Syria is shipping Scud missiles to Hezbollah

Russian papers report the sales as fact. While it is ancient, it creates fear and can actually do a lot of damage if properly used or by "dumb" luck.

Syria is not problem if you settle with Iran in a short, fast, intensive allover knockout of every infrastructure in Iran. Iran will keep busy building for next 10 years, will forget Syria and will not have enough resources to support terrorism. Iran finally gets the lesson to remember for long time. But it seems we are dragging Iranian issue so long, it will be impossible to resolve. I feel each Administration is afraid to do anything but to drag it to the next Administration using fruitless meetings, nonesense announcements, ineffective sanctions. Iran is aware of that and playing with the ball the way Mullas like and the whole world is watching the game.

NY: "Big difference the terms of the UN negoatiated cease fire prhibited the rearming of Hezbollah" No, actually, it didn't. 1701 refers to Hezbollah exactly once, and then only to shout at it to: stop shooting!!! Nowhere does 1701 prohibit the arming of anyone, because the wording is always in the form of "no weapons other than those authorized by the Lebanese Government". Nowhere in 1701 does it define what "authorized by the Lebanese Government" actually means, so that phrase means whatever the Lebanese Government wants it to mean. If the Lebanese Government says that it is A-OK with Hezbollah receiving arms then as far as 1701 is concerned it is A-OK for Hezbollah to receive arms, and the ONLY restriction that 1701 places upon that is that Hezbollah can not position those arms south of the Litani River i.e. anywhere within UNIFIL's area of operation. Or, in short: what YOU think 1701 says is quite different from what 1701 actually says.

Y: "Sure..let Syria have the Golan Hights so they can reach any city in Israel." You are claiming that Israel has a "right" to annex Syrian territory because it is paranoid about its "lack of depth". Does that work both ways, Yonatan? After all, Damascus is a good deal closer to the old armistice line than either Jerusalem or Tel Aviv, so I suppose Assad has a good case to make that he should be allowed to grab some prime Galilee real estate. You know, just to be on the safe side....

Y: "Where is UNIFIL ?" Where they are mandated to be i.e. deployed south of the Litani River. But Syria and Lebanon share a border that extends well up north of the Litani, and so any trucks laden with contraband are going to cross that border well outside the area of operations of UNIFIL. Yehuda, UNIFIL are a peacekeeping force. It ain't no army of occupation.

Sure..let Syria have the Golan Hights so they can reach any city in Israel.Or how about Iranian troops on the Golan? BTW, Syria was offered the Golan for peace. The problem is Syria considers parts of Lake Kinnert as Golan.

Big difference the terms of the UN negoatiated cease fire prhibited the rearming of Hezbollah - which is not a state but merely a group of radicals who answer to no government.

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Israel has the right to fly over Lebanon and monitor the flow of arms.The terror group Hezboollah has fired thousands of missiles on Israeli towns. During the cuban missile crisis in the 60s JFK made it clear to the world the USA will not tolerate weapons of mass destruction on its border. Israel should do the same.

Anyone know anything about the SCUD? The missile needs a transporter/erector/launcher. You don't just hump one out to a flimsy launcher and fire it. You have to have a surveyed location. The launcher must be leveled. You have to know winds aloft, which is why Saddam had those 'mobile biological laboratories', which were actually hydrogen generators for weather balloons. You also must have tankers to carry the VERY nasty Hydrazine fuel and Nitrogen Tetroxide oxidizer. The missile must be erected, fueled and launched. This is not a neat little package that can be smuggled by a few guys over a mountain pass. Nor is it a system which is easily deployed without notice. The allegations that Syria has supplied SAM-2 systems to Hizbollah are even more absurd. Odds are that someone is making lots of money telling Mossad what it wants to hear. Or that someone is deliberately trying to scare ignorant Israelis. Look the two systems up folks. Don't take my word for it. Learn to learn.

when tanks arrive on the outskirts of damascus, and assad himself is in danger, the issue of lebanon will become moot. i would not waste one israeli bullet on lebanon. those poor buggers should realize that we will leave them in peace -- if they act to prevent these hezbollah hijackers from taking over their country!

I can only hope that Israel can hit Syria with cheap scuds of its own. It may be time for a regime change in Syria.

