The Future Jihad will see Thousand s
of these Types of Anti-Tank and Anti-Aircraft Weapons Employed against Israel!
August 8, 2006
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For the last six years I have attempted to keep track of weaponry types moving across the Iran-
Syria-Lebanon links into the storage bins of the Hizbollah terrorist army in southern Lebanon. I have also attempted to monitor the smuggling of various weaponry types across the Jordan River into the West Bank – from the Egyptian Sinai into the Gaza Strip – as well as observing the more difficult task of eventually smuggling them into the West Bank from the southwest, west, and north. I have also watched the smuggling of Iranian weapons from sea going vessels moving down Israel’s Mediterranean Sea coast, after having sailed out of Lebanese and northwestern Syrian ports.
There are numerous intelligence agencies and press release sources on today’s internet. They vary greatly from very unreliable to reliable on weaponry types and their movements, and it takes a lot of shredding out to get what seems to be a good “handle” on the subject. Those of you who have read our http://www.tribulationperiod.com/, know that I have written countless articles on the weapon types and their movements since Israel pulled out of Lebanon in 2000, which you will find in our Prophecy and Blog Archives.
Please take time to read the three current articles, which follow, two from Haaretz News Service, one from DEBKAfile. Then read Archive Birth Pang 41 from 2002, which will give you an idea as to how and where the weaponry, discussed in the three articles, will be specifically used in the future Jihad, which I guesstimate is likely to suddenly begin at some point in time between 2008 and 2012.
Begin Haaretz Article Number 1
Hezbollah Anti-Tank fire causing most IDF Casualties in Lebanon
Haaretz News Service
August 6, 2008
By Ze’ev Schiff
The majority of Israel Defense Forces ground troop casualties, both infantry and armored, were the result of special anti-tank units of Hezbollah, according to intelligence sources.
The same sources note that these units have not retreated from southern Lebanon following the deployment of large IDF ground forces in the area.
The Hezbollah anti-tank teams use a new and particularly potent version of the Russian-made RPG, the RPG-29 that has been sold by Moscow to the Syrians and then transferred to the Shi’ite organization.
Some of the IDF casualties resulted when the rockets struck homes in which IDF troops had taken positions.
This was the case when four soldiers of the elite Egoz unit were killed in the village of Bint Jbail. In that case a Sagger anti-tank missile had been used.
The RPG-29’s penetrating power comes from its tandem warhead, and on a number of occasions has managed to get through the massive armor of the Merkava tanks.
The IDF had intelligence information on Hezbollah plans to deploy specialized anti-tank teams in order to delay the advance of IDF ground forces. The special focus Hezbollah gave to anti-tank weapons as part of their doctrine was revealed during the raid on the border village of Ghajar in November 2005.
During that attack, Hezbollah fighters attempted to kidnap IDF soldiers, and some of the guerrillas were killed and their bodies left behind.
This was the same unit that fought in Bint Jbail and whose men were killed there.
During the battle at Ghajar, which is inside Israeli territory and has an Alawite population, Hezbollah fighters fired more than 300 anti-tank rockets of different types, including the new RPG-29,
which targetted various armored vehicles and two Merkava Mark-2 tanks. One of the two tanks had the necessary armor to deflect the missiles, but the other took a hit to the body.
Following the battle at Ghajar, Israeli inquiries that Russia was transferring modern anti-tank weapons to Syria and on to Hezbollah were received with anger. The Russians demanded proof that this had been done.
Contrary to common practice, Israel transferred to Russia the tail-end of a rocket for analysis. The Russian response was that in the absence of a serial number they were hard pressed to identify it as part of a load delivered to Syria.
The IDF believes Hezbollah also has an advanced anti-aircraft missile, the SA-18, from Iran.
It is particularly lethal against helicopters, and even though none of the missiles have been fired against Israel Air Force aircraft, the flights over Lebanon are taking the necessary precautions.
End Haaretz Article Number 1
Weaponry Lessons are now being learned by Islam for Future Jihad!
Every day that the battles continue between Hizbollah and Israel, Islam is learning which weapons are the most effective against specific types of war machines in the large Israeli inventory. This information will be used for maximum results in the future Jihad.
Begin Haaretz Article Number 2
Palestinian Lessons: Missiles are Key to Success
Haaretz
August 7, 2006
By Avi Issacharoff
The war in Lebanon has left its impression on the streets of Ramallah: flags of Hezbollah, pictures of its leader Hassan Nasrallah, and CDs with songs of praise to the new hero of the Arab world. But the heavy battles between Hezbollah and the Israel Defense Forces have taught the West Bank gunmen new lessons – in future battles between Israel and the Palestinians, like in Lebanon, the missile will be victorious.
The Sagger missiles that have penetrated the advanced Merkava tanks and the long- and short-range rockets have roused great interest among the gunmen. “The most important strategic change brought about by this war, as far as the Palestinians are concerned, is the understanding of the power of the missile,” says N., an analyst for a Palestinian media outlet.
Advanced missiles are promising to be the next hit with the Palestinian terror organizations, and public opinion sees them as the means to change the face of the conflict. The East Jerusalem newspaper Al-Quds published a caricature a few days ago of a missile passing through Israel’s separation fence. The caption reads: “Israel didn’t take this into account.”
One of the founders of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, Khaled Shawish, says the Palestinian organizations are trying to buy sophisticated weapons that will help them fight the IDF, particularly in Gaza. “I am talking particularly about RPG missiles that can be widely used in Gaza.
