Iran denies shipping missiles to Hizbullah
Sunday , 16 July 2006
Iran on Sunday denied Israeli claims that it had troops in Lebanon and that it helped Hizbullah to attack an Israeli warship, saying the guerrilla group could fend for itself without outside help.
"There are no (Iranian) guards there. Shipment of (Iranian) missiles to Hizbullah is also not correct," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi told reporters Sunday.
Israel said Saturday that 100 Iranian troops from the elite Revolutionary Guards were in Lebanon, and that they helped Hizbullah fire a sophisticated radar-guided missile at an Israeli warship blockading the Lebanese coast late Friday.
Initially, it was believed that an unmanned drone laden with explosives had hit the Israeli warship, but it later became clear that Hizbullah had used what Israel described as an Iranian-made, radar-guided C-802 missile.
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Fundamentally Freund: Finish the job in Lebanon
18:35 Jul 16, '06 / 20 Tammuz 5766
(IsraelNN.com) Here's a pop quiz for you.
Who said the following: "We'll take all the necessary measures to end the Katyushas. The fate and the situation of our residents is at the top of our concerns. Hizbullah has brought a tragedy upon Lebanon ... It will cause great damage to Lebanon. If the government of Lebanon wants to ensure its existence, it must remove the hand of terrorist organizations from the trigger."
If you said Ehud Olmert or even Ehud Barak – nice try, but incorrect.
In fact, the quote dates back to April 12, 1996, and was made by then-Prime Minister Shimon Peres
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"an Iranian-made, radar-guided C-802 missile."
Correction : It was a Chinese made, Iranian purchased C-802 Silkworm missile.