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'Hezbollah to strike Israel if it doesn't get minefield maps'
By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Hezbollah, Lebanon, Al-Akhbar 

Hezbollah considers itself free to strike Israeli soldiers and civilians unless it receives maps of minefields and areas peppered with cluster bombs during the Second Lebanon War, a Lebanese journalist believed familiar with the Shi'ite group's thinking wrote in an article appearing Monday.

"This will be a sufficient reason for the resistance (Hezbollah) to carry out a thousand operations and to kill the enemy soldiers as it wishes, and perhaps its civilians, as long as the Israeli killing machine continues," Ibrahim al-Amin wrote in Monday editions of Al-Akhbar.

Al-Amin added that Hezbollah's arms build-up, which includes training of its gunmen and the development of its military infrastructure, will continue "without permission from anyone."
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Hezbollah is also planning a terrorist attack against an Israeli target as retribution for last year's killing of arch-terror mastermind Imad Mughniyeh, al-Amin wrote.

"We may see many things that can be portrayed as punishment, but there is one big event that nothing can prevent from happening," he said. "It will be on the scale of the crime (Mughniyeh killing)."

Al-Amin did not provide many details on Hezbollah's expected response, but it would be reasonable to assume it would take the form of an attack outside of Lebanese soil. The writer noted that Hezbollah faces practical and technical obstacles as well as intra-Lebanese political considerations that are delaying the execution of the attack.

Al-Amin said Hezbollah does not plan to publicly claim credit for the attack. He wrote that no one in Israel or Lebanon should expect a statement of responsibility to come out of "Kharet Khareikh," the neighborhood where most of Hezbollah's headquarters are located. "It will be signed by Mughniyeh's friends."

The writer also warned that Hezbollah will retaliate against the Israel Air Force's continuing sorties in Lebanese airspace in such a way that Israel will feel the price of its actions. He added the international community would see the flights in a different light if Hezbollah were to strike.

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      1.   Israel will submit ,as always.That country is on the ropes 12:39  |  msz@gety2net.dk 30/06/08
      2.   Now he`s a big tuff guy. Israel created with their restraint 12:51  |  sissy hiding 30/06/08
      3.   Hezbollah 12:56  |  Ralph 30/06/08
      4.   What will they hit Israel with 12:59  |  Chaim Gorenstein 30/06/08
      5.   We should beat the Hezbullah to the ground 13:09  |  jean Van Daem 30/06/08
      6.   It doesn`t matter what Israel does 13:11  |  george 30/06/08
      7.   Magia Lanu! Pay thru the nose to murderers - for a few bones! 13:18  |  S 30/06/08
      8.   #2 13:20  |  Sami 30/06/08
      9.   We deal with the devil 13:22  |  Ilan 30/06/08
      10.   cluster bombs 13:24  |  matt 30/06/08
      11.   There you go 13:43  |  ScotGuy 30/06/08
      12.   a weak Israeli government a Stronger Israel 13:45  |  Jonathan 30/06/08
      13.   #2 With a fear campaign, most likely Chaim 13:46  |  Johnboy 30/06/08
      14.   Gorenstein 13:47  |  Maral 30/06/08
      15.   good news every day 13:51  |  Leon Rosgarten 30/06/08
      16.   Many Lebanese 13:54  |  Joe 30/06/08
      17.   that is all Israel is waiting for... an occasion to attack 14:01  |  Joey 30/06/08
      18.   THE sleazebag will be safely hidden when Israel returns fire 14:02  |  PETER SM 30/06/08
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