Posted on 05/27/2010 9:01:11 PM PDT by Ooh-Ah
Hezbollah is running weapons, including surface-to-surface missiles, from secret arms depots in Syria to its bases in Lebanon, according to security sources.
The Times has been shown satellite images of one of the sites, a compound near the town of Adra, northeast of Damascus, where militants have their own living quarters, an arms storage site and a fleet of lorries reportedly used to ferry weapons into Lebanon.
The military hardware is either of Syrian origin or sent from Iran by sea, via Mediterranean ports, or by air, via Damascus airport. The arms are stored at the Hezbollah depot and then trucked into Lebanon.
Hezbollah is allowed to operate this site freely, said a security source. They often move the arms in bad weather when Israeli satellites are unable to track them.
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The revelation adds to growing fears in the West that the regime of Bashar Assad, the President of Syria, is becoming increasingly close to Hezbollah and its main supporter, Iran. Syria has long backed the Lebanese militant group, but until now most of those contacts have taken place on Lebanese soil.
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Israel reportedly planned recently to bomb one of the arms convoys as it crossed the border into Lebanon, but ... Israelis have yielded for now to American diplomatic efforts to persuade Syria to stop the arms transfers.
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Arming Hezbollah was banned under the provisions of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which brought an end to the 2006 war. Since then, however, Hezbollah has managed to replenish its military stocks and the group is thought to have amassed more than 40,000 rockets and missiles, ranging from short-range Katyushas to medium-range M600 missiles and the Soviet-era Scud ballistic missile, which is capable of hitting most big population centres in Israel.
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And this is news how? /sarc
Those things harbor violent racism, I'm told...
North Korea arms plane bound for Hezbollah
From Day 1 Goat Boy has told Israel "Stop existing! Stop it! I've got a golf game!"
If youd like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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I am coming to believe that Obama is desperately trying to get Israel to go back to the 1967 borders so that Syria can attempt to free Azazel from Mount Hermon. Of course, I could be wrong, but that is what it looks like to me. I’m sure there are scholars with much more insight into the matter.
I stipulate the Saudis paid for his Harvard.
He leapt to the chance to shout yes he would negotiate without precondition with the worst gang of dictators on earth including Rat Boy.
He is loathe to move on Iran's weapons program designed to destroy Israel and cause the chaos to draw out the hidden imam in the well at Qum.
And of course he has sent Butch Hillary to attempt to bully Israel--and we recall her favorite houseguest in that eight years was the nephew of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem.
Goat Boy presents a personal animus toward Israel and pursues the policies of the enemies of Israel.
I agree with your post in its entirety.
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