Hezbollah Planning Chemical Attack on Israel? Summer 2010 War?
Will the summer of 2010 bring an attack from Iran and Hezbollah on Israel? Major General Paul E. Vallely (Ret.) has told PJTV that “Iran is planning a preemptive attack against
Israel through its military proxy Hezbollah. He adds that recently, a submarine in Beirut unloaded suspicious cargo that signaled the potential presence of chemical weapons,” reports Uncoverage.net.
The people who were working on the submarine had on hazmat gear and gas masks; General Vallely notes that “some sort of chemical weapons were being offloaded from the submarine to the control of Hezbollah.”
Could war be imminent? If so what will the United States do to try to quell the unrest and to control Iran?
SCUD Missiles
There have also been many reports that Iran has shipped Russian-created SCUD missiles to Lebanon in recent months. These missiles may have a longer range, of up to 450 km, than missiles used previously; they may have the capability to hit Tel Aviv and Israel.
Hezbollah is also believed to have a supply of M-600 rockets to attack Israel. These rockets are “Iranian-designed and Syrian built,” notes the Christian Science Monitor. These rockets are smaller and more accurate than the Scud and easier to use.
Israel is in the process of giving the people of the country gas masks to wear in case of SCUD chemical missile attacks.
Israel Warns Syria: “We’ll Return Syria to Stone Age”
The London Times reports that Israel has given a private warning to Syrian President Bashar Assad that Israel will start an attack against Syria if Hezbollah attacks Israel. “Israel made it clear that it now regards Hezbollah as a division of the Syrian Army and that reprisals against Syria will be fast and devastating.” Israel warns that they will bomb Syria back to the “Stone Age” if the country is attacked by Syria.
Israel does have quite the way with the angry rhetoric. Lately Iran has been using a lot of it too. Israel always seems a bit more logical than the leader of Iran, whose rants have become ever more incoherent in recent years.
US Sanctions on Syria
President Obama recently continued sanctions on Syria due to its “continuing support for terrorist organizations and pursuit of weapons of mass destruction and missile programs,” report the Gateway Pundit.
Hezbollah
Hezbollah, in Lebanon is believed to be funded by Iran and Syria. The two countries have long tried to claim power in Lebanon. Hezbollah was created in 1982 by Iran. It is now a formal part of the Lebanese government.
Hezbollah has the symbol of an AK-47 on its flag. Its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, is ever eager to make threats to Israel. Let’s hope he does not start a new war. Peace has held since the end of the war between Israel and Lebanon in the summer of 2006.
Iran’s funding of Hezbollah is very problematic for peace in the Middle East. Iran seems too often to be in the center of causing unrest in the region.
Peace Talks and Worries of War
Palestine and Israel have just started indirect peace talks via the US, notes al Jazeera.
Soon hopefully the leaders of the two countries will start official peace talks. Hope rises for a peaceful two-state solution to the long-simmering dispute between Israel and Palestine.
And as that hope grows, worries grow too, for more war between Israel and Lebanon. Hezbollah is a negative force in Lebanon. It is a military endeavor in a country that wants peace. The 2006 war between Israel and Lebanon cost the lives of 1,200 Lebanese and 100 Israelis, per the Daily Star. That is too much loss of life.
Iran and Syria are tying to use Lebanon to instigate trouble with Israel, perhaps to deflect attention from Iran’s flouting of the UN’s mandate to stop tying to obtain nuclear weapons.
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