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| Hezbollah war games for future Israeli attack on Syria? |
| 2007-11-06 |
| Hundreds of Hezbollah guerrillas staged military-style exercises in southern Lebanon over the weekend, actions which are driving speculation that Hezbollah is preparing for its next war with Israel. Hezbollah conducted maneuvers in south Lebanon in a rare show of force designed to deter Israel from repeating its 2006 invasion of the south, some security and political sources said. Israel conducted war games on the other side of the frontier about a week ago. Two pro-Hezbollah newspapers reported on Monday that the Shi'ite Muslim group, which fought a 34-day war with Israel last year, staged one of its biggest maneuvers over the weekend under the direct supervision of its leader, Hassan Nasrallah. According to the pro-Hezbollah media, the fighters - banned from carrying weapons under the terms of a UN ceasefire - carried out the exercises away from inhabited areas while Israeli warplanes and reconnaissance drones flew above the region. Security sources confirmed the maneuvers took place but not on the scale reported by the newspapers. They said the exercises demonstrated that Hezbollah has relaxed a long-held policy of military secrecy, allowing Israel to know more about its capabilities in a new deterrence strategy. |
| Posted by:Fred |