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| Israel Readies Patriot Missiles in North |
| 2008-02-19 |
| Israel has deployed U.S.-made Patriot air defense missiles near the northern city of Haifa in case of an attack by Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas in response to the killing of the group's top commander, security officials said Monday. Hezbollah and its Iranian backers swiftly blamed Israel for last week's car bombing that killed Imad Mughniyeh in Damascus, Syria. Israel's government denied involvement, but Israel is widely believed to have carried out similarly daring, complex and deadly strikes against other terror masterminds in the past. In his eulogy for Mughniyeh, Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah vowed to retaliate against Israeli and Jewish targets anywhere in the world. Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Israel is "prepared on all fronts" for an attack. Security officials said the a Patriot battery was put on standby Sunday for the first time since Israel's monthlong war with Hezbollah in the summer of 2006, when the Lebanese guerrillas fired nearly 4,000 rockets into northern Israel. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter. The Israeli military said it did not comment on "operational readiness." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Israel had the Davidka as early as 1948, and used it as return fire to Arab Jerusalem. It was rumoured that it was radioactive, the proof being that sometimes after it was shot off there would be a rainstorm in the vicinity. Just saying, JosephM. ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-02-19 21:21 |
| #5 FREEREPUBLIC > ISRAEL: WE ARE READY FOR IRAN, SYRIA, AND HEZBOLLAH. Israel in article hints that it may possess super/advanced weapons [NOT nuclear or biological = beyond par wid USA]??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-02-19 16:51 |
| #4 oh, and give them say an "Iranian Air" paint job. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2008-02-19 10:43 |
| #3 Easy Chair Campaigner: if there are boneyard jumbos available.... just fill them with explosives and turn them into giant cruise missiles. Osama showed how dangerous they were just with fuel on board. ya know ... just saying... |
| Posted by: 3dc 2008-02-19 10:42 |
| #2 If America were stingy with Israel which they are not.... There are bone-yards with serviceable airworthy jumbo-jets laying about. I guess Israel can make 1st rate bomb racks... Okie Dokie. Their first line Aircraft and Anti-Radiation Missiles and Anti-Soviet bloc capability can take whatever radars Lebanon and Syria has... just a guess after the raid last year.. Viola, home made carpet bombing, or laser designated smart bombs aplenty from 45,000 feet. |
| Posted by: Easy Chair Campaigner 2008-02-19 05:26 |
| #1 Whatever it takes. Protect Meir at all costs; as he run the junkyard snorting for the next scent!! |
| Posted by: smn 2008-02-19 02:40 |