As far it is known the country is called Lebanon and not Hizbullah, unless they took complete power in this country. If so I will say to all christians levanese - go from this place , so you will not be slaightered ny these fanatics, by the way, I think you are one of them

Israel has a right to self defence, but Lebanon...?

discuss return of the Golan Heights?

Why does Hizbollah want to stop IAF runs over Lebanon?! Spolisports!

Which is more likely - an Israeli or Lebanese attack? Israel will now think twice about another aggression. Since Hezbollah is now the Lebanese defence force, what is difference between providing it with arms with the US providing Israel with an unbelievable amount of armament?

Hezbollah is just the agent of the Iran-Syria alliance. If Hezbollah attacks, Syria should be attacked in turn. There is no separate identity here.

If you can't distinguish between a country fighting a defensive war, and a terrorist organization acting as the puppet of terrorists in Iran, then pray tell, what are you doing in LA? Why aren't you living in Iran, or Lebanon, or Afghanistan, or Iraq, or Sudan, or Lybia, or ... ? Speaking of double standards, your hypocrisy comes to mind.

This is a right for Syrians as they should be allowed to provide arms to Hizballah which will help Syria teach Israel a lesson once and for all.

Israel is a democratic state and Hezbollah is a terror organization. This difference should not be too difficult to understand.

and never declared peace. If Lebanon wants peace with Israel, sign a peace treaty.

they are offensive first strike weapons. Remember the Germans' V2 rockets that were used to bombard British and Belgian cities during WW2?Tthat is what a scud is.

So Israel is allowed to get weapons from the U.S. anytime it wants and Hezbollah is not? Double standards.

When the American marines came to occupy Lebanon and did not have a real mission, Hizbollah attacked them and sent them packing. The Americans had no business there in the first place. Hizbollah also sent the Israeli occupation packing, although it took longer. In the end, Hizbollah killed far more IDF than American. Anyway, with the invaders out of Lebanon, Hizbollah has been quiet, except for periodic border raids on Israel. This is in answer to Israels regular overflights of Lebanon. The solution? If Israel and America go looking for a fight, Hizbollah will oblige. If not, then no worries.

I mean, missiles need to be transported also from time to time so how is it done normally? Not by air I suppose. Also when it is really impossible as you suggest, the US government will know that too, being informed about that by their technical people monitoring things, will they not? And that would mean Obama is playing double game by freezing envoy. Hard to imagine I think. Of course I have as big a technical mind as Homo Habilis had (inventor of first stone hand ax) but maybe they had purchased some Hummers now they are costing nothing anymore and are rusting away at factory parkings? No?

we as israelis feel very sorry that your plan to send an ambassador to syria are a bit disturbed by the syrian behaviour ! but this was a bit predictable MR Assad did'nt say when ahmadinejad was in syria that this was the response of those who thought that syria could be cut from iran ? this is as we say a slap in the face of the US and its naive politic

I warned the US in July of 2007, on youtubevideo on what Israel would have to do about Syria,Lebanon and the Hamas threat, and what was needed concerning Iraq, and Iran. Israel made sure Syria and North Korea were aware that adding gasoline on a fire not yet started would have consequences, Sept. 2007 Fatah Islam and Hezbollah in Lebanon were a mixture of fuel Lebanon had to dilute quickly, and Hamas was an internal problem Israel would deal with when it had enough of its troublesome mix of external support advancing another lunatic cause to a third intifada. As far as Iran,Netanyahu was advised of the real Obama before the UN General Assembly last Sept. Obama you want to blame Israel to appease your fan base in the Middle East and Europe, because an announcement of construction permits were issued concerning East Jerusalem because Biden and Mitchell were there Get a grip tell us the real deal you made on obtaining your house in Chicago. And I'll let it slide. Get back to real peace.

so why does isrl claim exclusive rights to self defense? i mean really, why can't the arabs defend their land? why does isrl claim to be the ones under attack when it is isrl who is always attacking other coutnries? remember the 50s when isrl wanted the US to invade egypt? the isrlies blew up american interests and got caught? but not a thing done about it. yet isrl claims it is the arabs who are the threat. lol amazing how so many of you jes r brainwahsed. its amazing actually how u think it is the arabs who are the threat when it is the arabs who are constantly threatened by isrl. u pople do not deserve a country of your own. u have proven over and over again that u r no ones allys personally i believe isrl should be dismantled for the sake of peace across the globe.

