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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54936-2002Nov1.html
Wider Conflict with Hizballah Predicted
(Washington Post) - Israeli military and intelligence officials believe that Hizballah has 2,000 to 3,000 men in the region bordering Israel and the Golan Heights, armed with weapons that include several hundred 240mm Fajr-3 and Fajr-5 missiles provided by Iran, which have ranges of 26 and 43 miles, respectively. Hizballah has thousands of old Soviet 107mm Katyusha rockets, wire-guided TOW missiles, artillery, and 57mm antiaircraft guns. Syria has begun providing Hizballah with 220mm rockets that are made in Syria and have a range of more than 45 miles.