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| Syria arms Hezbollah with Scud missiles: Israel |
| 2010-04-14 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Israeli President Shimon Peres on Tuesday accused Syria of supplying Scud missiles to the Lebanese Hezbollah while publicly talking peace, as Lebanon complained to United Nations over Israel's violation of its territory few days ago. "Syria claims it wants peace while at the same time it delivers Scuds to Hezbollah whose only goal is to threaten the state of Israel," Peres told public radio. There have been reports in the past, notably in Arab media and by specialized think-tanks, that Syria was sending some of its arsenal of Scud missiles to Lebanon. "Syria believes it need do nothing more than let itself be courted by the world, while saying one thing and doing the opposite," said Peres, whose post is largely ceremonial. He made the comments just hours before flying to Paris, where he is expected to discuss the issue in talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Israel's Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai declined to go into details of the alleged Scud shipment, but said "Hezbollah's firing capacity has significantly improved." Israel accuses both Syria and Iran of supplying arms to Hezbollah, whose deadly attack on an army patrol in Israel triggered a bloody war in the summer of 2006. The 34-day conflict with Hezbollah killed 1,200 Lebanese, mostly civilians, and more than 160 Israelis, mostly soldiers. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 It's amazing how fuckin stupid these mongrels can be |
| Posted by: chris 2010-04-14 16:52 |
| #6 Because they said so and they're quite willing to kill anybody who disagrees. |
| Posted by: mojo 2010-04-14 15:41 |
| #5 Remind me again why we should believe islam is the religion of peace? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-04-14 15:33 |
| #4 these scuds were, iiuc, produced during the Soviet era do they still work? |
| Posted by: lord garth 2010-04-14 12:30 |
| #3 WE'LL BE JOINING THE "NUCLEAR CLUB" IN ONE MONTH. Dinnerjacket was preparing for an earthquake last week--one of the Ayotollahs has taught that a great earthquake accompanies the arrival of the mahdi. He's clearly preparing to provoke chaos and soon. Bibi don't fail us now. |
| Posted by: Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2010-04-14 10:53 |
| #2 Arabs are asking for a symmetric war. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-04-14 04:34 |
| #1 Versus TOPIX > IRAN: WE'LL BE JOINING THE "NUCLEAR CLUB" IN ONE MONTH. HMMMMM, HMMMMM, Intehwesting ... 2010 = NUCENERGY ONLY? ergo 2012/13 = NUCBOMBS/WEAPS??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-04-14 00:09 |