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UN Soldiers protecting Lebanese Army

Shimshon — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:27:54 +0000

Another angle of the same scene, UN soldiers holding the UN flag and protecting Lebanon Army soldiers who prepare to shoot an RPG rocket on Israel:

Source: Le Monde.

Meanwhile Syrian President Bashar Assad said hours after the confrontation that Syria will stand by Lebanon “in the face of Israel’s criminal [...]

High threat-level for Israelis abroad

Shimshon — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:08:30 +0000

From the Jerusalem Post:

The National Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Bureau issued a general advisory Thursday calling on all Israelis traveling abroad to increase alertness, citing a “concrete, high risk” of terrorist attacks. Hizbullah is still seeking vengeance against Israel for the alleged assassination of arch-terrorist Imad Mugniyeh in 2008, it said. Teheran has also [...]

Hummus war looms between Lebanon, Israel

Shimshon — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:39:01 +0000

Visitors attending the event in Downtown Beirut will be invited to taste the finished product, which will consist entirely of fresh Lebanese produce. [...]

Iran delivered chemical and biological weapons to Hezbollah

Shimshon — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:07:30 +0000

Hezbollah had received several air shipments from Iran through Syrian airports with new types of weapons and equipment including thousands of gas masks, chemical and biological weapons and materials for weapons of mass destruction. [...]

Don’t answer Israeli phone messages

Shimshon — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:25:53 +0000

The Lebanese army is warning people not to respond to recorded phone messages asking for information about missing Israeli soldiers. [...]

Nasrallah on a Vacation

Shimshon — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:10:42 +0000

Any idea where he is spending his vacations?

Carter regrets not meeting with Hezbollah

Shimshon — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 12:25:01 +0000

I already reported that Jimmy Carter wanted to meet Hezbollah leaders. After being rejected a meeting he is now regretting that terrorist Hezbollah doesn’t want to meet:

Jimmy Carter said Friday he would have been “delighted” to meet with Hezbollah officials during his visit to Lebanon and regretted the group’s leaders refuse to [...]

Is a Syrian and Hezbollah attack iminent?

Shimshon — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:57:52 +0000

After Syria moved tank units up to the Lebanese Beqaa Valley border Tuesday, Oct. 7, Israel raised the alert level for Yom Kippur on its borders with Syria and Lebanon and placed its Air Force and emergency first aid teams on standby in the event of Syrian or coordinated Syrian-Hizballah attacks.

Hizbullah orders its men not to visit Syria

Shimshon — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:39:08 +0000

Lebanese media report organization has issued ‘travel advisory’ to its members following Mugniyah assassination, car bomb explosion in Damascus last Saturday. Senior Hamas members in Syrian capital on high alert as well (YNet)

Seems like even the Syrians are tired of Nasrallah and his ranting! We all know Syrian Security forces were behind all [...]

Lebanon fears an invasion as Syrian troops mass

Shimshon — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:19:10 +0000

Syria has deployed military forces along its northern Lebanon border and Beirut officials now fear an incursion is imminent, according to a report in The Times. Damascus has insisted its forces are involved in an anti-smuggling operation along the border, yet the Lebanese Government is braced for the first incursion since Syrian forces [...]