Commandos foil arms transfer from Syria to Hizbullah

The Jerusalem Post ^ | 8/20/2006 | By YAAKOV KATZ AND JPOST.COM STAFF

[garbageseeker]

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan announced Saturday night that the IDF activities in Baalbek constitute a violation of the UN cease-fire resolution that went into effect on Monday.

In a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Annan discussed the Lebanese claims that Israel was in violation of UN Resolution 1701 after IDF troops raided Baalbek overnight Friday - less than a week after the ceasefire went into effect between Israel and Hizbullah.

Less than a week after a cease-fire went into effect, soldiers from the Sayeret Matkal (General Staff Reconnaissance Unit) raided Baalbek deep in Lebanon overnight Friday and, according to the IDF, thwarted the transfer of weapons from Syria to Hizbullah.

An IDF officer, Lt.-Col. Emanuel Morano, 35, from Telamim was killed and two others were wounded in the raid, one seriously and one lightly. Three Hizbullah gunmen were reportedly killed, although the terrorist organization denied suffering any losses.

Defense Minister Amir Peretz said Saturday night that the operation in Baalbek had not violated the UN-brokered cease-fire that went into effect on Monday.

"This was an operation that was meant to prevent the rearming of Hizbullah," Peretz said.

Baalbek is said to be the birthplace of the Iranian- and Syrian-backed Hizbullah and is located in the eastern Bekaa Valley some 100 kilometers north of the Israeli border.

Earlier in the month, the Sayeret Matkal and Shaldag (the air force's elite commando unit) raided the area and took five captives after killing more than 15 gunmen. A high-ranking IDF officer said last week that throughout the previous month of warfare, commandos had carried out dozens of covert operations inside Lebanon.

Lebanon's Prime Minister Fuad Saniora accused Israel of violating the cease-fire and said he would take up the issue with UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

[garbageseeker]

Great Job IDF!!

[HarmlessLovableFuzzball]

[Lebanon's Prime Minister Fuad Saniora] .. said he would take up the issue with UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Please, by all means.

[zarf]

The Israeli's lost a Lt Col with 2 wounded and Hiz loses 3. Not a good tradeoff. Article says nothing about what the Jews accomplished for that cost.

[garbageseeker]

Israeli Army units in southern Lebanon

[garbageseeker]

I agree.

[GeronL]

The headline does say one thing that happened.

Commandos foil arms transfer from Syria to Hizbullah

[StoneWall Brigade]

you know Israel should attack Syria Drive all the way to Iran once that happens we and Israel can hit Iran from all sides

[jerryem]

Naturally, they are both working for the same Company

[garbageseeker]

The main road to Boday village, which was hit by an Israeli missile during a raid by Israeli commandos on a Hizbollah stronghold, is seen on Boday plain in eastern Lebanon August 19, 2006. Helicopter-borne Israeli commandos raided a Hizbollah bastion in eastern Lebanon on Saturday.REUTERS/Mohammed Solh

[garbageseeker]

I am with you on that.

[M. Espinola]

Job well done Israeli forces!

[John Valentine]

And while he's at it, Sanoria can take it up with is boss, Hassan Nasrullah. Maybe he'd like to try to do something about it.

[StoneWall Brigade]

yeah we should put up at least 500,000 Troops and start the attack take out there power plants and food supply's and also hit there flanks Israel can take them from the front we can take them on the flanks and from the rear after that we take over there oil fields and all will be done

[onyx]

Only Israel suffers repercussions from the damn resolution.

[LeoWindhorse]

aren't ya just so proud of the IDF boys? Despite the somewhat bumbling civilians leaders they are currently saddled with at the moment. Hopefully old Bibi will be back in charge soon.

[GSlob]

A weapons shipment could have been simply bombed in transit. To justify a risky raid, I'd think it was more likely to be a snatch operation - hopefully they got whom they were looking for.

[StoneWall Brigade]

yeah hopefully

[Centurion2000]

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan announced Saturday night that the IDF activities in Baalbek constitute a violation of the UN cease-fire resolution that went into effect on Monday.

And the Hizzies firing Katyusha rockets at IDF forces 4 hours after the cease fire dont?

[M. Espinola]

Very proud indeed. Although very sad as well when reports come in indicating the Islamic enemy has some how managed to take the life of one Israel's finest, or in Iraq & Afghanistan when news breaks saying American or Coalition troops have been murdered because of Islamonazis.

Olmert is not what Israel needs. I agree, Bibi would be far better.

[Bullish]

Yeah great job, but without full scale operations that take out the sources of the weapons, like Iran and Syria, the hizbullies WILL get rearmed and this whole war will repeat itself. Only worse.

The Israelis need America's help now more then ever. And we better darn well be there when this whole thing boils over. You can be sure the dems will turn their backs on them and support their enemies.

Dems have proven they are no friends of Israel, or America.