Posted on 04/27/2008 7:54:19 PM PDT by kingattax
Having successfully paralyzed the Lebanese government for more than a year, the political/terrorist group Hezb'allah will now apparently turn its attention back to Israel.
The Guardian reports that villages in southern Lebanon are emptying of young men by Hezb'allah recruiters who are sending them to Syria and Iran for intensive training - all in preparation for another war against the Israelis:
But what is becoming more obvious, even as Hizbollah tries to hide it, is that the group has embarked on an unprecedented build-up of men, equipment and bunker-building in preparation for the war that almost everyone - Lebanese and Israeli - considers inevitable. 'The villages in the south are empty of men,' said one international official. 'They are all gone, training in Bekaa, Syria and Iran.'
A trip by The Observer through villages in the Hizbollah heartland confirmed a conspicuous lack of fighting-age men. Visible were several new martyr posters, but unlike the traditional ones they portrayed anonymous, fresh-faced youngsters without military garb. According to locals, these are boys who have been killed accidentally in the latest wave of training in Iran. In the city of Tyre, too, posters showing young men killed in training exercises are cropping up. One is of Ahmad Hashem, killed while instructing recruits in the use of rocket-propelled grenades.
The initial training and selection of recruits is done in Lebanon, with Iran preferred for training on specialities - use of certain weapons, RPGs and anti-tank missiles - that require firing live rounds. 'But mostly the training in Iran is in theoretical things: philosophy, religion. The best training for fighting is done here in Lebanon,' said a fighter. 'We are so close to Israel here that our training becomes real.'
Western governments are becoming alarmed at the build up. And the threat isn't lost on Arab governments either. But there is nothing they can do to stop Hezb'allah from carrying out whatever plans they may have to attack the Israelis.
With Syria firmly in their camp and the Iranians acting as paymaster-trainers, Lebanon may once again become the battleground in Islam's holy war against the Jews.
Impossible. Why? Cause Jimmuh says they want peace, that’s why.
A better headline, IMHO.
Hezb’allah Prepares for War Ping
American Thinker ^ | April 27, 2008 | Rick Moran
I hope they put their guns where their mouths are so the Israelis can blow them back to the 8th century. If Hezbollah thinks they can beat Israel in a war, they obviously haven’t read ANY history books - ever!
Look, we all know an international body has been preventing Hezbollah from rearming in Southern Lebanon. This can’t be true. /s
Remember this, when folks talk about an international body between Irael and the Palestinian territories.
Then fight it tooth and nail.
“Hezb’allah Prepares to lose another War. A better headline, IMHO.”
Exactly! Hezbollah fired over 700 state-of-the-art Russian antitank missiles at the Israelis. Know how many tanks were destroyed by these missiles?
NONE!
Two Israeli tanks were destroyed by massive IEDs, but that’s all.
http://www.defense-update.com/analysis/lebanon_war_3.htm
Excerpt: “A colonel commanding an armored brigade, which bore the brunt of battle, mentioned in an interview that during the war that hundreds of antitank missiles were fired on his unit and in total only 18 tanks were seriously damaged. Of those, missiles actually penetrated only five or six vehicles and according to statistics, only two tanks were totally destroyed, however, both by super-heavy IED charges.”
Our media is so corrupt you can’t even parody it anymore.
Several things you don’t mess with … a junk yard dog, superman’s cape and Israel. God backs Israel, go for it … ;-)
Hezbollah doesn’t act on their own any more than al sadr does. They dance when Iran pulls their strings. Iran wants them to do two things; keep Israel occupied this summer; and get the world to admonish Israel for beating up the poor Lebanese again.
Iran is becoming extremely concerned about Israel preparing to take out their nuclear capabilites, or at least setting them back quite a few years. They probably want to do this before GW leaves office so they can get some measure of support.
Israel will probably also destroy Syria’s military capability while they are at it, eliminating any possible threat from Iran’s ally, and seriously damage Iran’s air defense and air force.
They are a small country but they have a formidable military power and can do a LOT of damage in a short amount of time if they put their minds to it.
I seriously doubt that Hezbollah will openly confront Israel in battle. Their training is most likely in terrorism.
The Muslims will be sent to hell in overwhelming numbers.
Klal Israel will stun the world with the thoroughness of the slaughter. Few Hizbollah will survive...Iran will DO NOTHING!
She is sending 100,000 of the young and stupid to their graves, just to taunt Israel. Arab leaders will have had enough of this waste. They will deal with Amadinajahd and Nazrallah after they clean up the blood.
I’ll admit I’m not a military strategist, but if all the men are in Syria and Iran taining, now might be the time for Israel to launch a pre-emptive stike into Southern Lebanon and blow up all the arms dumps they can find. ‘Course that’s probably too much to ask of their government at this point - they seem a bit timid.
Stupid lemmings being led to slaughter for a rock god named allah and a dirty old 54 year old pedophile.
Let's be fair to Jimmuh, he only got Hamas squared away with the peace with Israel deal. He'll need another trip and he'll save Israel from Hezbollah then.
i think what is desperately sad is that a small read of history will show the the IDF always learn from a war and make very quick changes. If they think the IDF will fight the same way the next time as the last war.....they are in for one huge shock.
Well, I haven’t seen any evidence that the Muslim world is about to wake up and slap down it’s own idiots.
I wish it were so.
Except for one major flaw in your observation, I would agree.
You can’t count on a man like ElMort to do the right thing.
You can have the best elite force in the world, and if you have a brain dead leader, it’s of no use.
Your article is by Reuters (giggle), written during the war. It turned out to be inaccurate.
The article I quoted is an after-action report by the Israeli military.
No Israeli tanks were destroyed by Hezbollah missiles. Only two tanks were destroyed, but those losses were caused by IEDs.
Several Israeli tanks were damaged by missiles, but none were lost.
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