Thanks to RDTF for stepping back in time...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1665232/posts?page=380#380
To: All
report from last summer:
http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/TEMP/me_hizbullah_08_29.html
Monday, August 29, 2005
Hizbullah fires first Iran missile into Israel
For the first time, Hizbullah has test-fired an Iranian medium-range rocket near the Lebanese border into Israel.
Lebanese sources said Hizbullah tested the Fajr-3 rocket on Aug. 25. The sources said three Fajr-3s were launched about six kilometers north of the Israeli-Lebanese border.
This was the first time Hizbullah fired a Fajr-3 rocket from Lebanon.
The sources said Hizbullah was provided with the Fajr-3 in 2001, but the rocket remained under the supervision of Iranian military personnel.
380 posted on 07/13/2006 3:24:37 PM PDT by RDTF ("We love death. The US loves life. That is the big difference between us two.” Osama Bin laden)
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Posting this post here for archival purposes.
Note: The following post is a quote:
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1665232/posts?page=365#365
To: debg
From Time Magazine 2 weeks ago:
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1208916,00.html
Hizballah officials have publicly said that the group possesses some 13,000 rockets. Most of them are believed to be standard Katyushas, which have a 12-mile range. But, Israeli officials say Hizballah also maintains a supply of 220mm and even larger rockets from Iran, a "strategic threat" capable of hitting targets in Haifa — 20 miles inside Israel — and beyond. "They can target all of the north and go as far afield as Haifa, threatening one million inhabitants of Israel. It must be considered by Israel's leaders at all times," the Israeli military intelligence official says.
Israeli officials reportedly allege that the long-range rockets are under the direct command of officers of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, which Israel alleges has lately expanded its presence along the border. This charge, too, is denied by Hizballah, and has not been independently confirmed.
365 posted on 07/13/2006 3:21:43 PM PDT by jimbo123
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This is rapidly moving towards a major regional conflict between Israel and Syria/Iran. I'd give my eyeteeth to know where the 3-4 carrier battle groups that are 'exercising' in the Pacific are. Iran may be trying to provoke Israel to attack early, before the US carriers can get into position protect the Persian Gulf and the Straits of Hormutz.