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| Middle East |
| Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz says Israel will destroy Lebanon missile batteries if attacked |
| 2002-12-16 |
| Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz warned Monday that if the Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas fire long-range missiles at Israel, Israel may be compelled to counterattack, Israeli Army Radio reported. He said Syria, the main power broker on Lebanon, had allowed the Islamic guerrilla group to deploy hundreds of missiles capable of hitting Israeli cities. "South Lebanon today is in fact under the complete control of Hezbollah - we call it Hezbolistan," Mofaz told the radio. Hezbolistan - catchy phrase. I like it. "They (Syria) allow Hezbollah to use Lebanese soil as a launching pad for attacks against Israel." As opposed to launching them from Syria, which of course has no terrorists. The radio quoted Mofaz as saying that if Syria or Hezbollah's Iranian mentors did nothing to rein in the group, Israel would have to remove the missiles itself. "I think that if Hezbollah opens a second front against Israel by using long-range rockets against the northern part of the state of Israel we won't have much choice," Mofaz said. Nope. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 *nods* I like it too. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2002-12-17 06:59:18 |