to be crossed by Hezbollah or by their Syrian backers. Bodansky is the Director of the Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare. The red lines are:
a missile attack on Tel Aviv or Jerusalem the use of chemical or biological weapons on Israelis the execution of any of the three kidnapped soldiers any movement or suspicious activity by Syrian tanks or artillery
He indicated that if any of these lines should be crossed, Israel would open a third front in the conflict by bombing the Syrian capital, Damascus. Since Iran has declared it will stand with Syria against Israel in the face of an attack, it is possible that Israel will also pre-emptively attack Iran as well, though Bodansky says the United States would have to approve that action. He specifically said that Israel does not need any approval from the United States to attack Syria if any of these red lines are crossed.
Last weekend I completed ripping my Alan Parsons CD collection and started listening to it at work off my portable media player. While listening, I figured I might as well google Alan, maybe there would be some interesting historical stuff on the web.
As it turns out, Alan Parsons is still kicking and has a new album out! Even better, he's doing electronica now! I'll be receiving it shortly and will do a review.
This will be the first record without his long-time bandmates Ian Bairnson,
and Stuart Elliott. The new album will take Alan in a new direction and into the
world of electronica.
Artists appearing on this record include: Nortec Collective, The Crystal
Method, Shpongle, PJ Olsson, and Pink Floyd's David Gilmour.
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