Iran and Syria will get Weapons in by Land,
by Sea, and by Air!
August 21, 2006
http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
It is apparent how important Israel considers it to be for replacements and new types of weapons from Iran and Syria not to make it back into the hands of Hizbollah. No matter how hard Israel tries to keep them out, they will fail. The only question is too what degree can they slow down the flow? I believe weapons will be restored to previous levels by 2008, and thereafter exceed
the old inventory
in high tech components. My guesstimate is that, at some point in time between 2008 and 2012, Hizbollah will once again lure Israel into southern Lebanon, a Jihad will be launched against Zion, and Israel will find herself driven into the Negev Wilderness as a consequence.
The following three articles from Arutz Sheva, DEBKAfile, and Haaretz give accounts of the attempts Iran and Syria are already making to fill the depleted weaponry stockpiles of Hizbollah.
Begin Arutz Sheva Article
Israel Attacks, Rejects Lebanese and UN Claims
Arutz Sheva, Israel News Service
Sunday, August 20, 2006 / 26 Av 5766
PM Olmert’s office staffer says Israel’s raid in Lebanon yesterday was not a violation of the ceasefire, but rather the required response to Hizbullah’s ongoing violations of the ceasefire.
“The operation was necessary,” the official in the Prime Minister’s Office, said, “because Hizbullah is violating the ceasefire by smuggling in war materiel from Syria and Iran. It was a necessary operation, and it is good that we did it.”
The weekend operation involved two Hummer jeeps that were helicoptered in to the Baalbek region of southern Lebanon, not far from the Syrian border. The Hummers were used to attack a school building used to store weapons brought in from Syria.
The building also served as a hideout for Hizbullah terrorists. IDF officer Lt.-Col. (ret.) Emanuel Moreno, 35, of the religious moshav Tlamim in the Negev, was killed in the operation, and two soldiers were wounded, including one in serious condition. Three Hizbullah men were killed.
The IDF announced afterwards, “The purpose of the operation was to prevent and interfere with the transfer of arms from Syria and Iran to Hizbullah… The objectives were achieved in full.”
“Hizbullah cannot complain when we take action to stop them from smuggling weapons, in violation of the ceasefire,” the aide said.
Hizbullah is not adhering to the ceasefire in other ways as well. There were several incidents this past week in which they fired at IDF soldiers.”
Lebanese Defense Minister Alias Al-Mor threatened, following the Israeli attack, that his country would stop deploying its forces in the southern region. He demanded that the UN make its position clear on Israel’s action. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has already gone on record as saying that it was Israel that violated the ceasefire.
The killed officer, Lt.-Col. Moreno, was buried at 2 AM Sunday morning at Mt.
Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem.
End Arutz Article
Begin DEBKAfile Article
DEBKAfile Reports: Turkey forces one Syrian, 5 Iranian arms planes to land at Diyarbakir military base
August 20, 2006, 11:47 AM (GMT+02:00)
Six Iranian ILDT type 4-cargo planes and a Syrian aircraft were forced to land at the southeast Turkish military airport
last Thursday after US spy satellites spotted they were loaded with missiles, missile launchers and eight boxes of Chinese made C-802 missiles, dubbed by Iran “Nur.”
DEBKAfile’s military sources disclose: The flights were bound for Damascus and Syrian military air bases just across the Turkish border.
The C-802 is the advanced ground-ship missile which crippled the Israeli Navy’s gunship off Beirut, and killed three of its crew on July 14, two days after the outbreak of the Lebanon war. Searches by the Turkish authorities disclosed that one of the planes was carrying crates of Fajer rockets which Hizballah fired at Israeli towns.
Two of the Iranian cargo planes have not been permitted to take off from Turkey unless they fly back to Iran.
Four flights, carrying light ammunition including anti-tank weapons, were allowed to complete their journey to Syria after their pilots presented documents proving they were purchased in Iran for the Syrian army.
DEBKAfile adds: This is the first time American military satellites have been openly revealed to have aided in the UN embargo against arms transfers from Syria and Iran to the Hizballah.
DEBKAfile’s military sources also disclose that the Iranian and Syrian cargo flights were bound for three Syrian military airfields, two of which were transferred at the end of July to the control and supervision of the air wing of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards. The flight carrying the C-802 missile was destined for the military section of Damascus’ Mezze international airport. The launchers and Fajer rockets would have been unloaded at Syria’s Nasiriya air base, 40 km from the Lebanese border.
The anti-tank rockets and ammunition were bound for al Qusayr, north of Damascus and only 25 km from Lebanon’s northern Beqaa Valley.
End DEBKAfile Article
Begin Haaretz Article
Senior IDF officers: Hezbollah hostilities liable to restart soon
August 21, 2006
By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent
Members of the Israel Defense Forces General Staff say that “round two” between Israel and Hezbollah could begin within months
or even weeks, probably over the renewal of arms deliveries to the organization from Iran and Syria.
One senior officer told Haaretz on Sunday that throughout the month-long war with Hezbollah, Iran and Syria attempted to smuggle large quantities of weapons to Lebanon. He said that the efforts were stepped up over the past week, following the cease-fire and the end of Israel Air Force sorties deep in Lebanese territory.
The officer noted that while UN Security Council Resolution 1701 calls for an embargo on arms shipments to Hezbollah, no mechanism has been put in place to enforce this embargo, and said that Israel will have to intervene if the deliveries continue unchecked.
Specifically, the military source said, Israel will be forced to carry out aerial assaults on trucks traveling from Syria to Lebanon if they can be determined to contain arms shipments. Otherwise, he said, Hezbollah would renew long-range rocket attacks on Israel within a matter of months.
“If we know that a truck is carrying arms, we’ll strike,” he said. “There is simply no alternative.”
He confirmed that the IDF was aware that such action could lead to new Katyusha attacks on communities in northern Israel.
“We presented this assessment to the government, too,” he said.
The army hopes that an enforcement mechanism can be activated within a few weeks to reduce the likelihood of weapons making their way into southern Lebanon.
Despite Hezbollah’s refusal to give up its arms, IDF officers believe that Resolution 1701 can be implemented, at least partially. In some parts of south Lebanon, the organization has instructed its militants not to appear in public with weapons.
IDF officers pointed with satisfaction to the fact that the new resolution places responsibility for events in southern Lebanon squarely at the feet of the Beirut government, and also creates international obligations toward Israel.
Thousands of Israeli soldiers remain in southern Lebanon. Five brigades of the regular army are deployed on the ground, though at somewhat below their full strength.
The eastern sector has been evacuated, with the exception of the Hamamis hill, near Metula.
A Lebanese Army brigade has already set up headquarters near Marjayoun, in an area that was used by the Lebanese gendarmerie before the war. The IDF’s Nahal Brigade controls the Taibeh area, Armored Corps Brigade 188 has the area south of Nahal, Armored Corps Brigade 7 has claimed the Maroun al-Ras area, the Golani Brigade is deployed north of Bint Jbail and the Paratroops is in control of the western sector.
If the deployment of the Lebanese Army goes according to schedule, IDF officers believe that the Israeli forces can be withdrawn to within a kilometer or two of the northern border in ten days or so.
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