Damascus civilian flights threatened

[FlyEmirates777]

Anyone catch this gem from Bloomberg (published in the Gulf News) the other day?

BloombergPublished: 14:15 September 1, 2012

Beirut: The rebel Free Syrian Army warned that it is going to target civilian flights using the airports in Damascus and Aleppo starting September 3 because it suspects flights are used by the government to get weapons from Russia, Iraq, Iran and Lebanon.

[John21UK]

Lovely. Glad my company stopped flying there a while ago.

Atleast they are giving us a heads-up...:sad:

[EladElap]

Gotta love the French... :ugh::ugh:

France 'ready to send anti-aircraft guns to Syrian rebels'
France 'ready to send anti-aircraft guns to Syrian rebels' - World - DNA (http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_france-ready-to-send-anti-aircraft-guns-to-syrian-rebels_1737875)

[ironbutt57]

French guns to shoot at French air"planes"! How appropriate:}