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Note: The folllowing news brief is a quote:
http://www.naharnet.com/domino/tn/NewsDesk.nsf/0/95E8644476E53F9DC22574150028BD99
Syria Deploys Three Military Divisions on the Border with Lebanon
Syria has deployed three military divisions along the borders with Lebanon amidst mounting tension in the region, press reports said Sunday.
The leading daily an-Nahar attributed the report to well informed sources, noting that the deployment backs a similar massing of fighters by pro-Syrian Palestinian factions in the Bekaa valley, especially Ahmed Jibril’s Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) in the Qoussayah area.
The development followed Hizbullah’s open war declaration against Israel after the Feb. 12 assassination in Damascus of the party’s Imad Mughniyeh by a bomb explosion.
Hizbullah is sponsoring a major rally in south Beirut’s suburb of Rweis on Monday to commemorate Mughniyeh, labeled commander of the “two victories” in reference to the Liberation of south Lebanon from Israeli occupation in May 2000 and the 34-day war against Israel in the summer of 2006.
Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has pledged that “thousands of Imad Mughniyehs would confront the Zionist enemy if it invades Lebanon.”
Israel has ordered its troops on alert to confront a possible attack by Hizbullah operatives when the party marks Mughniyeh’s memorial rally on Monday, 40 days after his assassination.
Beirut, 23 Mar 08, 09:2
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1981084/posts?page=945#945
Thanks to Oorang for pointing to this article.
Note: The following news brief is a quote:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3522608,00.html
MDA raises alert level 40 days after Mugniyah assassination
Published: 03.23.08, 18:24 / Israel News
Magen David Adom’s Chief Medical Officer, Eli Bin, on Sunday raised the organization’s alert level to “B level”, the second highest, due to security concerns on the 40th day following the assassination of Hizbullah commander Imad Mugniyah.
To accommodate this increased alert level, MDA will double the number of manned ambulances at its stations across Israel. (Meital Yasur-Beit Or)