Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Israelis Try To Shield Military Officers From Operations To Avenge Mughniyeh


The Israelis, taking every possible precaution, are working to shield all of their top military officers and their families from possible attacks avenging the assassination of top Hezbollah terrorist Mughniyeh a few weeks ago.
The Israelis are also carrying out this shielding for Israeli delegations abroad.

All of this comes at the same time that Israel has complained that Hezbollah has rearmed itself fully since the Lebanon War - of course the U.N. has shown "concern" over Hezbollah rearming but at the same time, they have done nothing about it.

Here's what the top dog at the U.N. said about it all:



"Reports of Hizbullah rearming are a cause of great concern, posing serious challenges to the sovereignty, stability and independence of Lebanon," Ban said.

Boy, that would certainly cause someone to stop everything they are doing right? I'm sure the U.N. will follow that up with a severe tongue lashing six months from now when Hezbollah has started refiring the missiles that the U.N. has allowed them to import into Lebanon.

Here's the full story from DailyStar. NOTE: I have taken down the link to Lebanon's Daily Star as their was some suspicious "activity" going on at that link. The bulk of the story is excerpted below.



Israelis try to shield military officers from operations to avenge Mughniyeh

Israel has stepped up the personal security of top army officers in case of revenge attacks by Hizbullah after the recent assassination of a senior resistance commander in Syria, Israeli public television said Monday. The measures, which cover their homes and cars, came into force at least two weeks ago, it said. Additional security has also been laid on for Israeli delegations abroad.
Israel is on alert for possible retaliatory attacks after top Hizbullah commander Imad Mughniyeh was killed in a Damascus car bombing on February 12.
The Jewish state welcomed the killing of Mughniyeh, who was wanted for a string of attacks in the 1980s and 1990s on US and Israeli targets, but insisted it was not involved.
Israel says Hizbullah is rearming and has an arsenal including 10,000 long-range rockets and 20,000 short-range rockets in South Lebanon, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon mentioned in his latest report to the Security Council on UN Resolution 1701, which put an end to the summer 2006 war with Israel.
While Ban's report said it had "no evidence" to support Israel's claim, the UN chief reiterated his concern about Hizbullah's public statements and persistent reports pointing to breaches of a UN arms embargo, which bans weapons transfers to the group.
Ban also expressed concern at what he called "the threats of open war against Israel" by Hizbullah's leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.


1 comment:

Avid Editor said...

It looks like the UN did a great job of preventing Hezbollah from rearming ;)