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April 28, 2010       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/27/AR2010042703870.html

Gates: Hizbullah Has More Rockets than Most Governments in the World

(Reuters-Washington Post) U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said after a meeting at the Pentagon with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak that Syria as well as Iran were providing Hizbullah with weapons of "ever-increasing capability." "We are at a point now where Hizbullah has far more rockets and missiles than most governments in the world." A Pentagon report on Iran released last week said that Hizbullah had rearmed itself to beyond the levels seen before the 2006 war, despite UN-backed efforts to curb weapon shipments to the group. In addition, Iran provides $100-200 million per year to support Hizbullah.

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