A Hezbollah leader hinted that attacks may be launched against northern Iarael if Prime Minister Ehud Barak orders a unilateral withdrawal without reaching prior agreements with Syria and Lebanon. Hezbollah deputy leader Sheik Na’im Kassem made the comments in the Saudi newsweekly al-Majalla.
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