Obama apllies tests to see with whom he can progress forward. Bibi slapped him in the face and was summoned through the back door. Assad slaps him in the face and new envoy is put on freeze. That is a very serious warning and signal in diplomacy, much stronger then a back door. Assad needs to understand he can not walk on both shores. Obama's starting point is that everybody must be given a (final) chance to participate and behave constructively towards solutions. Like it's zero hour. It is extremely interesting and important how the dispute with Bibi and now also Assad will develope and end. Both now showed Obama they do not act in good faith. I think both behaved very dumn. Future will tell. What will satisfy you? In the world outside the ME diplomacy is still valued. Would you expect a good US President in your view now to bomb Damascus or Hezbollah? Go for the scuds? Please tell us what Obama should do.

Right now there is relative calm, why is there few complaints from Western Governments about this rearming of Hezbullah? Why push a fuse to the borders? Syria, Iran etc DO NOT want peace seen here by their actions. Sympathies for the Lebanese who are caught between and will become victims of the next war. Scuds are a major escalation in agressing any nation. Damascus will be absolutely destroyed. Israel's may be frustrated in getting to Iran, but be sure it will get to Syria. This rearming is foolishness and tragic.

I dont think you(israel) will be so quick to bomb Lebanon back to the stone age now will you.you like firing guns while others have stones and slings and the odd arrows.Those scuds will probably save a lot of life in Lebanon.

You may have noticed that in this world, right and priviledges and not distributed equally. No one questions the right of nations to have arms but they do question the right of criminals, terror groups and even unstable nations to have serious arms that can be used offensively. So, of course, Israel is entitled, morally and legally, to have whatever she has. She is a responsible nation that hasn't used what she has against implacable enemies that target her civilians. The more that groups like Hezbollah have the greater the danger to the Pals and the citizens of Lebanon, as well as other states, including of course Israel.

To 3: Yes, I also found that funny. A sovereign state allowing an enemy (Israel is a frequent invader and civilian murderer of Lebanon) to fly over? Ask Israel if they would give up their weapons and allow anyone else to fly over them.

Why are watching ? Is this a TV game ? Aren't these missiles a threat to Israel. Why didn't Israel destroy these missile shipments ? Does it help anyone saying "Big Brother is watching ?

In the last war Israel inflicted $billions of damage to Lebanon's infrastructure, killed over 1000 civilians, yet failed to destroy Hezbollah. Hezbollah retained its political influence and its military was seem as pushing back the might Israeli army, inflicting punishing damage on it in the process. The lesson for Lebanon/Hezbollah was mmediately clear, it must create a punishing deterrent against future Israeli aggression, namely arming itself with devastaintly more potent missile "defence". That and clear communication (Nasrallah) that in any future war massive damage will be met immediately with a response in kind suggests the lesson was well heeded. Thus as far as lebanon is concerned we see merely the manifestation Israel's failure. The state of relations with the U.S.A. is yet another direct consequence of that same failure. A costly failure indeed, one clearly not repaid by the ill conceived Gaza bloodbath.

Strange, when Hezbollah buys weapons it is called smuggling. When the US sends weapons to Israel it is called (legal) weapondelivery.

Assad jr is much different than his father and assad sr kept weapons from hezbollah while assad jr is giving hezbollah long range rockets and bragged after the war of rockets hitting civilian areas and how he built up hezbollah's bunkers. Assad jr said he gave weapons to hezbollah after sharon was elected in 2001. He is a dicator who grew up as a mentor to hezbollah and is different than his father was during the 90's.

Notify Obama. Then goodbye Hezbollah. No Jew over here expects Israel to accept that.

Senators placed the nomination on hold not the obama administration.

He has given syria sensitive communication systems and airplane parts and will offer syria entry to IMF while syria had a summit with iran and hezbollah and hamas.

