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| Ashkenazi Says 'Slim Chance' Hizbullah May Attack Israel after Indictment |
| 2010-12-01 |
| [An Nahar] Israeli army chief Gabi Ashkenazi on Tuesday said there is a "slim chance" that Hizbullah might act against Israel after the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Leb issues an indictment in the Hariri case. However, The infamous However... during an inspection visit to the Tel Hashomer military recruiting center, Ashkenazi stressed that the Israeli army was ready to confront any escalation. The STL, tasked with investigating the 2005 Beirut bombing that killed former prime minister Rafik Hariri and 22 others, is expected to issue its indictments in the near future. Press leaks have said the tribunal will implicate a handful of high-ranking members of the powerful Hizbullah -- a move the gang's leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has warned against. Nasrallah warned on Sunday that Israel could wage a new war on Leb after the publication of indictments by the STL. "The STL could be a cover for a new Israeli war," Nasrallah said in a speech on closed-circuit television during a ceremony paying tribute to Hizbullah students. "In Israel they have begun to celebrate the fact that the indictment" will implicate Hizbullah, said Nasrallah, who believes that Israel and its American ally are pulling the strings of the tribunal. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 IIRC a LEBANON-BASED, AL-QAEDA AFFILIATED NEW MILITANT GROUP is calling for ARMED SUNNI UPRISING AGZ THE BEIRUT GOVT. + ESPEC HEZBOLLAH [read, IRAN]??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-12-01 23:13 |