Thursday, July 10, 2008

Hezbollah 'Tripled' Number Of Rockets In Two Years: Israel

Cars drive past a model of a rocket used by Hezbollah fighters

From The AFP:

JERUSALEM (AFP) — Hezbollah now has three times more rockets than it had when Israel went to war with the Lebanese militia two years ago, Israeli public radio cited intelligence officials as telling a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.

Members of the security cabinet were told Hezbollah has an arsenal of 40,000 rockets ready to be fired at Israel, three times more than in July 2006 when Israel launched a devastating war in southern Lebanon after the militia captured two soldiers in a deadly cross-border raid.

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert had called Wednesday's meeting of the security cabinet to discuss what he said were violations by the Shiite Hezbollah of UN Resolution 1701 which ended the 34-day war.

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My Comment: I guess they are getting ready for something.

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