Iran Closes In

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[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

Several weeks ago, Israel accused Syria of providing Hezbollah with SCUD ballistic missiles. This sort of thing has been rumored for more than a year. With a range of several hundred kilometers, such missiles could hit any part of Israel with large (half ton) warheads. Syria and Hezbollah denied such a transfer, but recently, Hezbollah has been boasting that it has received longer range missiles that enable it to hit any part of Israel. Hezbollah used longer range rockets (not ballistic missiles) during the 2006 war, but not ones that could strike all of Israel. All this is apparently related to growing Iranian fears of an Israeli attack. Israel is fearful of Iran developing nuclear weapons, and making an air attack on Iran's nuclear weapons facilities is often talked about. Syria and Hezbollah are clients (heavily influenced, but not subordinates) of Iran and are expected to attack Israel if Israel bombed Iran. Israel would be under a lot of voter pressure to find and destroy Hezbollah Scuds if Hezbollah openly boasted of having them, so Hezbollah is coy about the matter. Meanwhile, Hezbollah has other problems. The radical Islamic organization is trying to take control of the Lebanese government. Hezbollah has already collected several non-Shia factions as allies, but most Lebanese still resist Hezbollah domination (because Hezbollah is likely to trigger another war with Israel, and because Hezbollah is an ally of Syria, which believes Lebanon should be part of "Greater Syria.")

[Cindy]

A Look at Iran
http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks sonofstrangelove.

Syria and Hezbollah are clients (heavily influenced, but not subordinates) of Iran and are expected to attack Israel if Israel bombed Iran. Israel would be under a lot of voter pressure to find and destroy Hezbollah Scuds if Hezbollah openly boasted of having them, so Hezbollah is coy about the matter. Meanwhile, Hezbollah has other problems. The radical Islamic organization is trying to take control of the Lebanese government. Hezbollah has already collected several non-Shia factions as allies, but most Lebanese still resist Hezbollah domination (because Hezbollah is likely to trigger another war with Israel, and because Hezbollah is an ally of Syria, which believes Lebanon should be part of "Greater Syria.")