Israel and Hezbollah: a Troubling Anniversary Looms, that Elusive Humor……
“Israel's security authorities are bracing for an attack by Hezbollah to avenge the assassination in Damascus of their elusive military chief, Imad Mughniyeh, as the second anniversary of the killing approaches. Hezbollah blame Israel's Mossad foreign intelligence service for blowing up Mughniyeh in a booby-trapped car in the heart of the Syrian capital on Feb. 12, 2008, and have vowed to avenge him. According to security sources, Hezbollah has sought to carry out at least six revenge attacks against Israeli targets outside the Jewish state, but all were thwarted. "It's possible that the actual number of attempts that have been prevented is at least twice that number -- if not more," according to the liberal daily Haaretz. One source said Hezbollah has mounted at least 10 such operations in the last two years. There is considerable speculation that a Jan. 14 bomb ambush in Jordan against two vehicles carrying Israeli diplomatic personnel was the work of Hezbollah……..”
That would explain all the deployments and over-flights these past two weeks. And all the statements and counter-statements about war. The bomb in Jordan was most likely not a Hezbollah job, although the Jordanians would love to pin it on Hezbollah in order to avoid another embarrassment of their citizens engaging in acts of terror.
FYI: I haven’t given up my search for Jordanian humor. I said I can be dogged, but then, so was the Man of La Mancha.
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