Syria to form its own Hizbullah to liberate the Shebaa Farms.

Syria to form its own Hizbullah
'Hundreds of Syrian volunteers'

Hizbullah claims its goal is to liberate the Shebaa Farms.

Baath party official: Lebanon war proves 'resistance' against Israel
works
Syria's new guerilla force would be trained by Hizbullah leaders.

BY Aaron Klein, WND

On the heels of what it views as a Hizbullah victory against the Jewish
state, Syria is forming its own Hizbullah-like guerilla organization to
fight Israel in hopes of "liberating" the Golan Heights, an official from
Syrian President Bashar Assad's Ba'ath party told WorldNetDaily
yesterday.

The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Syria learned from
Hizbullah's military campaign against Israel the past month that
"fighting" is more effective than peace negotiations with regard to
gaining territory.

He said Syria's new guerilla force would be trained by Hizbullah leaders.


"Syria is very serious about establishing this new guerilla force," the
official said.

Hizbullah claims its goal is to liberate the Shebaa Farms, a small,
200-square-kilometer bloc situated between Syria, Lebanon and Israel. The
Farms is the last post held by Israel after its withdrawal in 2000 from
positions it took along the Lebanese border.

Most western analysts agree Hizbullah uses the pretext of the Shebaa Farms
to maintain its weapons to start conflicts with the Jewish state. Hizbullah
is sponsored by Syria and Iran.

The ceasefire resolution accepted by Israel earlier this week calls for
negotiations leading to Israel's relinquishing of the Shebaa Farms.

The Baath party official told WND the new Syrian "resistance" group is
calling itself the Front for the Liberation of the Golan, and is already
in the process of being formed. He said it seeks to ensure the return of
the Golan Heights.

Israel captured the Heights, strategic mountainous territory, after Syria
used the terrain to attack the Jewish state in 1967 and again in 1973. The
Golan Heights borders Israel, Syria and Lebanon.

Israeli security officials said they had no information about the Front
for the Liberation of the Golan.

The Ba'ath party official told WND the Front was formed last month and
will attempt attacks against Israel.

The official said the group currently consists of "hundreds" of Syrian
volunteers, many from the Syrian border with Turkey. He said Syria held
registration for volunteers to join the Front in June.

The official said most Front members will be Palestinian and not members
of the Syrian army.

"We know from history guerilla resistance works against Israel," said the
official.

He pointed not only to Israel's most recent confrontation with Hizbullah,
but also to what he said was a previous Syrian "victory" against the
Israeli Defense Forces using guerilla tactics.

"After a ceasefire was imposed in 1973 (following the Yom Kippur War) for
100 days Syria led guerilla attacks against Israel in the

Golan Heights and they were successful. The IDF withdrew nearly 100
kilometers from the original ceasefire lines."

Indeed, after Syria accepted a United Nations cease-fire in October 1973,
it waged a sporadic guerilla campaign against Israeli troops in the Golan
until a disengagement agreement was reached March 31, 1974, that saw
Israel withdraw from some sections of the territory.

Reprinted with permission of WorldNetDaily
(08.17.06, 15:44)


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