Surprise! Iran is in Hezbollahland
Members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard have been found among Hizbollah guerrillas slain by Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, Israel’s Channel 10 television reported on Wednesday citing diplomatic sources.It said the Iranians were identified by documents found on their bodies, but gave no further details on how many were discovered or when. Neither the Israeli military nor Hizbollah representatives in Beirut had immediate comment on the report.
ironically Reuters
As ever there needs to be serious confirmation of this. The rumours of direct Iranian involvement have been flying since the beginning of this war. If this is confirmed then the direct fingerprints of Iran are all over Hezbollahland. Which makes this a much bigger war.
Captain Ed, who is rapidly becoming Steve denBeste 2.0, sums up:
This will complicate the global communiy’s efforts to appease Teheran on the various peace proposals. It will make clear that the war in southern Lebanon is not a heroic native resistance but a cowardly proxy attack on Israel ordered by the Iranians. France will once again have to eat Foreign Minister Phillipe Douste-Blazy’s description of Iran as a “stabilizing force” in the region.captain’s quarters
If nothing else this should give the Israelis another few weeks of diplomatically unfettered operations and will underline the need for a real international force to patrol Hezbollahland when the Israelis leave. The Lebanese Army, at least 1/3 Shi’ite, is simply too conflicted to do it on its own and the UN has proven itself a joke in any but the simplest engagements. This is not going to be a joke because, for a real ceasefire to take hold Hezbollah will have to be disarmed and the Iranians sent home. Not an easy task.
Written by jay on August 10th, 2006 with
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