[lit-ideas] Iran Rushing to Resupply Hez
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- Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2006 14:07:43 -0400
Iran Is Racing To Resupply Hezbollah
BY ELI LAKE - Staff Reporter of the Sun
August 4, 2006
URL: http://www.nysun.com/article/37347
TEL AVIV, Israel — Iran is racing to resupply Hezbollah
across the Syrian border ahead of a possible cease-fire
being ironed out this week at the United Nations. Meanwhile,
Israeli jets have begun a new bombardment of Beirut's
suburbs and Hezbollah is threatening to launch a missile
attack on Tel Aviv.
Israeli military and intelligence officials here say Iranian
technicians were aboard a flight to Damascus on Monday with
the Iranian foreign minister, Manouchehr Mottaki.
The Israel Defense Forces also says it has not been able to
seal the border between Syria and Lebanon, making it
possible to ferry men, small rockets, and other materiel to
Hezbollah through the back roads and smuggling routes in the
Bekaa Valley.
The Iranians this week began a double game in Lebanon best
summed up by President Ahmadinejad's message to Muslim
nations yesterday in Malaysia: "Although the main solution
is for the elimination of the Zionist regime, at this stage
an immediate cease-fire must be implemented."
This approach — of seeking both Israel's destruction and a
temporary ceasefire — is evident in signals from Iran's
Foreign Ministry to European countries. Mr. Mottaki met with
his French counterpart Monday at the Iranian Embassy in
Beirut. The French are supporting an immediate cease-fire
and have pledged to contribute troops to an international
force for southern Lebanon.
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A retired colonel in Israel's military intelligence, Reuven
Erlich, said yesterday that there were gaps between the
Syrian-Lebanese border that could be exploited by Iran. "Of
course there are gaps. The Syrian-Lebanese border is a long
border. It is very difficult to close such a border
hermetically if the Syrian regime does not cooperate, and
this is not the case. I guess the IDF are doing their best
to decrease the amount of supply, but I don't think it can
be stopped."
Mr. Erlich, head of the Intelligence and Terrorism
Information Center at the Tel Aviv-based Center for Special
Studies, said he believes that President Ahmadinejad is
supporting a cease-fire now because it is in Hezbollah's
best interest.
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