They said we can have a new middle east with different relations with jordan and syria. Assad jr is not the same as his father and won't seperate from hezbollah and iran. Assad jr is worse than iran. He is super close to sudan's leader and personally built up hezbollah's bunkers and weapons that his father stopped hezbollah from getting

Note Isaiah's prophecies on Damascus and other enemies of Israel...the best is yet to come (from Israel's point of view) :)

everybody has the capacity of destroying the other party. OR sitting down discussing PEACE.

Its true israel always send jet fighters over lebanese airspace altough it has no right to do that. even after 2006 wAR

in the vain hope that at least some might stick. The fact that Pakistan and the US are effectively alongside on nuclear and al queda issues is not simply because of Obama's foreign aid policy but the US' foreign policy for the last 5 decades, which has been positively supportive of successive Pakistani regimes, military and democratic. Original proliferation via Pakistan can be traced to Reagan's regime and today Obama simply follows in the footsteps of Bush who asked for assistance from Pakistan against the Taliban but never got it. Obama used a little more carrot and got just that.

This is a very convincing move by it.

Nothing like driving a MAZ-543 past the border post with an Ace Tomato sign on it. Then come the fuel tankers and Zil trucks with the re-loads. No one will notice when the convoy stops and starts surveying and launching balloons for winds aloft. . . Then there is the fun of loading nitric acid and . . . Yeah sure.

is not allowed any kind of arms... OHHHHHHHHHH...Israel is UNDER siege..Israel is allowed anything it wants....Come on.. Let 'em all get armed and let us have a GOOD and FAIR Fight...Not a BORING short One..

you have not refuted my original post.

the entire world knows that pakistan has been the most prolific nuclear proliferator on planet earth. everyone knows that pakistan is building additional nuclear reactors. everyone also knows that pakistan is the most unstable nuclear power at present. pakistan's appearance at obama's nuclear party has nothing whatever to do with pakistan's intention, or even its ability, to secure its considerable nuclear arsinal. it has to do with the 7.5 billion dollars that it gets from the us.

You and Fox news and the Cheneys may not think securing loose enriched uranium against proliferation to al Qaida and other rogue elements, but 46 countries in addition to the US disagree. Even the government of Israel thought they should at least send a representative, even if they were the only ones not to send a chief of government. So apparently even Israel's current government thinks securing loose enriched uranium and plutonium are a better idea than letting it loose on the open market. I'm sure you and the Cheneys and Fox news are free to organize an international pro-proliferation forum to counter the Obama plan. Maybe you can get North Korea to join? Pakistan and India are joining Obama.

Israel. It wont be the first time. A major war is brewing. Israel will come out on top and Syria will pay big time.

between the US and Syria. Maybe Obama isn't the sucker that everybody takes him for.

the obama administration's foreign policy has been a disaster. the nuclear summit cannot hide the failures in iran, syria, lebanon, afghanistan, pakistan and all radical islamic regimes. well over a year has been wasted in useless "diplomacy." nothing has been achieved except giving enemies more time and space.

"Israel has voiced particular concern that the organization might acquire anti-aircraft weaponry that would make it difficult for the Israeli Air Force to fly over Lebanon." Are you serious? Does Israel expect to have the right to violate a country's airspace undisturbed? Is Lebanon allowed to fly over Israel? The nerve....

there are different people living in lebanon but they are all lebanese and they will all defend lebanon if israel attacks and that's what lebanese president told repoters .after seeing destruction caused by israeli army twice, they have every right to be ready in case there is another israeli incursion, we can't expect them just to lay down and die! what would you do?

There is no problem with the justification of actions to prevent Hizbollah attacks on Israel. The problem is with the international community doing nothing to prevent the smuggling of such arms and the double standards applied to Israel when she defends her citizens.

UN troops couldnt prevent even one missile out of 40,000 missles from reaching Hizbollah How pathetic is that??? Not very comforting

Please read this and think about the nonsense: "Israel has voiced particular concern that the organization might acquire anti-aircraft weaponry that would make it difficult for the Israeli Air Force to fly over Lebanon"

When are you going to sit down and talk peace and not threatening war? Hey nothing last forever, lonta

It is difficult for me to see how Israel has standing to protest there being anti-aircraft missiles in Lebanon which are strictly defensive and can only be used if Israel sends planes into another nation's airspace (which it has no right to do).