Hizballah 'Ready' to Fight Israel and America
Thursday, March 6, 2008 at 11:59AM
Hizballah will not start the next war, but if it comes, it is ready to fight both Israel and the United States, the group's deputy chief Naim Kassem said in an interview with the Hizballah-affiliated newpaper Al-Akhbar. "The Israelis know they have to pay a high price in any war," Kassem said in the interview published on Wednesday.
Hizballah "is well prepared to face an Israeli, American and international war."
His comments follow a spike in tensions stemming from the assassination of a top Hizballah terrorist in a Damascus car bombing. Hizballah blamed Israel for killing Imad Mughniyeh, but Israel denied involvement. Israeli sources were quoted this week as saying that Hizballah now has 20,000 short-range and 10,000 long range rockets, including those that can reach deep into Israel.
The U.S. recently deployed U.S. warships off the coast of Lebanon, presumably as a show of support for Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's pro-democracy, anti-Syrian government.
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