BBC: HIZBALLAH IS PREPARING HUGE NEW MISSILE LAUNCHING AREAS WITH MORE HIDDEN, RE-INFORCED BUNKERS

Blue Crab Blvd has linked to an important news-item about Hizballah's "land-buying" expansion into souther Lebanon:

The Telegraph reports that Hezbollah has begun buying up large chunks of land north of the Litani River - and out of the UN patrolled exclusion zone - and is busy fortifying their new holdings for the next war with Israel.

The land grab is thought to be driven by the Iranian-backed guerrillas' efforts to rearm themselves and fortify the strategically important ravines north of the Litani River, just north of the front line in last year's 34-day conflict with its Jewish neighbour.

Here, Hizbollah has been free to press forward without harassment from the 13,000 United Nations peacekeepers and 20,000 Lebanese army troops who were deployed south of the Litani as part of the ceasefire agreement that ended the conflict.

TH SITUATION IS REALLY EVEN WORSE.

Last night I caught the last half of an EXTRAORDINARY documentary on BBC WORLD - Hezbollah's secret nectarines [NOTE: this doc' was first broadcast in May.]:

In southern Lebanon, where the Israeli army and Hezbollah fighters fought last year, an uneasy peace reigns. But as Darius Bazargan reports, Hezbollah remains a force to be reckoned with.

"Modern live/work space available to buy or rent: 400 sq metres in a sun drenched Mediterranean valley. Electricity, hot/cold running water, shower, fitted kitchen, air con, reinforced concrete construction, all metal walls, 100 metres under a mountain. Can withstand all known ordnance and most air strikes."

If you are looking for a place in the sun with a difference, head for Lebanon. The south of this country is riddled with such des-res properties.

They are the secret bunkers of Hezbollah, recently abandoned by the Shia Islamist guerrillas after last year's ceasefire took hold. You can find them in amongst the cluster bombs and debris of war. ... With over 10,000 UN peacekeepers now patrolling the ground between the Israeli border and the Litani River, it has become increasingly difficult for the militants to operate in their old stamping ground.

But I had heard that they were reinforcing a defensive line north of the Litani, just outside of the UN zone. From here, they could launch longer range rockets into Israel, over the heads of the peacekeepers. ... As we drove into the misty mountains, my trusty driver Dawoud - himself a Hezbollah supporter from south Beirut - regaled me with stories about how "The Party of God" dealt with espionage during last summer's war. ...

Live minefields spread out as far as the eye could see, the earth was also seeded with unexploded and unmapped cluster bombs.

All across this region, mysterious activity. Bulldozers, diggers and cement mixers could be seen abandoned on hilltops, or by the roadsides, in the middle of nowhere - but no new buildings.

There were fresh roads above us, but they were blocked off. Occasionally, cars packed with grim looking, black clad figures, sat guarding the entrances.

All around, the Lebanese Army was manning roadblocks with an unusual alacrity, but leaving the final decision as to who they should let through to a number of other bearded gentlemen, also dressed in black and who carried Motorola walkie-talkies.

Most locals were too apprehensive to do interviews, but one told us to be careful. "Hezbollah are everywhere," he said. "But you will not see them, they will see you."

Another recounted how Hezbollah had restricted her family's movements on their own farmland.

"The Boys", as she called them, had dumped several hundred tonnes of sand at the bottom of her garden and were shipping it out by truck. She had no idea where they were taking it or what they were doing.

Sand is a vital ingredient for mixing concrete. And concrete is a vital ingredient if you are building underground bunkers. ...We drove down one of the new roads.

What had started as a muddy cart track suddenly became a metalled road, with saplings planted on either side.

Large tennis court-sized areas had been completely smoothed off and were followed by a number of squat concrete buildings, a sentry box and painted a sign declaring the area a security zone and Hezbollah territory. ...
We got picked up and detained by a Hezbollah patrol.

They made us an offer we could not refuse. We were to accompany them to the dingy looking farmhouse and they would find someone who could "help us to do even better filming."

Inside the farmhouse were the rest of the Hezbollah cadre and we feared the worst.

They did not shoot us though. They sat us down in front of a big yellow Hezbollah flag and offered us sweet tea.

Then they questioned me and my driver and went through the tape in my video camera. It was blank. Luckily I had been able to swap it when they were not looking.

The Hezbollah men told me that we were in a restricted military security zone, but admitted that Hezbollah had indeed been taking over the land in the area.

"We are not forcing Christian or Druze off their land," one Hezbollahi insisted. "We're offering them a good price. They're moving of their own free will. Anyone can buy land here," he added, seemingly forgetting that it was a strict military zone. ... One of the Hezbollah men came running up and insisted that I had to tell the truth about what the Party of God's activities are in those forbidding mountains.

Hezbollah were not building new bunker networks, missile bases or anything military, he said. They were, in fact, moving into fruit production.

"We are going to import nectarine plants from Italy," he said. "Then we will sell our fruits on the world market. It is most important you tell the world what we are doing."

OF COURSE, THE NECTARINES BIT IS A LIE. ONE YOU COULD EASILY SEE FROM THE VIDEO IN THE DOCUMENTARY.

But the fruits which the "army of Allah" actually does bring into the World is very telling: As Jesus said - when asked about how to tell real prophets from false prophets - BY THEIR FRUITS YE SHALL KNOW THEM:

Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

The fruits of islam are what, exactly? Really: scan the globe and examine the life which islam affords its believers. It is one where women are degraded - even murdered for "honor". It is one which forbids any other faith - even sect. It is one of ignorance about modernity - which has brought humanity not one useful invention or discovery or tool.

By this measure, islam is a false and evil creed and its prophet a false one.

And since Muslims claim to hold the Bible as a holy book, I don;t quite see how even they can avoid this conclusion.

BUT ALL THIS IS A RELIGIOUS DEBATE - AND NOT A PRESSING MATTER.

WHAT IS A PRESSING MATTER ARE THESE NEW BUNKERS AND MISSILE LAUNCHING AREAS.

THEY COULD LAUNCH IRANIAN MISSILES OVER THE UN "PEACEKEEPERS" INTO ISRAEL - AND EVEN INTO EUROPE.

And they are very hard to destroy. The IAF will need our biggest bunker-busting bombs. AND A LOT OF THEM.

AND SOON... They can make fruit-salad out of these "nectarine orchards."

AND: THIS WILL BE GOOD PRACTICE FOR WHAT MUST BE DONE TO IRAN.

[MORE LINKS HERE AT MEMEORANDUM.]

Faster, please....