Hezbollah militants training in Syria SCUD missile base, satellite images show

Haaretz ^

[jhpigott]

The Syrian army has a Scud missile base near Damascus, according to recent satellite photos. The photos also suggest that Hezbollah activists are being trained in the Scuds' use at the base.

Reports that Syria may have given Hezbollah Scuds ratcheted up tensions between Jerusalem and Damascus about six months ago, according to foreign media.

The photos show five 11-meter-long missiles (the length of both the Scud B and the Scud C ) at the Adra base. Three are on trucks in a parking lot. Two others are in a training area where 20 to 25 people can be made out along with about 20 vehicles. One of the two missiles appears to be mounted on a mobile launcher; another is on the ground.

In late May, the Sunday Times of London reported that shipments of weapons from the Adra base were going to Hezbollah, and that according to anonymous security sources, Iran was sending missiles and other weapons to that base via the nearby Damascus airport. It also said Hezbollah had been given a section of the base for barracks, warehouses and a fleet of trucks to transport weapons to the Lebanese border, 40 kilometers away.

[jhpigott]

The timing of the release of this information is interesting. Lebanon is right in the middle of a serious political crisis with reports the STL is about to issue indictments against Hezbollah for the murder of Hariri and with Achmadineijad visiting Lebanon next week.

[jhpigott]

ping

[bgill]

The same SCUD missle base where that long line of trucks were headed out of Iraq a few years ago?

[jhpigott]

Number of indicators suggest that the situation in Lebanon could get ugly soon. Arms deals are up, diplomats are getting out of Beirut or being instructed to keep a low profile, celebrity visits cancelled and the military is taking unspecified measures to get ready in the event things deteriorate.

Lebanon Arms trade on rise as tensions over STL soar - reports
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=120007#axzz11UxMp0Gp

UN moving offices out of Beirut for fear of deteriorating security
http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=206772#ixzz11fztcpu2

12:44pm Miss U.S.A. Rima Faqih postponed her trip to Lebanon, which was scheduled for October 16, to a later date that will be announced soon.
http://web.naharnet.com/default.asp#more

Lebanese Army Commander: Implementation of Security Plan Underway
http://www.naharnet.com/domino/tn/NewsDesk.nsf/getstory?openform&F82D261543F32EF6C22577B6001E9951

[bert]

On the road to Damascus a great bright light light was seen

It was the end of Damascus and the road is now to nowhere

[StonyBurk]

All seriousness aside— For I do realize this is a serious post— however our President has put out the word that we are not to speak of potential enemy combatants as terrorists so in the future in stead of using identification by terrorist group
name —please be informed the politically correct term now will be “potential Democratic Party recruits” in place of
possably offensive terms like HizballsR brass.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks jhpigott.

[Cindy]

http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html

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NOTE The following blog entry is a quote:

http://www.thememriblog.org/iran/blog_personal/en/30967.htm

Iran, Hizbullah Chiefs To Make Joint Appearance In Lebanon

Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will appear at a rally with Hizbullah secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah next week at the Al-Raya stadium.

The rally is being held by Hizbullah to mark the Iranian leader’s visit to Lebanon, a Hizbullah official said yesterday.

The Al-Raya stadium is located in Hizbullah’s stronghold in southern Beirut. It is unclear whether Nasrallah will appear in person or via video link.

Source: Yalibnan, Lebanon, October 7, 2010

[Cindy]

THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, London, October 6, 2010"): "IRANIAN SOURCE: AHMADINEJAD WILL HELP ARM LEBANESE MILITARY" (Posted October 7, 2010)