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Thread ID: 6099 | Posts: 2 | Started: 2003-04-11
2003-04-11 04:32 | User Profile
Jerusalem Urges Bush: Next Target Hezbollah Warns of Threat To U.S. Security
FORWARD APRIL 11, 2003
WASHINGTON ââ¬â Israel is urging the Bush administration to target Hezbollah following the war in Iraq, arguing that the militant Shiite organization threatens the stability of the Middle East and the security of the United States worldwide.
Based in southern Lebanon, Hezbollah has stepped up its anti-American rhetoric since the start of the war in Iraq three weeks ago. Israeli intelligence sources warn that Hezbollah may be involved in recruiting volunteers to fight allied forces in Iraq, although the group has not directly targeted Israel or the United States since hostilities began.
According to Israeli government sources in Washington, such warnings have been conveyed to American officials during "working level" talks between the two countries on postwar priorities.
Critics of Hezbollah argue that the group's global network of sleeper cells and its ability to destabilize the region with missile attacks against Israel make it impossible for the Bush administration to ignore. Israeli sources said that one plausible scenario would be an American green light for Israeli strikes against Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, following American diplomatic measures to ensure that such Israeli actions would not spark a Syrian reaction.
"Clearly, we would have to work together closely on this one," said an Israeli diplomat in Washington.
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Israel's position is that after stabilizing the situation in Iraq, the United States should act against Hezbollah, regardless of the organization's behavior during the war, sources said.
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2003-04-11 04:47 | User Profile
Hmmm...could it be that the Israelis want us to attack Hezbollah for their own selfish interests? <_<
I have a better idea. Why doesn't the US attack Israel instead? That way, Israel's enemies will be grateful to us, the oppressed Palestinians will have their land and freedom back, the Middle East will be stable again, and we won't have to worry about being attacked ourselves.
Yeah, I know...it would make too much sense.