Preparing for Summer War'

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'Iran, Syria, and Hizbullah preparing for summer war'--------------------------------------------------------------------------------JPost.com Staff, THE JERUSALEM POST Apr. 1, 2007 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Iran, Syria, and Hizbullah are preparing their forces for the possibility of a summer war in the event that the US carries out a military strike against Iran, Head of IDF Military Intelligence Major General Amos Yadlin said Sunday. "We are not speaking of preparations for a war to be carried out at their (Iran, Syria, and Hizbullah) own initiative. Their deployments, in our opinion, are those of a defensive nature," Yaldin said in his briefing at the government's weekly cabinet meeting. "They fear military action initiated by the Americans, whom they anticipate to be planning an attack against Iran in the summer," Yadlin said. 'US ready to strike Iran on Good Friday' He stressed repeatedly that the preparations were not of a nature that signified the Iranians and its allies were expecting an attack by Israel. "We are closely following theses preparations, with concern that the parties can incorrectly interpret specific movement of forces in the region. I wish to remind you of the Six-Day War - when a war that no one wanted broke out as a result of the involvement of many players," Yadlin said. "We need to be one side prepared, but on the other hand to be careful such steps will not result to erroneous thinking on our part," he added. Yadlin said Hizbullah was observing the cease-fire because the organization had no interest in another bout with Israel at the present time. "The organization is busy restoring its sources. This rebuilding has been giving acceleration from their point of view that, like the Syrians, they must prepare for a war in summer." Addressing the Palestinian front, Yadlin said Hamas had increased its military activity and that Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh had threatened to order a third intifada if the international community continues to refuse contact with Hamas ministers and the economic embargo on the PA is not lifted. Yadlin added that Haniyeh transferred a million dollars to a Hamas terror cell in the days preceding the formation of the Palestinian unity government.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------