Posted on 04/03/2008 3:14:39 PM PDT by maquiladora
Israel on Thursday was abuzz with talk of possible armed confrontation with Lebanon's Hizballah terrorist militia and the group's Syrian allies.
Arab media reports earlier in the week stated that Syria had mobilized its forces, including calling up reserve troops, in anticipation of an imminent Israeli attack. That news was accompanied by an Israeli army revelation that Hizballah had redeployed most of its missile arsenal within range of the Jewish state and could be planning to attack in the near future.
Hizballah blames Israel for the recent assassination of its co-founder and operations commander Imad Mughniyeh, and has vowed a painful response.
Israeli defense officials suggested that Syria's preparedness for war may be based on knowledge of a forthcoming Hizballah attack, which would presumably precipitate a severe Israeli response.
Fear of an escalation along the northern border increased on Thursday when Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak abruptly canceled a planned trip to Germany.
Unnamed sources close to Barak told the Israeli media that the cancelation was due to the situation with Syria and Hizballah, but the Defense Ministry later released a statement claiming that Barak had stayed home because of a heavy workload.
In related news, Damascus on Thursday confirmed a report that it had allowed Iran to set up intelligence gathering listening posts near Syria's border with Israel, and that the Islamic allies were working together to intercept Israeli army communications.
the Islamic allies were working together to intercept Israeli army communications.
Hit them both.
Go Israel!
Actually, most of the land gone belongs to Israel anyway - from the Nile to the Euphrates. They just never possessed what they were given.
But, they will.......
They certainly will.
Ohhh lots of Coastline , good sailing, good times!
This entire report was sourced on Free Republic yesterday
By the way, Did you see Ambassador Jordan on Fox today?
I missed a lot of it but he was reporting on the Saudi attention to the Iranian nuclear threat and how it must be thwarted.
If the Europeans and to a lesser extent America, would work WITH the Israeli’s instead of hamstringing them every step of the way, the islamofascists would be far weaker than they are, at least in that area.
Plus a good fishery, easier access to the oil, and faster transit times for our shipping.
I’m in(!), tell me how we can get this deal of the millennium going! I want to get in on the ground floor.
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