Saturday, August 18, 2012

Hezbollah: "Precision Rockets" Could Kill Tens Of Thousands Of Israelis

The war rhetoric seems to be increasing by the day:



The Iranian-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah said on Friday it could kill tens of thousands of Israelis by striking specific targets in Israel with what it described as precision-guided rockets.

"I tell the Israelis that you have a number of targets, not a large number ... that can be hit with precision rockets ... which we have," Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah said in a broadcast speech.

The threat came as Israel continued to debate whether to attack Iranian nuclear facilities. Such a move could trigger retaliation from Iran's allies, like Hezbollah. Nasrallah said Iran's response to any Israeli attack would be "lightning" and huge.

Nasrallah said his group could strike a limited number of targets in Israel which if hit would lead to mass casualties - a possible reference to Israeli nuclear facilities, though he said he did not spell out what he meant.

In Iran on Friday, hundreds of thousands of people turned out across the country to march in Jerusalem Day events organized by the state. Speaking at Tehran University, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Israel's existence an "insult to all humanity."



And below we see the growing relationship between Iran and Egypt:





In first such visit by an Egyptian head of state to Iran since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, Islamist President Morsy set to attend Non-Aligned Movement in Tehran, signalling interest in renewing bilateral ties.

Since Egypt's Hosni Mubarak was toppled in a popular uprising last year, Egypt and Iran have signalled interest in renewing ties severed more than 30 years ago after Iran's Islamic Revolution and Egypt's recognition of Israel.

Iran hailed the victory of Morsy , who resigned from the Muslim Brotherhood when he was elected in June, as an "Islamic Awakening."

This year's summit of Non-Aligned Movement members in Tehran was the subject of controversy earlier this month when Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu urged UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon not to attend for fear of legitimizing the Iranian regime. “Mr. Secretary-General, your place is not in Tehran,” Netanyahu bluntly stated.



The visit could mark a thaw between the two countries after years of enmity, especially since Egypt signed its 1979 peace treaty with Israel and Iran underwent its Islamic revolution. Under Morsi’s predecessor Hosni Mubarak, Egypt, predominantly Sunni Muslim, sided with Saudi Arabia and other Sunni-dominated Arab states in trying to isolate Shiite-led Iran.

The idea was welcomed by Iran’s state-run Press TV, and a leading member of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood said that Tehran’s acceptance of the proposal was a sign Egypt was beginning to regain some of the diplomatic and strategic clout it once held in the region.

A new understanding with Iran would be a big shake-up for the region, which has been sharply split between Tehran’s camp — which includes Syria and Islamic militias Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza, and a US-backed group led by Saudi Arabia and rich Gulf nations.



16 comments:

Scott said...

Switching to some green color combinations for a while....Tired of the blue. I'm going to keep messing with different combinations for a while - let me know what you think :)

Caver said...

If this is green, then one of us got problems.:ScratchHead

Caver said...

Oh, now I see it.

Caver impersonates a beet.

Scott said...

I'm kind of colorblind, truth be told....I guess this is a blue-green? :) :)

Scott said...

The text is definitely green....The new borders....I'm not sure what to call them :)

Scott said...

You know its a relatively slow news day when I start messing with colors :)

Mrs.C said...

Hi Brother Scott, :)
Nice green color, I believe that is a Teel color on the boarder :)
This is a very interesting article, if true, Assads regime is close to collapse...his inner circle is becoming very small...


"Syrian State TV Denies Vice President Defection "

http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=281702

Mike said...

hahaha.....yep, its green, and I have my glasses on.....

Try it with a 32 font, you'll see green!

(like the green, nice change up!)

P.S. did ya see the latest on Debka on the continuing chess match between US and Israel on delaying the strike....again....

Helen said...

Hi Scott,
The green is very soothing to these old eyes. :)
As to the news being slow...it seems to be that it is always slower on the weekends. I have wondered about that.

Blessings,

Anonymous said...

And yet, despite all expectations on this blog for the END to come soon,
here is YET another reason why the
END will be delayed, again >>>>

http://www.debka.com/article/22287/US-Israeli-deal-on-Iran-No-Israeli-strike-now-if-Obama-pledged-a-spring-attack

No wonder stocks keep going up....

the game is being played out to pacify bulls, amazing. whether it
works, we will see......BUT SINCE
bulls still have control, it would NOT surprise me.....

Stephen >>>>>>>>>>>

Gwenny said...

Hope everyone had a nice Saturday. News is a little slow today. Green is my favorite color! Hope each of you have a Blessed Sunday! Gwenny

Caver said...

HI Miss Gwenny,

How is hubby's back doing?

Scott said...

Mike - I did see that...I think it could be part of 'mis-information' --- that article was so inconsistent with everything else we have been hearing...I'll be interested to see if any other articles come out this weekend that confirm that. I actually like Debka a lot - but Debka can be a 'grain of salt' publication at times.

Gwenny said...

Hi Caver! Thanks for asking about Don. Shingle blisters about gone . He still has some of the nerve pain but it's nothing like it was. He's still making me laugh and smile everyday. God picked me a good one!
We met an elderly man in the grocery store a few years back while waiting in line. He struck up a conversation and told us he had been thru 8 surgeries. He said with a big smile on his face, "Isn't the Lord wonderful and isn't heaven going to be beautiful"! I knew I had met him for a reason. So every time things get rough I think of him and the fact that he was still smiling and praising God. Good night everyone!

JS said...

How can Obama pledge to strike Iran in the spring, unles he already knows he will be re-elected?
And if he is announcing this in the msm, well, I know Iran can read. What would stop them from taking this as an opportunity to strike Israel via a proxy? Which is what they have been trying to do all along? Achmedinejad also said yesterday he would welcome a strike of its nuclear facilities so that he could destroy Israel. If Natanyahu takes this bait, it will be a game changer IMO.

Scott said...

Thats a good point regarding the assumptions around the re-election and pledge to strike in the spring (of course, its an empty promise, as we know he won;t strike Iran ((unless of course it could help him win the elections in Nov))....I also do believe they will strike via proxy - which (IMO) explains the Isaiah 17 scenario, but we'll see soon enough.