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| Syria defies Western pressure over Hezbollah | |
| 2010-05-24 | |
| DAMASCUS - Syria defied Western pressure on Sunday over its support for the militant group Hezbollah and said it will not act as a policeman for the Jewish state to prevent weapons from reaching the Lebanese Shi'ite movement. “Did Israel ever stop arming itself, did it stop instigating violence or making military manoeuvres, why are arms forbidden to Arabs and allowed to Israel?' Foreign Minister Walid Moualem said after meeting his German counterpart Guido Westerwelle. Citing Israeli occupation of Arab land and the technical state of war between Syria and Israel, Moualem said the Damascus government “will not be a policeman for Israel'. “Israel is beating the drum of war. In the absence of real peace every thing is possible,' he added. The row intensified when Israeli President Shimon Peres last month accused Syria, which borders Lebanon, of sending long-range Scud missiles to Hezbollah. Syria said it only gives Hezbollah political backing and that Israel may be using the accusation as a pretext for a military strike. “A Scud missile is as big as this room. How could it be hidden and smuggled with Israeli planes and satellites all over the region?' Moualem asked, adding that cumbersome Scuds were not suited to Hezbollah's guerrilla tactics.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 They've been moved in in parts and are assembled on site IIRC. |
| Posted by: lotp 2010-05-24 08:24 |