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'Israel showed us no proof of Scuds to Hezbollah'
Jpost.com ^ | 2/21/11 | YAAKOV KATZ

Posted on 02/21/2011 9:24:01 PM PST by Nachum

Ex-French defense chief says, despite close defense ties, Israel refused requests to back up claims that Hezbollah stored Scuds in Syria.

Despite close defense ties, the defense establishment refused numerous requests from France for evidence to back up Israeli claims that Syria last year transferred long-range Scud missiles to Hezbollah in Lebanon, visiting former French defense minister Hervé Morin told The Jerusalem Post on Monday.

Last April, Israeli defense officials said that Syria had transferred long-range Scud missiles to Hezbollah in Lebanon. A month later, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told his Italian counterpart, Silvio Berlusconi, that Hezbollah was storing the missiles inside Syrian military bases.

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TOPICS: Israel; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: berlusconi; france; hezbollah; israel; italy; lebanon; proof; scud; scuds; showed; waronterror

1 posted on 02/21/2011 9:24:07 PM PST by Nachum
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To: Nachum

Syria will deny having Scuds even after they have been launched from their soil.


2 posted on 02/21/2011 9:28:04 PM PST by Bean Counter (You)
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To: Bean Counter

Ha! They will even deny it then, if Israel still exists.


3 posted on 02/21/2011 9:30:49 PM PST by Mr. Jazzy (HA! Not even Bill Maher thinks Odumbo is a Christian! HAHAHAHAHA!)
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To: Nachum
Ex-French defense chief says, despite close defense ties, Israel refused requests to back up claims that Hezbollah stored Scuds in Syria.

Well, that's understandable. It's France that was asking.

4 posted on 02/21/2011 9:32:11 PM PST by WesternPacific (Deafness has its Advantages)
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To: Nachum
Syria's storing them, just like they stored Iraq's WMD's. Saddam had Hundreds of tons of nerve gas and mustard gas shells and other munitions.
5 posted on 02/21/2011 10:26:25 PM PST by HeartlandOfAmerica (Insane, Corrupt Democrats or Stupid, Spinless Republicans - Pick America's poison.)
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To: Nachum

He would probably say that in 1940, the Wehrmacht never invaded france..


6 posted on 02/22/2011 12:26:49 AM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: Nachum

He would probably say that in 1940, the Wehrmacht never invaded france..


7 posted on 02/22/2011 12:26:55 AM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: WesternPacific

They were prolly on a fishing expedition for intel. I bet if the Israelis were dumb enough to tell them that info would have directly went to Syria. Remember, the frenchies used to run Syria.


8 posted on 02/22/2011 12:27:17 AM PST by gr8eman (Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy!)
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To: Nachum

Maybe in a few decades time, Israel will stop talking and start acting.

If they have them , then Israel is guilty of not defending their nation.


9 posted on 02/22/2011 1:20:55 AM PST by NoLibZone (Impeach Obama. Then try him for treason.)
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To: Nachum

Too bad we can’t zot the French.
They so deserve it.


10 posted on 02/22/2011 2:01:48 AM PST by Darksheare (Dear Interdimensional Monstrosity, I fear our relationship has taken a turn for the worse...)
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To: Nachum

The French military has lunatics within their ranks, like Pierre-Henri Bunel, who are actively seeking to destroy French security arrangements in the Mediterranean, and the Frenchmen Alain Pellegrini commanding UNIFIL who had flat out stated he would not perform any disarming of Hezbollah nor check any Hez vehicles for arms smuggling in direct violation of the UNIFIL mandate.

NO sane government in the region can trust French military liaisons with ANY sensitive classified information for fear the French will pass it on to opposing interests.


11 posted on 02/22/2011 2:15:06 AM PST by JerseyHighlander (p.s. The word 'bloggers' is not in the freerepublic spellcheck dictionary?!)
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To: Nachum

The Israelis won’t tell the French anything because it will leak to Hezbollah and then they move the scuds. Let Hezbollah wonder what the Israelis really know.

Our CIA leaks too much and same for the French


12 posted on 02/22/2011 2:26:17 AM PST by dennisw (- - - -He who does not economize will have to agonize - - - - - Confucius)
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Thanks Nachum and JerseyHighlander.


13 posted on 02/22/2011 7:50:45 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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14 posted on 02/23/2011 5:38:26 AM PST by SJackson (In wine there is wisdom, In beer there is freedom, In water there is bacteria.)
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To: Nachum

Israel protecting its sources. That’s smart.


15 posted on 02/23/2011 8:10:50 AM PST by dervish (I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself)
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