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May 15 08 4:53 PM

Wow, that's and interesting article! I couldn't resist posting a couple of snippets:



Iran Behind Beirut Takeover, Eyes Israel

Wednesday, May 14, 2008 10:53 AM

By: Kenneth R. Timmerman Article Font Size


Senior Iranian officials were directly involved in planning and carrying out Hezbollah’s successful takeover of Beirut last week, and believe that their victory is the first step in a new war on Israel and stepped up attacks in Iraq, sources in Tehran tell Newsmax.


The envoy, Seyed Hussein Ghanon, arrived in Tehran on the morning of Friday, May 9, to personally brief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, following a telephone call between the Iranian Supreme Leader and Nasrallah, in which Khamenei pledged full Iranian government support for the Hezbollah takeover of Beirut.



Iran ordered its Revolutionary Guards garrison in the Bekaa Valley to move military hardware from that region into Beirut on Wednesday evening, sources in Tehran said. By Thursday evening, at least 58 Guards officers were directing combat operations in Beirut, side-by-side with their Hezbollah allies.


Advisers to Ahmadinejad have been arguing since Friday that the Hezbollah victory should be the first step in a two-pronged attack on Israel in the coming months, Newsmax sources in Tehran say.


Hezbollah fighters will attack Israel from the north, while Iranian-backed Hamas fighters will step up pressure on Israel from Gaza and the south, the sources said.


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