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Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6739175.ece
Hizbullah Stockpiles 40,000 Rockets Near Israel Border
[Times-UK] Richard Beeston and Nicholas Blanford - Hizbullah, the Shia Muslim militia, is stronger than it was in 2006 when it took on the Israeli army. Hizbullah has up to 40,000 rockets and is training its forces to use ground-to-ground missiles capable of hitting Tel Aviv, and anti-aircraft missiles that could challenge Israel's dominance of the skies over Lebanon. Hizbullah is believed to have acquired large numbers of SA8 shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles and Western intelligence sources said Hizbullah fighters were receiving training in Syria on the SA8 system. Brig.-Gen. Alon Friedman, deputy head of the Israeli Northern Command, said that the peace of the past three years could "explode at any minute." Last month the scale of the Hizbullah build-up was revealed after an explosion at an ammunition bunker in the village of Khirbet Slim, 12 miles from the Israeli border.