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IDF officer: Hezbollah wants to down Israeli plane over Lebanon
By (Shahar Ilan)
Tags: Israel, Hezbollah, IDF

Hezbollah has made downing an Israeli aircraft flying over Lebanon one of its top priorities, according to a senior Israel Defense Forces officer.

Brigadier General Yossi Baidatz, the head of Military Intelligence's research division, told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that the Shi'ite militant organization considers hitting an Israeli aircraft in Lebanese airspace advantageous because it would be considered politically acceptable by all the country's ethnic groups.

"On the one hand they are Jihadists but on the other they fear an Israeli response," Baidatz said. "Their solution is to down an aircraft over Lebanon."
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      2.   Viper shmiper 07:38  |  SDHD 16/09/08
      3.   VIPER, a single Hezbo bullet is violation of 1701 08:11  |  Dan 16/09/08
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      8.   Definitely a thread to watch 09:04  |  Colin Wright 16/09/08
      9.   overflying lebanon 09:19  |  northern neighbor 16/09/08
      10.   Colin, you`re wright!! 09:32  |  Iceberg 16/09/08
      11.   icegberg 09:48  |  ana 16/09/08
      12.   downing of Israeli aircraft over Lebanese space 09:49  |  k g khan 16/09/08
      13.   #2 Well, it`s a bold claim, SDHD 09:55  |  Johnboy 16/09/08
      14.   #3 No, it doesn`t, Dan. 10:09  |  Johnboy 16/09/08
      15.   #12 Heresy! Hush your mouth kg khan!! 10:18  |  Johnboy 16/09/08
      16.   Well, here`s a thought straight out of left-field! 10:26  |  Johnboy 16/09/08
      17.   ana?? 10:36  |  Iceberg 16/09/08
      18.   Johnboy 10:48  |  Iceberg 16/09/08
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      21.   HIZBULLAH 13:20  |  DANNY 16/09/08
      22.   TO NO 9. 13:35  |  DANNY. 16/09/08
      23.   TO NO 12. 13:38  |  DANNY. 16/09/08
      24.   when and if it happens pray there are no appeasers 13:44  |  v.hardman 16/09/08
      25.   Danny Boy 13:46  |  Iceberg 16/09/08
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      27.   #22, DANNY, and here`s israels exageration 03:25  |  VIPER 17/09/08
      28.   Hezbollah know all your tricks; as we do. 16:17  |  michael mazur 17/09/08
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