The border with Egypt is open enough to bring in missiles, and ‘the resistance’ produces anti-tank missiles in Gaza,” he says in an interview.
The military industry in Gaza has not changed since the fighting began in Lebanon, and the Qassam rockets and RPGs continue to be locally manufactured. A Palestinian journalist from Gaza, A., points out that the tunnels into the coastal strip make it possible to smuggle large quantities of weapons from Egypt. “Even the price of ammunition has dropped because of the large supply,” he says. “A Kalashnikov bullet cost NIS 40-50 before the Israeli withdrawal, and now it’s only NIS 5.” In the West Bank, however, Sawish says there is less of a chance to produce or smuggle in sophisticated weapons. Another Al-Aqsa activ ist, Muein from Bethlehem,
is more optimistic, however. He says the Kalashnikov is out.
“The brothers in the Dehaishe refugee camp now want anti-tank missiles,” he says. “At some stage, the technology will come to the West Bank. Then if Israel escalates things, we won’t fire bullets at Gilo but missiles.” He adds that the separation fence will also lose its effectiveness. “What will be the problem for a fighter to sit on the Abu Dis side of the fence and send a missile to the King David Hotel?” he asks. “It is less effort than a suicide attack and … has the same results.”
Nevertheless Shawish, who has been in many a battle and attack, is not enthusiastic about the new approach.
He walks through Ramallah with his M-16 and two other wanted men, Abu Udai, 28, and Abu Nidal, 30. “You still have complete military superiority and what do we have? One or two guns,” he says. That is why they want to negotiate with Israel and reach a peace agreement, he says.
End Haaretz Article Number 2
The information obtained by the Iranians and Syrians, from their high observation points in Syria, on the Israeli military maneuvers, both on land, from the sea, and in the air, will be invaluable in the planning of the future Jihad.
Begin DEBKAfile Article Number 3
DEBKAfile’s military sources disclose: Hizballah’s rocket offensive against Israel is orchestrated from a rear command located in the Syrian town of Anjar
August 7, 2006, 12:41 PM (GMT+02:00)
While Israeli officials keep on insisting that Syria must be kept out of the conflict, the fact is that the Assad regime is already in it up to their ears – with a leading role in the Hizballah rocket attacks on northern Israel. The command which coordinates the pace of those attacks is located at the Anjar base of the Syrian Army’s 10th Division opposite the Lebanese town of Az Zabdani. It is manned by Iranian and Hizballah officers, who take their orders from a Syrian military intelligence center in Damascus to which Iranian Revolutionary Guards intelligence officers are attached. It is headed by a general from one of Syria’s surface missile brigades.
This joint command is provided with the most up-to-date intelligence and electronic data available to Syria on targets in Israel and IDF movements. The timing and tempo of Hizballah rocket strikes are set according to that information.
To keep the rockets coming without interruption, the joint Hizballah-Syrian-Iranian command is also responsible with keeping Hizballah supplied with an inflow of rockets and launchers. They use smuggling rings to slip the supplies into Lebanon by mule and donkey which ply the 5,000-7,000 feet mountain paths that straddle the Syrian-Lebanese frontier. A senior Israeli officer told DEBKAfile: We can go on bombing Lebanon for many weeks, but that will not stop the rockets..
End DEBKAfile Article 3
More than four years ago, we used Scriptures to define the character of
the future Jihad regarding its topographical and geographical battle plan, and indicated the roles certain types of weaponry would play in the initial onslaught. A lot of it was included in Archive Birth Pang Update Number 41, which follows.
Begin Archive Birth Pang Number 41
BIRTH PANG NUMBER 41
The Remnant of Israel, Past, Present, and Future!
Part 6
March 22, 2002
Revelation 12:14 – And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
Revelation 12:6 – And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
The woman is Israel. The place that God has prepared for her is the Negev wilderness. A time is one 360 day year, times are two 360 day years, and half a time is 180 days, which totals 1260 days or 3 and ½ prophetic years. Both these scriptures describe the time period of 42 prophetic months (30 days per month) before the end of the Tribulation Period.
When the antichrist launches his lightning Jihad from the north
it will be a two pronged attack. Syrian and Lebanese troops will launch a blitzkrieg strike southward along the western lees of the Galilean and Samaritan Mountains. The Palestinians will zoom northward along the western lee of the Judean Mountains out of Gaza to link with their comrades coming down from the north. This will cut off coastal Israel from interior Israel. Some 70% of the Jewish population lives along the narrow coastal strip from Tel Aviv to Haifa. They will be kept p inned down by thousands of katyusha rockets be
ing launched from the bluff top cities of Tul Karm and Qalqilya in the Samarian Mountains.
It will eventually be necessary to air evacuate the population out of this area across the Mediterranean into the Negev, as stated in 12:14. The other battle prong, consisting of troops from Iraq, Syria, and Iran, will be directed southward along the west bank of the Jordan River in a lightning strike. The Palestinians will pour down the hundreds of dendritic valleys in the eastern lee of the Samarian Mountains, armed with shoulder held antitank launchers. They will destroy many of the Israeli tanks coming north to intercept the southward moving Arab tank units of Syria, Iraq, and Iran. The Jewish population to the east of the coastal sections, and to the west of the Jordan River, will flee on land in whatever types of transportation may be available. This has long been the national Israel contingency plan that is to be carried out in the event of attack from the north, and the Negev has been their emergency contingency evacuation area since 1948. If you desire a detailed discussion of what I have just briefly covered, please review Prophecy Updates 5 through 11, which are found in our Prophecy Update Archives.
End Archive Birth Pang Number 41
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