Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : War -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (19651)	3/20/2003 5:52:00 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

Ooops... You ain't seen nothin' yet --the Israeli guest star has yet to play her part in the unfolding war: Thursday, March 20, 2003 Adar2 16, 5763 Don't complicate matters in the north The Hezbollah has taken various steps in recent weeks in advance of the possibility of a clash with the Israel Defense Forces. These practical steps include beefing up its defensive array in south Lebanon and stepping up the readiness of units of rocket launchers for Katyushas, and ground-to-ground Fajr rockets. The preparations are being interpreted in Israel as essentially defensive, among other reasons, because of speeches by the organization's leader, Hassan Nasrallah. But the preparations also include offensive capabilities, with which it could shell the Galilee, Golan, Jezreel Valley and Haifa Bay. The Hezbollah fears an Israeli offensive, under cover of the regional and international focus on the war in Iraq. These are not the only things taking place north of the border. An alert has been declared in the Syrian army forces stationed in Lebanon, which are deployed to rebuff a land invasion by the IDF. The Lebanese army, whose government has refused until now to send troops south to enforce its will there, has begun moving southward. Along the border there are other elements, including Palestinian groups (especially Ahmed Jibril's Popular Front-General Command) and envoys from the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. A senior army officer has described this situation as "spilled fuel, waiting for someone with a match to set it on fire." [...] haaretz.com