Israeli Defense Official: S-300 Could Reach Hizbullah
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Advanced S-300 Russian air defense weapons, which Moscow has pledged to deliver to Syria, could reach Hizbullah and beyond, a senior Israeli defense official has warned.
Amos Gilad, head of the diplomatic-security branch of Israel's defense ministry, told Channel 2 that such a transfer is a threat to the Jewish state, to the U.S. and to the Persian Gulf.
“These weapons are dangerous. If Hizbullah and Iran support Syria, why shouldn’t (the Syrian regime) transfer these weapons to Hizbullah?,” he asked.
The United States has long urged Russia to halt arms sales to Syria and has expressed particular concern about the planned delivery of the sophisticated S-300 air defense weapons, which officials worry could complicate any international intervention and possibly fall into the hands of Hizbullah.
The U.S. military's top officer General Martin Dempsey said Friday that Russia's shipment of anti-ship missiles to Syria will "embolden" the regime and fuel the country's civil war.
Gilad argued that if Syria has already transferred Scud missiles to Hizbullah, there is reason to believe the S-300 could follow the same route from Damascus to Lebanon.
19 May 2013, 11:04
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Hopeless cases like Geha here have no inkling of self-respect. Unfortunately this desease runs rampant with most M14 sympathizers. "Here, Lebanon, here's high tech weaponry that can be used to fend off those pesky ISraeli jets." Geha and his likes: "No no no, please no. Keep us weak and enslaved to foreign debt and interests, we can't manage ourselves as free men. We're not even real men!"
19 May 2013, 11:09
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if i get the meaning of your post it means:
"Keep us weak": israel keeps us weak?
"and enslaved to foreign debt and interests" : israel keeps us enslaved?,
"we can't manage ourselves as free men" : israel has enslaved us?
enlighten us with your logic please....
19 May 2013, 16:38
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Ft
Lebanese and Christian :) rest assured.
why do you expect all Lebanese to feel and think like you, the fpmer Shiite? we are not sold out to iran like you and do not wish for hizbushaitan to keep destroying our country.
19 May 2013, 16:44
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So I guess REAL lebanese men depend on syria to protect them from the israeli aggression that only exists because of hezbollah's own aggression and provocation?
19 May 2013, 18:56
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War is not a solution. Nobody will win it.
Better to keep it off the agenda, and focus on the economy, jobs, education, culture, arts, tourism, manufacturing, technology, real estate, etc... Can we do that? That is within our control.
No to politics. No to war. The rest will take care of itself. A strong Lebanon without corrupt or crazy politicians will go a long ways.
19 May 2013, 11:14
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this menage a trois between assad hezballa and israel is very puzzling!!!
assad and hezballa's common stated ennemy = israel
israel declares that assad regime is better for israel than the rebels.
hezballa declares it wants to fight israel in the golan but on the ground it does nothing while totally forgetting its "resistance" in south lebanon!!!???
for years now, israel knew of missiles and iranian weapons transferred to hezballa in lebanon to fight israel and the routes taken to smuggle these weapons but does practically nothing to stop it!!!???
assad declares after each israeli attack on syrian targets he will respond on time but does nothing on or off time!!!???
19 May 2013, 12:15
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yes just like dogs barking at each other... till they bark nothing to fear :)
19 May 2013, 13:50
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this is an invitation to regional war. Once syria sends these weapons to hezbollah, israel will bomb them..and syria will have to retaliate this time, thus igniting the middle east.
19 May 2013, 18:22
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Israel should destroy every missile. They could be used against airliners in Lebanon or abroad.
20 May 2013, 00:42
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Prime, the reality is that nobody knows if Israel was planning to leave the south of Lebanon at the end of the civil war. The region gave them a strategic advantage in annexing Syria and mobilizing long columns to push across Lebanon. Hizbullah's presence today presents different circumstances that do affect the country's internal stability and future development, but we must be careful in wishing complete military dismantlement. Grantees need to be issued and partnerships struck to ensure a reasonable substitution for what may need to be a sufficient deterrent to Israeli interests.
20 May 2013, 00:36
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Well said, but it would not quell Israel's fears. Most militarily sophisticated country doesn't translate into the most calm and reserved. They will conduct operations or make demands on this premise. Everybody knows Hizbullah doesn't have the installations to secure, contain and shelve biological weapons...but the Israelis insist that hizbullah does.
