Posted on 07/17/2006 2:03:12 PM PDT by mojito
Hizbullah on Monday rejected a ceasefire on terms dictated by Israel.
“We accept no conditions for a ceasefire, whatever the pressure," Abdullah Kasir, a member of Hizbullah's central committee, told AFP.
Sources in Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s office said during the weekend that the possibility of a ceasefire will not be considered before three conditions are met: The release of the kidnapped IDF soldier’s by Hizbullah, the cessation of rocket attacks on Israel from Lebanon and the disarming of Hizbullah in accordance with UN Resolution 1559.
Kasir said Israel's demand to see the Lebanese army deploy along the border with Israel, replacing Hizbullah who currently control the area, was a matter for the Lebanese to settle themselves.
He added that the two Israeli soldiers, abducted in a cross-border raid by Hizbullah last Wednesday, were in "a secure place" but did not specify whether they were still in Lebanon.
Asked whether Hizbullah's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was still in Lebanon despite Israeli efforts to target him, Kasir said that "Hizbullah's leadership and Nasrallah are at the heart of the battle…
"We will never leave, even if Lebanon is reduced to scorched earth."
Hizbullah, he said, was "ready to fight and to inflict painful blows on the enemy. The Islamic Resistance (Hizbullah's armed wing) has only begun to reveal its abilities and its forces."
Israel, he added, should brace for more "surprises", such as last Friday's anti-ship missile which stuck an Israeli Navy vessel off Lebanon and the rocket attacks on Haifa, Israel's third-largest city.
"Hizbullah, he said, was "ready to fight and to inflict painful blows on the enemy. The Islamic Resistance (Hizbullah's armed wing) has only begun to reveal its abilities and its forces."
Do IAF has 500 pounds bunker buster that killed Zarqawi?
This is going to come down to who's army hits their respective enemy's land first.
Generally when one touts he has surprises in store, it's just hype to scare. If they had surprises they'd just use them and let their surpsise speak for itself.
Tehran needs to brace for surprises of their own if the Hezzbullies launch any more of their high-priced, high tech hardware at Israel.
i'm thrilled Hizbullah won't except the cease fire terms, maybe Olmert will have to do the job himself
(Go Israel Go! Slap 'em down Hezbullies.)
the secret of those bombs is that they are made from concentrated, compressed pork entrails, tightly wound into springs which unravel when they hit
"Hezbollah rejects cease fire terms." GOOD!
Hbullah is serious. Israel is going to have to dig these rats out and it's going to be very costly. I'm sure the rats are buried very deep in tunnel complexes and have lots of surprises waiting for the IDF.
Jim Woosley, Former CIA Director, was just on Fox and said the U.S. needs to be hitting Syria with airstrikes. He said Iran perceives us as weak.
He may get his wish......
I bet that the sheet-heads stop firing rockets once they run through their pitiful little pile of 1,300 oversized fireworks.
One Russian crew could run that many through one of their launchers before mid morning coffee break. I give the idiots about two more weeks, and then the suicide attacks will start.
I believe if I were going to start a war, I'd have a few more resources to begin with, and secure lines of supply for more, but hey, that's logical and this involves Muslims and the Middle East.
Hizbollah: "It took us long enough to get you to react, now that you have, it will be over when there is no more Israel."
If I were calling the shots..... I'd probably put that statement to the test.
Well, I've long wanted to know if you really can use somebody's guts to grease the treads of your tanks or if Patton was only joshing...
Tunnels and IEDs.
It's like a home invader breaking into your house in the middle of the night screaming "I'm going to kill you! I'm going to kill you!" and you with that 12-gauge nestled under your cheek.
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