tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post2748730318654168530..comments2024-03-23T00:46:27.084+02:00Comments on Egyptian Chronicles: The Syrian revolution : The mission of the Syrian armyZeinobiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12290387395565291310noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-50541424599141828062011-06-13T10:41:54.808+02:002011-06-13T10:41:54.808+02:00Z, you are being extremely unfair to the Syrian ar...Z, you are being extremely unfair to the Syrian army in 1973 -- I think both the Syrian army and the Egyptian army were betrayed by Sadat:<br /><br />"At 2:00 p.m., October 6, 1973, Egypt attacked Israel moving 10,000 troops across the Suez Canal digging in on the east bank along the "Bar Lev" line. Meanwhile, Syria attacked Israel from the Golan heights. The Arab armies were better trained and more aggressive than had been the case in the previous wars: Israel suffered heavy casualties in the early days of the fighting. Along the canal, the Israelis responded with a tank attack in which practically every tank was lost. Egyptian soldiers, demonstrating tremendous courage while standing fully exposed, fired wire-guided missiles at each tank as it approached. Initial attacks by the Israeli air force failed miserably as well.<br /><br />Within twenty four hours, three Egyptian armies had established themselves on the east bank of the canal inside Israeli territory. Nevertheless, Israel, bolstered by a fresh supply of arms from the U.S., pushed into Syrian territory, and encircled the Egyptians by crossing the canal and taking its west bank.<br /><br />Back in Egypt, what happened next was something military historians continued to wrangle over for some time afterward. After digging in, the three Egyptian armies just sat there and did nothing for the entire week that followed. They could have advanced, and they could have taken much Israeli territory in the Sinai. But, they did not make a move. This was fatal, because it gave the Israelis time to dig in and plan their own attack.<br /><br />Egypt's allies, the Syrians, were thoroughly bewildered. President Asad sat in a bunker in Damascus waiting hour after hour for the Egyptians to move unaware that Sadat had been in constant secret contact with Henry Kissinger and had promised Kissinger that Egypt intended to advance no further (Seale, 208). By the time Asad angrily realized he had been set up by Sadat it was too late. The Israelis had themselves figured out what was happening and knew they were free to redeploy forces to the north to deal with the Syrians. Therefore, Israel temporarily abandoned efforts on the western front and concentrated on containing and repelling the Syrian attack from the northeast. The Syrian threat was perceived as the greater of the two anyway, with the Golan Heights and the Galilee at stake. The Syrians were soon driven back behind the 1967 armistice line. At the end of hostilities, the Syrians had lost 6,000 men and 800 tanks."<br /><br />http://www.nmhtthornton.com/mehistorydatabase/1973_fourth_arab.phpAlicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-78218035373553019742011-06-12T14:09:45.319+02:002011-06-12T14:09:45.319+02:00It seems my friend you don't have enough infor...It seems my friend you don't have enough information about the 1973 war... I am sure this is how they taught you 73 facts in Egypt and i am sure in syria they teach them that the first front to go down was egypt's as well as israel was busier bombing syria than egypt (because of geographical proximity hence more threat) as well as egypt went into a cease fire days before syria once the egyptian forces were stuck... not to mention that the first set back to the arabs was in egypt... anyways i am not definitely not defending the syrian army since it did massacre its people (hama 30,000 in 1982) unlike the egyptian one who always stood by their people.<br />By the way in the israeli version of the war, it supports more the syrian version but it adds to it that there were forces from other arab and muslim countries such as moroccans and pakistanis... and it says that the egyptian front was repelled first then after the syrian front was repelled especially after the cease fire with egypt...<br /><br />I really think you should look up each country's own version about the kippour war (isaeli, egyptian that you seem to know very well and syrian) and then you will have a better idea about what went on in this war...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-34177500582539458452011-05-07T13:00:27.279+02:002011-05-07T13:00:27.279+02:00Syrian army suffered heavy bombardment in Golan 73...Syrian army suffered heavy bombardment in Golan 73, The zionists shifted their focus on the Golan when they thought the Egyptian army will not advance further into Sinai and focused on Golan front. You have to be fair.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-31940472199219441992011-05-07T12:57:40.549+02:002011-05-07T12:57:40.549+02:00Aleppo is the largest city in Syria, both urban an...Aleppo is the largest city in Syria, both urban and population wise. Damascus is second, doesn't mean because it's not the capital it is not the largest city. Check your facts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-32473987220034114212011-05-06T17:58:45.248+02:002011-05-06T17:58:45.248+02:00@Lysander, Oops I meant '73 not '67, thank...@Lysander, Oops I meant '73 not '67, thanks for the correction.Jasonhttp://elnaschiewatch.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-88676539679392267572011-05-06T07:49:36.711+02:002011-05-06T07:49:36.711+02:00I'm an Egyptian too, though I've lived all...I'm an Egyptian too, though I've lived all my life in the US. I have to say your characterization of Syria's army in 1973 is unfair. Egypt missed an opportunity to advance towards Mitla pass on October 9 or 10 while the IDF was concentrating on trying to prevent a Syrian breakthrough.<br /><br />That and the gap between the 2nd and 3rd armies were the 2 decisive mistakes of the war and you cannot blame them on Syria.<br /><br />Don't get me wrong, Egypt accomplished a miracle in that war, and I honor all who took part. But I can't put down the Syrian army (for 1973 that is. Of course for killing its own people we can)<br /><br />I want to work towards Arab unity and attacking Syrian sacrifice in 1973 is not helpful.Lysandernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-90174199798564698322011-05-06T05:38:49.408+02:002011-05-06T05:38:49.408+02:00You have no idea how much I feel like punching Dor...You have no idea how much I feel like punching Doraid laham in the face right now. It's weird how his movies and plays have always depicted the oppression and the suffering of Arabs, and now he says this?Emzistakenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01869968557285313604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-27002884248606094082011-05-06T04:10:36.619+02:002011-05-06T04:10:36.619+02:00Excellent information. War of the government again...Excellent information. War of the government against the people. BBC is trying to minimise the situation by talking about sectarianism, civil war etc. I think they are missing the big picture. When a regime attacks its own people they are bound to hate it more. Assad is widely unpoplular. Israel is irrelevant.Christians and even Alawites are coming out against dictatorship.pirooznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-15692793027036676762011-05-06T04:04:00.621+02:002011-05-06T04:04:00.621+02:00The Syrian army demonstrated remarkable incompeten...The Syrian army demonstrated remarkable incompetence in the 1967 war. With allies like Syria, who needs enemies, eh Egypt?Jasonhttp://elnaschiewatch.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com