Posted on 01/22/2010 8:41:38 AM PST by jhpigott
Maybe they just need to seize an airfield closer to Iran.
These troop movements were announced two or three weeks ago. They are putting reserve troops in the West Bank and moving their most experienced troops as noted here.
One theory is that they might be preparing to bomb Iran, and would want their troops in place to fend off any countermoves by Iran’s friends and clients.
aka the Bekka Valley
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That’s where the main IDF push will go from what I can tell.
They have had time to move their heavy stuff to the border
by now,,,
Any time now...
......Wars and rumors of wars.......
What we are discussing here is not a war. We are speaking of a precursor that will precipitate the rel war with Iran.
It is to Iran’s favor for the IDF to get sidetracked in Syria. it is to the IDF advantage to immediately and with no warning attack Iran. Then Syria. Dead Syria = Dead Lebanon
that’s where all their strongholds and training bases are, so if Israel wants to take care of Hezbollah once and for all, I don’t see how they avoid moving in force into the Bekka
FWIW a follow up from the poster over at Ticker forum re movement of IDF moving north saying he hasn’t see this kind of military activity up that way since 2006
Looks like you’ve been pinged, thanks hennie pennie for the FReepmail.
My first thought was glass for Syria - but that is always my first thought...
I wonder if 0bama has secretly made promises to defend the defenseless Hezbolan-Syrians against the illegal invaders of Israel with American troops?
NOTHING WILL HAPPEN.
There will be no Israeli attack, and that’s because they said they WOULD attack —bad tactics.
Watch what they do, not what they say.
The Israeli Foreign and Defense Ministries can run their mouths all they want, but if they actually start moving men and material and setting up a logistics train (as recent press releases suggest) I would pay attention.
Not saying an Israeli strike is imminent, but it now looks like it may be a viable option. If/when the IDF pulls back from the northern border, then they can talk all they want because if they aren’t deployed to address the threats along the northern border and the Golan, there is no way they IMO will strike Iran
(pointin’ at somebody else)
“: If there was a threat to Lebanon, it will only come from a military adventure carried out by Hezbollah in the best interest of Iran”
“THEY DONE IT NOT US!!!”,,,
Mite wanna plug ya’ ears...
Hezbollah has MOVED its LONG-RANGE-ROCKET SITES deep into NORTHERN LEBANON, according to analysts quoted in the Washington Post on Saturday ...
Sarkozy to Hariri: We Vow to Try Preventing Bombarding Basic Infrastructure, Not More
French President Nicolas Sarkozy informed Lebanese officials that “France vows to try to prevent Israel from bombarding the basic infrastructure of Lebanon, but not more than that,” stressing to those he met on the need to “control the internal Lebanese situation and prevent any provocations,” according to well-informed Lebanese sources.
Sources close to the French presidency told the pan-Arab Asharq al-Awsat daily that Sarkozy answered the concerns of PM Saad Hariri from a possible Israeli attack on Lebanon by saying “Lebanon can depend on France’s friendship and support.”
Beirut, 23 Jan 10, 10:38
[link to www.naharnet.com]
interesting clarifcation by Sarkozy - we will try to keep the Israelis from taking about basic Lebanese infastructure, but no more than that
*about = out
looks like anyone with a gun is getting ready for war in Lebanon -
12:16pm Security source to VDL: Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine members are conducting military exercises at their base in Qousaya in Bekaa using artillery, rockets, and anti-aircraft guns.
. . . from Naharnet
Last update - 16:06 23/01/2010
‘Israel, Hezbollah inch toward military conflict’
Israel is heading toward a confrontation with Lebanon militant organization Hezbollah, Minister without portfolio Yossi Peled said on Thursday, adding that “Israel’s main goal is to ensure the posterity of the Jewish state.”
When asked whether he believed another round of violence was expected along Israel’s northern border, the Likud minister said “yes, I just don’t know when, just like no one knew that the Second Lebanon War would break.”
Speaking at a cultural function in the southern city of Be’er Sheva, Peled said that “If a conflict does erupt in the North we will hold both Lebanon and Syria responsible.”
Last update - 16:06 23/01/2010
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1144513.html
16:19 U.S. envoy George Mitchell to meet with Defense Minister Barak Saturday eve. (Ch. 10)
Haaretz ticker
http://www.haaretz.com/
looks like Mitchell is doing the diplomatic shuffle, visiting all the players in the region
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