Israel: :Hezbollah increases rocket range

[azurnoir]

JERUSALEM (AP)
The Lebanese group has acquired new Iranian rockets with a range of about 185 miles, the officials said Wednesday. That means the guerrillas can hit anywhere in Israel's heavily populated center and reach as far south as Dimona, where Israel's nuclear reactor is located.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to divulge the confidential intelligence assessment to the media.

Hezbollah declined comment Thursday. Yasmina Bouzian, a spokeswoman for the U.N. peacekeepers, said the international forces had "seen no sign or had any report of movement of weapons" in south Lebanon.

The defense officials did not say how many of the new rockets Hezbollah has obtained. However, Israelis have said previously that overall, Hezbollah now has many more rockets in its arsenal than the 14,000 it had before the conflict - likely more than double that number.

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[subsuelo]

1. you kill our people we kill yours

It's clearly the name of the game over there

(note I'm not justifying it for either side)

[sabbat hunter]

3. why do they have

arms at all? Wasn't the illegal milita/terror group known as Hizbollah supposed to have been disarmed when Israel withdrew?

[Vegasaurus]

5. Sort of like how the whole WB will be disarmed and everyone will live together

in great peace and harmony, when Israel withdraws,

:sarcasm:

[bemildred]

2. So this official disclosed a confidential "intelligence assessment" he was not authorized to diclose

"Really, this is very secret stuff!"
:rofl::rofl:

[azurnoir]

4. I guess "enquiring minds" want to know n/t

[MaryCeleste]

6. Clearly an intentional leak

but if you can get to Janes, the data is reasonable

[bemildred]

7. Yeah, they would be hunting him down if it wasn't.

And it's not at all unreasonable. It just annoys me when they try to pretend this sort of thing is "secret".