Hezbullah claims to have canceled assassination due to flotilla
Hezbullah claims to have canceled an assassination attempt on a senior Israeli official so as not to distract from the flotilla incident on May 31.Hizbullah stopped at the last moment before carrying out an attempt on a senior Israeli figure, according to a Tuesday report in the Kuwaiti daily Al-Rai. The newspaper cites sources within the organization who say the assassination attempt was called off because it would take attention away from the Turkish flotilla to break the naval blockade on Gaza.Prime Minister Netanyahu was in Canada on May 31. Does anyone recall any other senior Israelis being abroad on May 31? (I don't count - thankfully). Hmmm.
The target was identified as an Israeli abroad who was called back because of the May 31st flotilla incident. Hizbullah leadership prepared a response to the elimination or attempted elimination of Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah. The sources said any such attempt would be considered a declaration of war, which would be met with the firing of hundreds of missiles at the Tel Aviv area and thousands of rockets on other areas of the Jewish state.
There's more on this story here.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 10:26 AM
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If Hezbollah had attempted it, it would have to led to war. It doesn't mean they learned the lesson from the last war, which seems to be fading fast from the terrorist organization's mind.
What could go wrong indeed
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