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2007-05-06 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

"Hizbullah has rebuilt itself and is prepared for another Israeli strike," Naim Kassem, the deputy secretary general of the Iranian-backed terror organization told Al Jazeera TV on Saturday. "We have completed the groundwork necessary and we have new battle plans," Kassem added.

Kassem went on to say that Hizbullah was not expecting another round of fighting against Israel but that the organization was preparing itself nevertheless. Kassem also denied that his organization paid off or received intelligence reports from former MK Azmi Bishara during the Second Lebanon War. He said that the Israeli government was trying to divert attention from its own failures during the war, by placing blame on Bishara.

A high-ranking Lebanese official said that Hizbullah had been rearming itself at an accelerated pace. "All that Hizbullah has achieved in six years, since Israel withdrew from southern Lebanon, it has now managed to gain in only six months," the official was quoted by Army Radio as saying, adding that "Hizbullah renewed its rocket arsenal and built new concrete bunkers north of the Litani River and on the eastern border of Lebanon."

UN resolution 1701, passed at the end of the fighting last August, called on Hizbullah to completely cease rearming. Captured IDF reservists, Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser, whose unconditional release was also demanded by resolution 1701, are still held by Hizbullah

Posted by Fred 2007-05-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11139 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 UN resolutions are for infidels.

Posted by Bobby 2007-05-06 07:11|| 2007-05-06 07:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Is there anything Hiz can't do in record time and under budget?

Posted by Shipman">Shipman 2007-05-06 10:05|| 2007-05-06 10:05|| Front Page Top

#3 Cheap rockets used by Hizbs during the war might not have enough range and accuracy to hit targets in Israel. Hizbullah has larger and more expensive rockets, but not as many of them, and they require bigger and more sophisticated launchers, which are easier to target.

I don't believe that Hizbullah is as much of a threat as it was before the war.

DG

Posted by trenchsol">trenchsol 2007-05-06 10:36|| 2007-05-06 10:36|| Front Page Top

#4 Hope you're right trenschol. Only thing I worry about is the IDF's early and perhaps decesive success against the medium range rocket store last go around. I gotta figure that iSource is gone.

Posted by Shipman">Shipman 2007-05-06 10:46|| 2007-05-06 10:46|| Front Page Top

#5 It isn't Hizb'Allah I am worried about, as the fact that Israel has lost its will to aggressively defend herself against them.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2007-05-06 11:37|| 2007-05-06 11:37|| Front Page Top

#6 buy stock in who ever makes rockets or any missile in the US
i agree alaska paul but maybe they will pull one and kick the shit out of them for the last time

Posted by sinse 2007-05-06 19:09|| 2007-05-06 19:09|| Front Page Top

#7 Ready to discover that the last time wasn't a war. Not really.

Posted by gromgoru 2007-05-06 23:07|| 2007-05-06 23:07|| Front Page Top

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