The "New Hizballah" built by Syria sparks ME summer war fear
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report April 18, 2010, 5:24 PM (GMT+02:00)
DEBKAfile's military sources disclose a master-plan charted in Tehran and Damascus for transforming the 25,000-strong Hizballah terrorist militia into an organized, mobile army with a whole range of sophisticated missiles and other weapons. The new Hizballah is being trained to carry out such offensive operations as capturing parts of Israel's Galilee and equipped with the hardware for knocking out warplanes, warships and armored strength. Deliveries have begun.
One of their missions will be to defend the Syrian capital, Damascus. Tehran and Damascus calculate that the next time a war erupts on Israel's borders, its army will try and outflank Syrian forces on the Golan and drive past the units defending Damascus. That is where Hizballah is expected to come in.
Even after the Kuwaiti Al Rai claim that Syria had smuggled Scud ground missiles into Lebanon proved inaccurate and was denied in Washington, regional war tensions remained high - although not for the reason ascribed by Jordan's King Abdullah during his current visit to Washington.
The king forecast an outbreak of Middle East hostilities in the coming summer because of the Israel-Palestinian diplomatic stalemate. What's the connection? Our sources ask. Rather than admit he is nervously watching his aggressive Arab neighbor to the north, the Jordanian ruler is pinning the region's troubles on Israel because it is the right tune to sing in Barack Obama's Washington.
In actual fact, a Middle East war this summer depends on two actions which have nothing to do with the Palestinians: a decision by the US and/or Israel to strike Iran's nuclear facilities together or separately, and a decision in Tehran to unleash its allies against Israel - spearheaded by Hizballah - to preempt such an attack.
Ready to step into its new shoes, Hizballah is being armed with five major military capabilities,
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http://www.debka.com/article/8726/
FWIW from my studies and readings of prophecy; poor I admit but still worth checking out I think. :icon_wink:
This might be a time for a little refresher on Damascus, Syria per the Bible and prophecy yet to occur. The below has never happened in the history of Damascus....yet. And as you see Israel will be the one to do it. But it will come at a huge loss to them as well. Could this be the time? Could Israel attempt this in order to send a warning shot across Iran's bow? The rest of the earth will not be happy. But this is prophesied to happen nonetheless.
Read this chapter per the link I provided below.
An Oracle Against Damascus
1. An oracle concerning Damascus: "See, Damascus will no longer be a city but will become a heap of ruins."
http://biblestudy.crosswalk.com/mybs...d=17&verseid=1