Posted on 08/05/2009 11:28:17 AM PDT by Shellybenoit
Back in May UNIFIL finally fessed up publicly that Hezbollah continues to smuggle weapons south of the Litani River (that's not really news, because Hezbollah never stopped doing it). This is followed up with reports from Israel showing that UNIFIL is so embarrassed by its incompetence that it withheld information showing that Hezbollah was breaking the cease-fire that ended the Israel/Hezbollah war. Today's revelation was even more frightening. Since the end of the Second Israel/Lebanon War, Iran and Syria have been resupplying the Hezbollah terrorists to the point where they now have 3x the number of missiles as before the war. Over 40,000 missiles, some of which can now reach south of Jerusalem. Nothing Like a UN Peacekeeper to make things go from bad to worse.
The reason for the missiles has more to do with Iran than Lebanon. If Israel ends up attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities, the main retaliation is likely to come from from that stock Hezbollah missiles:
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These cultists should thank their god everyday for the patience of our Jewish allies....
Would the Navy’s Phalanx CIWS system be useful in defending against these rockets?
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