DAMASCUS, July 3 (KUNA) -- A government-run newspaper anticipated in an editorial published on Tuesday an Israeli military offensive on the Arab country.
"Al-Thawra," the mouthpiece of the ruling Baath Party, said, "None of us doubts that Israel implies hostile intentions, thus we predict launching of a war any time." "This is an all-time forecast for we know that Israel is fond of wars and has been established on war-oriented themes," the government-owned daily newspaper said, in an article that coincided with reported fresh Israeli military drills on the Syrian Golan Heights, occupied by Tel Aviv since 1967.
Israel, that suffered a defeat during the war in Lebanon last July, was plotting a new war "to wash off the disgrace," Al-Thawra wrote. (end) tk.rk KUNA 031038 Jul 07NNNN