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| WND : 'War within 10 months' |
| 2006-11-07 |
| JERUSALEM – Syria and Hezbollah are likely to start a war with the Jewish state within 10 months, according to an assessment presented to the political leadership here by the Israeli Defense Forces. IDF leaders did not release the specific timing of what they said are expected clashes, but they urged Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's government in meetings the past few weeks to allow the IDF to prepare for a possible major conflict, according to senior military officials. The officials said the assessments, compiled by the general staff of the IDF, are based on intelligence information and what they said is the ongoing estimate by Syria and Hezbollah that military confrontations achieve results. They said Hezbollah considered itself victorious against Israeli troops in Lebanon in July and August. Explained a military official: "While Hezbollah took some major hits, the group's rocket infrastructure is still in tact; they are capable of firing more rockets into Israel. The war ended without Hezbollah having to return (Eldad) Regev and (Ehud) Goldwasser (the two soldiers it kidnapped in July, originally prompting the confrontations)." The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, because he was not authorized to talk to the media, said a cease-fire imposed in August by the United Nations "achieved a political win for Hezbollah." "It recognized Hezbollah's claims to the Shebaa Farms (a small piece of territory held by Israel but claimed by Lebanon and Syria) and called for future negotiations. It also restricts Israel's ability to stop Hezbollah from rearming and regrouping, which is what they are currently doing," the military official said. |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #5 This is like saying the sun will rise tomorrow. Of course Hezbullah will "continue" with their war with Israel. I'm really done with this. If Israel were to buldoze all of Gaza and Lebanon I would be satisfied. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2006-11-07 19:32 |
| #4 Is Israel doing anything concrete to prepare? If not, I'm not too inclined to believe this. Eventually, yes, but not so soon. |
| Posted by: gorb 2006-11-07 14:39 |
| #3 The official … said There, fixed that. Earlier today, Syria's Foreign Minister, Walid Moallem, said he hopes a Middle East peace process can be launched next year that would include Israel's relinquishing of the Golan Heights to Damascus. But Moallem warned if negotiations don't commence and yeild results within months, there will be a war. Any handover of the Golan heights will NOT bring about peace. Syria will merely use it as a strategic overlook from which to bombard Israel even more. Who’s fooling whom? Israel knows this damn well and that's why they’ve never returned the land. Assad said Israel could attack Syria "at any moment" and that Israeli leaders have abandoned the peace process and are seeking a war. He certainly got that “at any moment” part right. The Baath official told WND Syria learned from Hezbollah's military campaign against Israel that "fighting" is more effective than peace negotiations with regard to gaining territory. Israel needs to permanently alter that perception this time around. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-11-07 10:38 |
| #2 Par for the course, OS. Politicians always cause more work and death for their military. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2006-11-07 10:35 |
| #1 Umm... I believe some folks here said Olmert was nuts for not taking out Syria's military infrastructure with airstrikes. "Peacemaker" politicians that reang things in too soon always end up causing unintended consequences. Israel is going to suffer again. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2006-11-07 08:43 |