Posted on 04/21/2004 9:25:57 PM PDT by yonif
Lebanese President General Emile Lahoud on Wednesday warned Israel against attempting targeted killings of Hamas leaders in Lebanon, AFP reported.
"Israel should know that any violence on its part inside Lebanese territory would mean a violation of the Blue Line (border). In a case of this sort of violation, Israel will be responsible for the consequences," Lahoud said.
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Israel's 'hit list' was not a short one, and that terrorist leaders would continue to be targeted.
Israel killed Hamas' top two leaders, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and Abdel Aziz Rantisi, within one month, and has threatened to harm those who plan to harm Jews - including references to Hizbullah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah.
Overall Hamas leader Khaled Mashal is currently residing in Damascus, Syria. Syria is the de facto power in Lebanon.
"We have proved to them [the terrorists] that they are the ones who will need to run and hide from our long arm, which will not stop hunting them," the prime minister said.
Like what? Hamas will attack Israel?
It would seem that its bluff calling time. Lets find those WMDs while we're at it.
Did the Lebanese deploy border guard yet? And if they did, why aren't they preventing hezbollah from launching missiles into Israel?
Syria's occupation of Lebanon overtaxes their forces and resources...making it far less likely that they could mount much of a credible defense of Damascus at all.The current leadership among the Axis of Evil is making some serious strategic mistakes. Mistakes that cost Saddam Hussein his control of Iraq, and that got the Taliban kicked out of Afghanistan.
These people want war. They think that they can bluff us or magically survive us.
They miscalculate on all such things.
And that's what they got. Now they complain about the conditions. Be careful what you wish for. It may come true.
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