IAF planes strike Hezbollah position in south Lebanon

Ok. The usual, right? But later in this piece from haaretz we find this!

[...] The radical Lebanese Shi'ite organization Hezbollah has been moving fighters to Iraq in recent months to battle American troops. According to American intelligence, the transfer has been carried out through Syria, following an Iranian initiative. The transit through Syrian territory is permitted by Damascus along its porous border with Iraq.

The Hezbollah fighters moving to Iraq are part of a broader force of pro-Iranian militants that operates in Iraq to destabilize the country and undermine the Americans there.

Analysts believe that the movement of the Hezbollah fighters to Iraq serves both Tehran and Damascus, which favor instability in Iraq for their own reasons.[...]

Say! Isn't that the Axis of Evil? ...complete article

Posted by at June 20, 2004 05:52 PM