The Final War of the Age of the Gentiles,
I‘ve consistently stated will not be Nuclear,
But I Do Think There will be Tactical Biological,
And I also believe a few Chemicals will be in Use,
I believe they’ll be used locally in emergency Cases,
But not at the start of the war or on a universal Basis!
Hizbullah, Syria, and Lebanon are Loading Up for It Now!
September 4, 2009
http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
Hizballah deploys chemical and biological weapons near Israeli border – Arab, European sources
DEBKAfile Special Report
September 3, 2009, 10:13 AM (GMT+02:00)
The Kuwaiti daily Al-Siyassa reported Thursday, Sept. 3, that chemical weapons were stored in the hidden Hizballah arms warehouse which blew up at Hirbet Salim near the Israeli border in mid-July. Of the 11 Hizballah operatives killed in the blast, 3 died of chemical poisoning. Hizballah denied any members had been killed or even that it maintains a weapons store in breach of UN resolutions.
DEBKAfile disclosed at the time that the Lebanese terrorists had lost five men and more were missing.
On July 21, we reported that the explosion heard on both sides of
the border refuted Israeli military claims that the Lebanese border was secure and revealed that the destroyed arms dump was one of 35 Hizballah had lined up within 20 kilometers from the border.
European intelligence sources reported on Sept. 1, that Hizballah had recently boosted its military capabilities with a supply of chemical shells and short-range missiles with chemical warheads and was about to receive biological weapons as well. One source said that the Lebanese terrorist group is now one of the most sophisticated and best trained military forces in the Middle East, describing them as “bad guys with good strategic vision.”
The source quoted an Arab official as predicting that Hizballah is gearing up “for something big” and there is little doubt that Iran and Syria will be helping them to obtain biological and chemical weapons.
“You’re going to be reporting a lot on Hizballah in the future,” he said. “They already have people on the ground in Europe and elsewhere.
They are just waiting for orders to act – they are not in a hurry.”
Those WMD have already been delivered, according to al Siyassa. DEBKAfile’s military sources add that deliveries began some time ago.
In the 2006 war in which Israel fought Hizballah, chemical defense systems were discovered in the Lebanese group’ s bunker
s and observation posts.
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‘Russia confirms MiG jet sale to Syria’
September 3, 2009
YAAKOV KATZ and AP , THE JERUSALEM POST
The Russian daily newspaper Kommersant has reported that Russia is expected to provide Syria with powerful MiG fighter jets but has not yet begun delivering the planes.
The paper cited the head of Russia’s state-run United Aircraft Corporation, Alexei Fyodorov, as saying that a 2007 contract to sell MiG-31E interceptor fighters to Syria has not entered into force, but that a different contract to provide Syria with MiG-29M fighters is indeed being implemented.
According to the paper, Russian arms sales officials denied the 2007 contract.
The speedy MiG-31E can fire simultaneously at several targets up to 180 kilometers away.
Delivered into Syria’s hands, it would likely alter the balance of power in
the region.
Reports of the sale had surfaced in 2007 but were quickly dismissed by Moscow and its official state arms-trading monopoly Rosoboronexport, which issued a statement saying, “Russia has no plans to deliver fighter jets to Syria.”
Rosoboronexport declined to comment on the recent Kommersant article.
In May, outgoing head of the Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency Lt.-Gen. Michael D. Maples told the Senate Armed Services Committee that Damascus would be receiv ing the advanced MiG-31E fighter jets
in the near future.
“With regard to its external defense, Syria’s military remains in a defensive posture and inferior to Israel’s forces, but it is upgrading its missile, rocket, antitank, aircraft and air defense inventories,” Maples told the committee. “Recent Syrian contracts with Russia for future delivery include new MiG-31 and MiG-29M/M2 fighter aircraft.”
Israeli defense officials said they were not surprised by Russia’s intention to sell Syria the advanced jets but expressed concern that if the deal went through it would alter the balance of power in the region.
“Syria currently has an obsolete air force based on outdated MiGs,” one official explained. “If Syria gets new MiG-31s, this will pose a definite threat to our air force.”
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Al-Akhbar: Lebanese Armed Forces to receive anti-aircraft weapons from Iran
September 2, 2009
‘LAF set to receive Iranian weaponry’
JPost.com Staff , THE JERUSALEM POST
The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) has accepted an offer by Iran to provide it with weapons produced by the Iranian defense industries, a newspaper in Lebanon reported on Wednesday. According to Al-Akhbar, the proposal was sent from the Iranian Embassy in Beirut.
In their response, LAF officers said the army was in need of anti-aircraft weaponry. Israeli officials have expressed concern that the existence of such weapons in Lebanon, whether in the hands of Hizbullah or the army, would constitute a change in the strategic balance between Israel and Lebanon.
The Jerusalem Post could not independently confirm the report.
In recent years, the Lebanese army, which is one of the smallest in the region, received weapon shipments from the United States, especially during and after the 2007 crackdown its security forces launched against the Jihad Sunni group Fatah al-Islam.
The Lebanese military, in its own words, regards Israel as its “primary antagonist and enemy,” while maintaining Hizbullah’s right to “resist,” despite the military’s official role in ensuring that the organization does not rearm south of the Litani River.
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IDF OC Ground Forces Command: Israel will have to use ground forces in any future conflict – enemy concealing weapons
‘Future battlefield will be more lethal’
Yaakov Katz , THE JERUSALEM POST
September 2, 2009
The future battlefield the IDF will face will be more difficult, lethal and uncertain, OC Ground Forces Command Maj.-Gen. Avi Mizr achi s
aid Wednesday during a military conference at Latrun.
Mizrachi was speaking at the third annual Latrun Conference on Maneuver in Complex Terrain, co-hosted by the IDF, the US Joint Forces Command and several leading Israeli defense industries. Over 100 military officers from close to 30 countries were present at the conference.
Mizrachi, who will soon take up his new post as head of the IDF’s Central Command, said that in any future conflict, Israel would have no choice but to use its ground forces.
“A war cannot be won without moving forces on the ground,” he said. “Even today there are people who believe that it is sufficient to threaten to use the forces but in the Middle East his is not enough. Only a ground maneuver will end the conflict and win the war.”
The future battlefield, he said, would be more lethal due to Syria, Hamas and Hizbullah’s continued investment in underground infrastructure and ability to minimize its signature to the point that it does not need to maneuver like a conventional military but only use its firepower from pre-planned bunkers.
Mizrachi revealed that Syria has taken civilian trucks, loaded them with weapons and scattered them in different villages along the border with Israel ahead of a future conflict.
“This is why we need to split up our capabilities between a conventional war scenario to one that we are fighting against a non-conventional force,” he said.
Later in the conference, a disagreement erupted between head of the Armored Corps Brig.-Gen. Agay Yehezkeli and Chief Infantry Officer Brig.-Gen. Yossi Bahar.
Speaking after Mizrachi, Yehezkeli said that in a future conflict with Hizbullah in Lebanon the IDF would need to launch a quick ground operation, heavily depending on tanks, deep into Lebanese territory in order to curb the rocket attacks against the Israeli home front.
During the Second Lebanon War in 2006, the IDF hesitated before sending large ground forces into Lebanon and for the first part of the campaign mostly relied on the Air Force to try and stop the Hizbullah Katyusha rocket attacks.
The next speaker, Bahar said that he disagreed with Yehezkeli and that a deep penetration of Lebanon was not needed immediately at the outset of the war. He said that several brigades would be capable of conquering southern Lebanon and taking control of the 165 villages south of the Litani River
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