P F Tinmore
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P F Tinmore, et al,
Yeah, it is kind of though to get an international search warrant. Everyone understands what the Lebanese Army and Hezbollah are doing in supporting the Assad Regime, and that there is a limited number of ways to keep track of the quantity, kind and type of weapons being funneled into the Syrian internal rebellion.
It is also well known that Lebanese Army, and the militant groups associated with Hamas and Hezbollah are directly benefiting from the increase in weapons shipment to the anti-Arab Spring Forces and anti-Syrian Rebels of the government of Assad.
(COMMENT)et al,
There is a question here.
Given that Israeli Air border crosses daily, and given that they are not performing "strike missions." What are the Israelis doing?
I suspect that the Israeli Air Force (IAF) is conducting Tactical Air Reconnaissance over Lebanon, with the idea of establishing pre-registation points and search for dubious arms shipments and cashes.
As you all know, Iran is running Iraqi Airspace (with the approval of Prime Minister al-Maliki) into Lebanon using civilian air transports to ship weapons to the regime of Syrian President al-Assad. Additionally, Iranian weapons are being routed through the Sudan to Hamas militants in Gaza and Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon. There are also small factories in the Sudan that are building Iranian short range missiles in Yarmouk. These are earmarked for the Hamas and Hezbollah militant groups and represent a new escalation in the level of technology being supplied out of Iran.
I'm sure that the UN is looking into the "imminent threat" counter-claim.
Most Respectfully,
R
OK,so?
It is still a violation of Lebanon's airspace.
Most definitely. Iran is an well known external agitator in the Gaza Strip and the Southern region of Lebanon (particularly the al-Bekka Valley).
Sometimes the traffic cop has to break the speed limit in order to catch the speeder. OR! In this case, sometimes you have to look inside the Arab den to see what the Iran (State supporter of terrorism) is supplying to which terrorist group (Hamas and Hezbollah militant groups).
Sometimes you have to balance the scales of justice to have a complete picture. A mitigation of the events.
Yes, technically, you are right. But I don't think it is going to matter since the reconnaissance effort yields valuable information necessary for Israeli state security and to follow the criminal actions of Iran.
Most Respectfully,
R
It is still a violation even if Israel doesn't like what is going on.