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Last update - 17:53 10/01/2007 IDF predicts possible conflict with Lebanon, Syria in 2007 By Amos Harel and Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondents The Israel Defense Forces strategic assessment for 2007 warns of the possibility of a conflagration with Lebanon and Syria in the coming year. The assessment is based on the IDF's working plan for the year, which takes into account the lessons learned in the 2006 Lebanon War. A senior military source said Wednesday that the IDF has identified a decline in regional stability in the Middle East, giving rise to the possibility of hostilities involving Lebanon, Syria, the Palestinian Authority and Iran. The source also said that the presence of Global Jihad movement has been detected in the region. The head of Military Intelligence, Brigadier General Amos Yadlin, told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Tuesday that Al-Qaida agents have arrived in Lebanon from Iraq and Pakistan with the intention of attacking United Nations troops and Western interests in the country. Advertisement Yadlin said he believes there are "dozens to a hundred" Al-Qaida operatives in Lebanon. Meanwhile, the deputy leader of Hezbollah, Naim Qassam, told Al-Jazeera satellite television on Wednesday that there were ongoing negotiations over a prisoner swap between Israel and the Iranian-backed group, whose kidnap of two IDF soldiers in July 2006 sparked the 34-day conflict between the two. "The negotiations are not being conducted through media interviews," he said. "Meetings are taking place behind the scenes in order to discuss details and terms for carrying out the prisoner exchange. When it reaches the results stage, then it will be possible to make an announcement." Qassam's remarks are relatively unusual, as Hezbollah rarely speaks of negotiations, which, according to initial reports are taking place through German and United Nations mediation. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Vision of cooperation Saudi prince says if Israel leaves Arab land, it could join the Arab world. At odds with PM Bolton says the final IDF op in Lebanon had no impact on UN truce talks.   1.   ALL LANDS WITH TERROR GROUPS MUST BE LIBERATED, ANNEXED)))) 15:17  |  VOICE of MOSHIACH))) 10/01/07   2.   "Global Jihad movement" 15:30  |  christoph 10/01/07   3.   # 1 15:35  |  simple question 10/01/07   4.   All the more reason... 15:39  |  bat yam 10/01/07   5.   Nonsense... 16:18  |  Rollin 10/01/07   6.   ZERO TOLERANCE for ALL TERRORIST GROUP (including HEZBOLLAH) 16:31  |  Vittorio 10/01/07   7.   iberation-Gaza 16:38  |  Vital 10/01/07   8.   Last remark 16:45  |  christoph 10/01/07   9.   dear Rollin 16:55  |  G-star 10/01/07   10.   #2 - christoph - backwards thinking 16:56  |  Timmay 10/01/07   11.   Al-Qaeda in Lebanon 17:08  |  Brian Freund 10/01/07   12.   No Creditabilty 17:12  |  BOB FROM THE US 10/01/07   13.   To Bob 17:18  |  bob 10/01/07   14.   I agree with the IDF assessment 17:33  |  Chris Linthwaite 10/01/07   15.   RE: VOICE of MOSHIACH))) 17:35  |  jihad 10/01/07   16.   Re:ZERO TOLERANCE for ALL TERRORIST GROUP (including HEZBOLLAH) 17:37  |  jihad 10/01/07   17.   #1: I agree 17:54  |  Stephen Murray 10/01/07   18.   What exactly they negotiate ? The captured IDF soldiers are 18:04  |  Sal 10/01/07   19.   to jihad 18:19  |  BO 10/01/07   20.   AlQaeda & Hezbollah 1 18:29  |  Ahmed 10/01/07   21.   AlQaeda & Hezbollah 2 18:34  |  Ahmed 10/01/07   22.   Chris #14 you better pray for Lebanon if Al-qaeda hits form Leban 19:16  |  albert amato 10/01/07   23.   Can`t you see the spin? 19:21  |  dmg420 10/01/07   24.   Extremism 19:45  |  joseph 10/01/07   25.   #20, 21 Achmed 20:13  |  a reader 10/01/07   26.   Idiot 20:45  |  Paulo 10/01/07   27.   Arabs need to stop blaming israel for everything 20:50  |  Peedi 10/01/07   28.   Muslims need to stop hating Israel 20:57  |  Peedi 10/01/07   29.   dmg420: get your head out of the bong 21:11  |  MP 10/01/07   30.   BOB FROM THE US 21:16  |  MP 10/01/07   31.   albert amato #22 21:30  |  Guess who 10/01/07   32.   This Paulo from Portugal likes to accuse people as "idiots" 21:36  |  Robert 10/01/07   33.   Seems 00:16  |  Axel 11/01/07   34.   Wake Up, Jews 10:53  |  Rowan Berkeley 11/01/07   35.   Olmert`s `Wag The Dog` 17:34  |  A. Magnus 11/01/07   36.   IDF predicting war or planning it? 19:10  |  some guy 11/01/07   37.   Israel has lost 20:25  |  stefano 11/01/07   38.   STOP THE LYING STOP THE OCCUPATION 21:22  |  shekh yassin 11/01/07   39.   Possible Wars in 2007 02:24  |  mike 12/01/07   40.   Mega mosque 17:03  |  bob 21/01/08

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