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_un_dc_1 WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Israel: Iran Has Revolutionary Guards in Lebanon Mon Feb 4, 5:16 PM ET By Irwin Arieff UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres accused Iran on Monday of turning Lebanon into "a ball of explosives" by sending in Revolutionary Guards and arming Hizbollah guerrillas with Katyusha rockets. He said after talks with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan that Tehran had given 10,000 missiles -- able to strike targets inside Israel -- to Hizbollah guerrillas operating in southern Lebanon near Israel's northern border. "On top of that, the Iranians are having the Revolutionary Guards in Lebanon, which is illegal under the United Nations charter, and we are going to appeal to the secretary-general on that subject," Peres, who was in New York for the World Economic Forum, told reporters. The Katyushas, with a range of 12 to 42 miles (20 to 70 kms), "can hit the heart of Israel, he said. "They have converted Lebanon into a ball of explosives, endangering the future of Lebanon." The missiles' range would put them within striking distance of the northern port city of Haifa. Israel is also concerned that medium-range missiles could fall into the hands of Palestinian militants waging a 16-month-old uprising against Israeli occupation. The United Nations has peacekeepers in southern Lebanon and marked out the frontier between Israel and Lebanon after Israeli forces withdrew from the south in May 2000, ending 22 years of occupation. The Hizbollah guerrillas are backed by Syria, the main power broker in Lebanon, as well as Iran, and control most of southern Lebanon. Israel last month intercepted a boat carrying arms including missiles that Israel said came from Iran and were being shipped to the Palestinian Authority. Iran and the Authority have denied involvement in the shipment. President Bush said in his annual State of the Union message last week that Iran, together with Iraq and North Korea, comprised "an axis of evil." Peres also said he backed a proposal put forward by the French Foreign Ministry last week that Israel recognize a Palestinian state before settling the question of its boundaries. "We suggested (that) too," Peres said when asked about the French idea. But he rejected a second idea suggested by Paris -- that the Palestinians be allowed to hold general elections. "I think the idea of an election is premature," he said. Election campaigns invite candidates to take extreme positions in order to catch the voters' eye, increasing tensions, he said. "Who needs it? What for?" he asked. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! Write to same address to be off lists! <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
