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War, War, War See other War, War, War Articles Title: Crossfire War - Lebanon Orders Army to "Achieve High Combat Readiness" Yarze - There are more signs of a wider regional war as Tears for Lebanon (TFL) and Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) are reporting Army Commander General Michel Suleiman has ordered his officers to "achieve high combat readiness of their units to confront all expected possibilities, especially defending the southern land, maintain domestic security and stability." General Suleiman was issuing the directives to his senior commanders of Lebanon's most important units from his headquarters at Yarze a suburb east of Beirut. This is definitely within the time-table of Tehran as most of Lebanon's military has close relations with Damascus-Hezbollah. He said the army's "basic duty is to prevent the Israeli enemy from occupying Lebanese territories or attempting to use them as a passage to launch an aggression against Arab brethren." [TFL] Though Lebanese units in the south began to assist Hezbollah during the 2006 war the rest of the military in the north began to realize they should cooperate with Tehran during the three month fighting last year against the suicide unit Fatah al-Islam at the Palestinian refugee camp city Nahr al-Bared near Tripoli. Fatah al-Islam was sent by Tehran for just that purpose. Almost the day after that conflict finally ended last August General Suleiman stated publicly Lebanon can now turn its weapons against its main enemy-Israel. Now Iran wants them to go into action and I suspect Tehran has helped re-arm Lebanon's army just as Iran has re-supplied Hezbollah. Suleiman also stated yesterday, "The army's determination is backed by the people and the resistance to confront any new Israeli aggression with all available means and capability. Defending the land is a sacred right consolidated by international charters; it is a national priority that deserves unifying resources and efforts." He concluded by pledging the army will not fall back "if the enemy decided to occupy the south because abandoning this territory means abandoning the whole of Lebanon." Though Lebanon has the weakest army in the region they will still be an obstacle to Israel's security in their north as Hezbollah will no longer have to face Israel by itself and Syria will also be active in the area perhaps re-entering the country not as an invader but as a military axis partner with Lebanon and Palestinian groups. Damascus - An Iranian official arrived in Damascus Monday evening with very little publicity. No mention was made as to the length of his stay but it must be to put the finishing touches on details of Syria's then Iran's military entry into this year's war against Israel in support of Hezbollah and the Palestinian state. This is in accordance with the security-defense agreement signed by the two governments in June 2006 and this latest series of meetings are being conducted under the guise of Iran Minster of Housing and Urban Development Mohammad Saeedi-Kia who is at the head of an unnamed delegation. Obviously Saeedi-Kia is not here to discuss urban planning or coordination of statements to the press when the war expands. But rather coordination of Iran's brigade size Rapid Deployment Force with Syria-Hezbollah-Lebanese-Palestinian units is the topic under discussion. [IRNA] Khartoum - On a similar coordination mission is Iran Defense Minister Brigadier-General Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar who arrived in Khartoum Tuesday morning at the head of a high level delegation. It has been officially reported Mohammad-Najjar arrived at the invitation of Sudan Defense Minister Abdel Rahim Mohammad Hussein but unofficially, due to Iran's investments and military exports, Tehran has been controlling Khartoum's diplomatic protocol for twenty years. Of course no details as to the military-regional topics to be covered were released though it was said several issues of mutual interest will be addressed. That can only mean Egypt and the removal of the most important strategic obstacle to serious Islamic unity the obstacle in Cairo headed by the oppressive administration of Egypt President Hosni Mubarak. Sudan is an active base of support for political groups at least in southern Egypt that can be used to cause uprisings which will weaken Mubarak's hold over the Sinai and northern Egypt as he sends forces to end the disturbances. Their call for Mubarak's removal will revolve around his not being responsive enough to the Palestinian/Israeli conflict. [IRNA]
Poster Comment: The author is a Zionist, but there is movement towards war in the Mideast. As I said previously, round one is the invasion of Lebanon.
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