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| Hizbo Rocket Command Located in Syria |
| 2006-08-07 |
| DEBKAfile’s military sources disclose: Hizballah’s rocket offensive against Israel is orchestrated from a rear command located in the Syrian town of Anjar. 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.. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #14 Airplane? Oh, yes. It was the only film in English when Mr. Wife was doing the plant start-up in Cairo. He can recite the bloody thing verbatim... and we have to watch it whenever it comes up on the teevee. Thank goodness it's funny! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-08-07 23:47 |
| #13 Not sure TW, but ever seen airplane? The scene where Air Israel is departing with orthodox gear is priceless. I bet it send Levant into a frenzy ;) |
| Posted by: bombay 2006-08-07 21:14 |
| #12 Bomb Syria. Now. Works for me, |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-08-07 19:38 |
| #11 It's most probably wise to have a nice wide buffer zone before attacking poor defenceless pencilnecks. |
| Posted by: Jake-the-peg 2006-08-07 16:44 |
| #10 Can F-16s grow moustachios as luxuriant as those on Mr. Levant's dreamgirls? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-08-07 13:58 |
| #9 Turkish markings and big moustachios on the F16's. Who's gonna know? |
| Posted by: mojo 2006-08-07 13:48 |
| #8 Have we (the US) warned Israel not to bomb targets in Syria, even if as blantantly involved as the Anjar base? Such a warning might be motivated by a US fear that allied Arab governments might fall if the war spreads. If such a warning has been given, Israel they might heed it given the desirability of US resupply. |
| Posted by: Odysseus 2006-08-07 11:49 |
| #7 I don't know much about this, but it would seem to me that any rocket or launcher moved by a donkey would have to be rather small in size. So if Israel holds a line at the Litani river these additional small rockets are meaningless. I do know about airplanes tho. The Spectre gunship idea sounds good. A couple along the Leb/Syrian border would make their hairs stand on end. |
| Posted by: Intrinsicpilot 2006-08-07 11:23 |
| #6 It's time for massive attack on Syria. Get UAV's up over these trails. Donkeys move slowly. When spotted get a gunship over them and tear them to shreds. Israel has no gunships, so we need to lend them a couple for a month or so. |
| Posted by: SOP35/Rat 2006-08-07 11:10 |
| #5 Is there any fool alive who thinks this will not escalate drawing Syria into the fire soon ? It's about JDAM time. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-08-07 10:36 |
| #4 Bomb Syria. Now. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-08-07 10:27 |
| #3 Gasp. Bomb the pencil-necked dipwap's palace and the hezzie rocket center. These as*holes are not paying a price for their complicity. What happened to the concept of "If you harbor terrorists.....?" |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2006-08-07 10:19 |
| #2 However, bombing Syria might. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2006-08-07 10:05 |
| #1 what a shock |
| Posted by: Legolas 2006-08-07 09:38 |