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| Israel reveals Hizbullah positions | ||
| 2010-07-08 | ||
Hizbullah will likely fire close to 800 rockets into Israel every day during a future war, senior IDF officers said on Wednesday, as the Northern Command declassified for the first time evidence of HizbullahÂ’s growing presence inside close to 160 villages throughout southern Lebanon.
The IDF recently dispatched a delegation to UN headquarters in New York to present the evidence to diplomats. The evidence was also presented to the new commander of UNIFIL, Maj.-Gen. Alberto Asarta Cuevas of Spain. The IDF said that Hizbullah today maintains about 20,000 guerrilla fighters throughout southern Lebanon, whose main objective is to prevent an Israeli ground invasion. The fighters are also responsible for operating Hizbullah’s extensive missile capability, which would allow them to strike deep within Israel. Hizbullah has an estimated 40,000 short-, medium- and long-range missiles. The declassification of the material on Wednesday is a demonstration of the IDF’s penetration of Hizbullah and Israeli efforts to collect intelligence on the Iranian-backed Shi’ite terror group. Hizbullah has split its forces into three divisions. The Southern Division, the IDF said, consists of 5,000 fighters and has approximately 30,000 missiles and rockets and a number of subdivisions. Each subdivision is responsible for approximately 15 villages. Each village contains between 20 and 200 fighters, hundreds of mortar shells, hundreds of short-and medium- range rockets, and a number of command centers. In the maps unveiled by the IDF, Hizbullah weapons caches are shown approximately 50 meters from schools and hospitals. Storage and command centers are in most cases located inside or adjacent to civilian homes. “It is important to show the world that Hizbullah has built up its military infrastructure inside villages, with the objective that we will kill the maximum amount of civilians in a future conflict,” a senior IDF officer said. “We want to warn that if we are attacked by Hizbullah – this may happen.” Hizbullah is believed to have established thousands of positions inside approximately 160 villages in southern Lebanon. Most of Hizbullah’s rockets have ranges under 100 km. but the group is believed to have long-range missiles – some of them the Syrian-made M600 – which have a range of about 300 km. and unprecedented accuracy. | ||
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| #7 i HVE BEEN DRINKING And the cable went out, right? Seriously, you're drinking and the only thing you can find to do is to post on an internet forum? |
| Posted by: badanov 2010-07-08 23:42 |
| #6 i HVE BEEN DRINKING Judging by the quality of most of your posts, that seems to be a permanent condition. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2010-07-08 23:34 |
| #5 ummmm. the Caps lock button is on the left. don't infringe on Joe M's copyright, or do a helluva lot better effort, k? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-07-08 23:11 |
| #4 I'mt tired of hearing this civilian bullshit. If they let them copme into their country and set up shop then oh well. sURE DOESN'T SEEM TO MEAN A DAMN WHEN A MUSLIM BOMBS A TRAIN OR BUS OR FLY A PLANBE INTO A BUILDING IN THE us OR gREAT bRITAIN. sORR ABOUT THE BACKWARDS CAPS i HVE BEEN DRINKING AND TOO,ATE TOO GO BACK. |
| Posted by: chris 2010-07-08 22:29 |
| #3 Maybe Israel should create the capacity to fire 8,000 rockets a day at the barbaric hordes. |
| Posted by: bigjim-CA 2010-07-08 16:11 |
| #2 "It is important to show the world that Hizbullah has built up its military infrastructure inside villages, with the objective that we will kill the maximum amount of civilians in a future conflict," a senior IDF officer said. Well the world is here, not in diplomatic closet. Mr.IDF officer as always PR dumb. |
| Posted by: Phosing Big Foot3926 2010-07-08 10:03 |
| #1 Free Latakia! |
| Posted by: Black Bart Shick7973 2010-07-08 07:04 |