Nasrallah Dines with Assad and Ahmadinejad in Damascus – ABC News

Posted by Matt in February 26th, 2010 | no comment

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Lebanese defense sources estimate Hezbollah now boasts between 40,000 and 50,000 rockets including long range missiles capable of striking much deeper into Israeli territory.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also met Thursday with leaders of several different Palestinian factions based in the Syrian capital and yet again made threats against Israel.
“This criminal regime is [...]

A New Kind of War | Foreign Policy

Posted by Matt in January 21st, 2010 | no comment

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The end result of Operation Cast Lead, last year’s conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, was quite clear. During three weeks of fighting over December 2008 and January 2009, more than 1,300 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed and at least 2,500 houses in the strip were demolished. There is an ongoing [...]

An Israeli Preventive Attack on Iran’s Nuclear Sites: Implications for the U.S.

Posted by Matt in January 15th, 2010 | no comment

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Iran’s retaliation for an Israeli strike is likely to be fierce, protracted, and multi-pronged. Iran is likely to bombard Israel with its Shahab-3 medium-range ballistic missiles, possibly armed with chemical, biological, or radiological warheads. Such a missile barrage would amount to a terror campaign, similar to the “war of the cities” during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq [...]

War fears grow on Gaza-Israel border – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Posted by Matt in January 11th, 2010 | no comment

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There are growing fears of a new war between Gaza and Israel, as violence rises markedly along the Israel-Gaza border and on Gaza’s border with Egypt.
After months of relative quiet, the number of rockets and mortars fired at southern Israeli towns has jumped sharply, although none so far has caused any injury.
War fears grow on [...]

Gaza remains under pressure and ‘waiting to explode’ – The National Newspaper

Posted by Matt in January 2nd, 2010 | no comment

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Should Tehran get a nuclear bomb, as Tel Aviv fears it may do soon, the balance of regional power would inexorably tip away from Israel towards Iran.
For Israel, all these elements are pushing towards war, probably on more than one front, rather than peacemaking. Certainly, Iran, Hamas, Hizbollah and the Lebanese military have all expressed [...]

AFP: Amid Gaza calm, Israel and Hamas prepare for battle

Posted by Matt in December 21st, 2009 | no comment

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But behind the quiet exterior, regional foes are busy preparing for the next conflict, which is certain to erupt sooner or later.
“Because both sides expect a conflict, eventually it happens,” Hartwell said.
Israel has poured millions of dollars into developing defensive shields against the makeshift rockets often fired from Gaza as well as the more sophisticated [...]

The Associated Press: Hezbollah to continue arming to fight Israel

Posted by Matt in November 30th, 2009 | no comment

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Israel’s military says that since its 2006 war with the group, Hezbollah has tripled its prewar arsenal to more than 40,000 rockets, some of which can strike virtually anywhere in Israel — a dramatic improvement over the short-range missiles fired in 2006.
Nasrallah said the buildup was necessary.
The Associated Press: Hezbollah to continue arming to fight [...]

Obama’s nuclear spring | The Guardian

Posted by Matt in November 24th, 2009 | no comment

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The talk in Israel, explicit and open – including in the country’s leading daily, Haaretz, last week – is about a war in the coming spring or summer. The skies will have cleared for air operations, Israel’s missile shields against short- and medium-range rockets will at least be partly operational, and the international community, led [...]

Analysis / It won’t end in six days – Haaretz – Israel News

Posted by Matt in November 7th, 2009 | no comment

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New research from the Defense Ministry indicates that an Israeli attack on Iran would likely lead to a bitter war that would last years
These are, more or less, the ground rules that have been laid down for us by U.S. President Barack Obama: The Israel Navy is permitted to intercept weapons shipments from Iran to [...]

Israel Claims Iran Weapons Intercept – TIME

Posted by Matt in November 4th, 2009 | no comment

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When Israeli naval commandoes boarded the “Francop”, an Antigua-flagged freighter early Wednesday morning off Cyprus, they had a pretty good idea of what they’d find. Sure enough, by the time the vessel had been fully inspected some hours later, the Israelis had uncovered over 3,000 rockets and shells in what they believe was a well-disguised [...]