Bulgaria suicide bomber confirmed to be Hezbollah member

[oberliner]

A senior U.S. official confirmed Israel’s assertions Thursday that the suicide bomber who killed five Israelis in an attack here Wednesday was a member of a Hezbollah cell operating in Bulgaria.

The official said the current U.S. intelligence assessment is that the bomber was “acting under broad guidance” to hit Israeli targets when the opportunity presented itself. That guidance was given to Hezbollah, a Lebanese militant group, by its primary sponsor, Iran, he said.

The attack, the official said, was in retaliation for the assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists by Israeli agents, something that Israel has neither confirmed nor denied.

“This was tit for tat,” said the U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the investigation was still under way.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/bulgaria-suicide-bomber-confirmed-to-be-hezbollah-member/article4429096/

[azurnoir]

1. Didn't Netanyahu say a short while back that an attack from Hezbollah

would result in an attack on Lebanon, in fact just last week some Israeli General was quoted as saying

Yesterday, the IDF’s Northern Command held a briefing for reporters to mark six years since the Second Lebanon War. It was all about warnings and threats. An unnamed Northern Command general was especially gung ho. This is from Ynet:

“Any escalation can result in rocket fire on central Israel,” a senior officer said.

“The next war will be different. We’ll have to attack with more force, more violently, to halt any assault of the home front as quickly as possible.”

“Even if we go only after their military infrastructure… There will be a completely different ratio between the explosives used on Lebanon and those used on Israel.”

http://972mag.com/idf-general-goldstone-will-be-nothing-compared-to-next-confrontation-in-lebanon/50189/

while the attack was not on Israel it was on Israeils, considering the pressure I'm told Obama is under concerning Israel, now would be an interesting time for such an attack

[oberliner]

2. No

"The State of Israel is not looking for any kind of confrontation with Lebanon," Netanyahu said in a statement released by his office, adding, "Israel seeks peace with all of its neighbors."

http://www.haaretz.com/news/netanyahu-israel-has-no-plans-to-attack-lebanon-1.261940

[azurnoir]

3. well that was two and half years ago this was more recent

after the attacks in Thailand and Azerbaijan earlier this year