DUH...No really? UN:Serious concerns about implementation of the U.N. resolution that ended the 34-day war between Israel and Hezbollah
Is it me or is that those who have been charged with such responsibility charge that those who have been warning of the obvious and easily predictable are, fear mongers, paranoid, and bloody minded neo cons?
Israel says Hezbollah can hit Tel Aviv (and apparently the UN can't disagree)By EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press Writer Wed Oct 31, 8:16 PM ET
UNITED NATIONS - Israel alleges that Hezbollah militants in Lebanon have rearmed with new long-range rockets capable of hitting Tel Aviv and tripled their arsenal of land-to-sea missiles since last summer's war, the United Nations secretary-general said in a report Wednesday.
Ban Ki-Moon said the reports of Hezbollah's rearming are a cause of great concern for the stability of Lebanon.
"Israel has stated that the nature and number of weapons in Hezbollah's control constitutes a strategic threat to its security and the safety of its citizens," he said.
Israel claims Hezbollah's long-range rocket force is stationed in areas north of the Litani River and that most of the new rockets, including hundreds of Zilzal and Fajr generation rockets, have a range of 155 miles, "enabling them to reach Tel Aviv and points further south," the report said.
"Israel also claims that Hezbollah has tripled its shore-to-sea C-802 missiles and have established an air defense unit armed with ground-to-air missiles," Ban said.
While Israel has not provided the United Nations with specific intelligence due to the sensitivity of the sources, Ban said several speeches by Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah in the past few months "seem to confirm these Israeli claims."
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