Re: Israel will not demand Hizbollah disarm
Ma, do you think that the buildings that were hit were completly at random?
Report: Nasrallah’s banks bombed
**NBC reports IDF bombed Lebanese banks holding Hizbullah money in framework of Israel’s attempt to destroy terror group’s financial infrastructure**
Yitzhak Benhorin
WASHINGTON – NBC television reported Tuesday that the IDF has bombed Lebanese banks holding Hizbullah money, this in the framework of Israel’s attempt to destroy the terror group’s financial infrastructure.
According to the report, in the past few days Israel has intentionally targeted financial institutions in Beirut and other cities throughout Lebanon, among them Tyre, Sidon and Nabatiyeh.
Israeli intelligence sources told NBC that at least 12 financial institutions that supported Hizbullah were attacked, adding that the organization, which secretly managed its funds, is now short on cash due to the bombings.
Some of the banks that held Hizbullah accounts were completely destroyed, while others were purposely damaged but not completely demolished.
NBC said that in one incident the Israeli Air Force bombed the home of a bank manager as a warning to other Lebanese bankers not to deal with Hizbullah.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3280926,00.html
Hizbullah has also become very wealthy. Remember the “Hizbullah will pay a price line”? That was quite literal.
Hezbollah’s decision to increase operations against Israel was not taken lightly. The leadership of Hezbollah has not so much moderated over the years as it has aged. The group’s leaders have also, with age, become comfortable and in many cases wealthy. They are at least part of the Lebanese political process, and in some real sense part of the Lebanese establishment. These are men with a radical past and of radical mind-set, but they are older, comfortable and less adventurous than 20 years ago.
The Real Estate Holdings of Hizbullah leaders have been reduced to rubble, as well as any headquarters buildings. Price paid.