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Senior Iranian commander leads Hezbollah drill in south Lebanon
By Haaretz Staff and Channel 10
Tags: Hezbollah, Iran, Israel News 
Haaretz.com/Channel 10 daily feature for December 2, 2008.

It emerged on Tuesday that Qassem Suleimani, a senior Iranian military official, commanded a Hezbollah drill south of the Litani River in southern Lebanon roughly two weeks ago.

Suleimani is the commander of the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, and is considered an emissary between Iran and Hezbollah.


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sraeli government radio broadcasts operating in southern Lebanon reported in Arabic on the drill for the benefit of its southern Lebanese target audience.

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      1.   Surprise! 03:27  |  Jim 03/12/08
      2.   if u know so much why did u lose the 2006 war 05:05  |  israeli army 03/12/08
      3.   Innocent Lebanese Will End Up Paying For Hizbollah`s Pacts 05:31  |  Baruch Gold 03/12/08
      4.   Old news 05:54  |  Alex 03/12/08
      5.   anotther gift of the incompetent fool olmert. toxic legacy. 06:34  |  dante 03/12/08
      6.   The Hizbullah?s and Nasrallah. 08:22  |  Jean Van Daem 03/12/08
      7.   olmert "not a single rocket has fallen "since the end of the war 10:20  |  dovdevan 03/12/08
      8.   Leading the troops..? 10:26  |  Stephen. 03/12/08
      9.   HIZBALLO- IRAN PACT 11:42  |  Nora 03/12/08
      10.   Hopefully this time 11:53  |  Chris Linthwaite 03/12/08
      11.   The difference.Hezb. had a glorious victory.Israel an enquiry 13:03  |  PETER SM 03/12/08
      12.   Chris L. why wish us a `this time`? 14:01  |  x-ray 03/12/08
      13.   #10 x-ray 15:38  |  Chris Linthwaite 03/12/08
      14.   Chris, you are right , prudency is good, but... 15:53  |  Israeli cititzen 03/12/08
      15.   Everyone Knows This Drill Was A Joke For An Army of Cowards 18:17  |  Voice From Laguna 03/12/08
      16.   is suleimani teaching them how to hide among civillians more 18:35  |  terrornator 03/12/08
      17.   Lebanon is now and was before an extension of Syria and Iran. the 18:45  |  Jack 03/12/08
      18.   #10 Mr Linthwaite 18:50  |  Big Sur 03/12/08
      19.   #18 Big Sur 19:43  |  Chris Linthwaite 03/12/08
      20.   #14 Israeli Citizen 20:03  |  Chris Linthwaite 03/12/08
      21.   WHERE was the glorious victorious hidden Hassan? 00:36  |  PETER SM 04/12/08
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