Just what I was afraid of. I hope the libs aren't proven wrong in this way.
From the article you posted:
WMD hunt on in Lebanon
Report: Hizb'allah poised to launch 'dirty bomb' strike
By Ryan Jones
July 21, 2006
Israeli commandoes are hunting day and night behind enemy lines in Lebanon and Syria for weapons of mass destruction believed to be in the possession of Hizb'allah, reported WorldNetDaily's Aaron Klein in his Galil Report.
It is widely believed that former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein transfered his stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons to Syria just months prior to US invasion in March 2003. Many of those weapons were then passed on to Hizb'allah, which has a freer hand to act against Israel than its Syrian sponsors.
Klein reported that special teams of IDF Druze commandoes - chosen because of their ability to blend in to the local Arab populations - have orders to destroy long-range Iranian missiles and any chemical weapons they find, after first documenting their existence.
Bolton paraphrases:
we were surprised Hezbollah had a Cruise type missile - that came from China via Iran / Syria
we (US) are not afraid of Hezbollah militarily, they are terrorists and hurt innocents
UN is not an end in itself
Currently it is complicated issue, many Arab Sunnis see rise of Iran and see influence of Iran or through its proxies
Q - Any chance that allies of Israel to assist?
This is an Israeli operation, they were attacked, they are carrying out self defense
Q - French pres was critical of Israeli response
Bolton - UN has not done yet what it could have done.
Terrorism and weapons of MD are two major threats facing UN / world.
Grade of UN is at best incomplete
Senior Hizbullah official: We reject Annan's call for ceasefire
Friday, July 21, 2006 10:30 AM
Senior Hizbullah official: We reject Annan's call for ceasefire
A senior Hizbullah official said during an interview to the French news agency that his organization rejects the United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan's call for a ceasefire and for the release of abducted soldiers.
According to the official "It's obvious that we would refuse the offer. The only thing we are willing to accept is an immediate ceasefire and right after that a deal for prisoners' exchange." (AFP)