yet again, Feinstein: "Scuds sent to Hezbollah"...Kerry: "Intelligence still incomplete"

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Amid recent reports that Syria intended to transfer Scud missiles to the Lebanese militia group Hezbollah, U.S. officials to date have been careful to say they do not know for a fact that the missiles were actually transferred to Lebanon, while Israeli officials have said they believe that they were.

U.S. reticence on the matter may be both because it doesn’t know where the missiles are, and to avoid giving pretext for any possible Israeli military attack on Lebanon.

But today, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Ca.), chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, says she thinks there is a “high likelihood” the missiles were sent to Hezbollah in Lebanon. "I believe there is a likelihood that there are Scuds that Hezbollah has in Lebanon. A high likelihood," Feinstein told the AFP.

"The rockets and missiles in Lebanon are substantially increased and better technologically than they were and this is a real point of danger for Israel," she continued.

Her remarks come as Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeff Feltman, a former U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon, is due to testify on U.S. policy to Syria before the Middle East subcommittee of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Committee this afternoon. ...

Kerry today said the intelligence on what Syria transferred and where it is is still incomplete. "I think it's safe to say we're inquiring and trying to get more information about it. I wouldn't comment on what it is, or isn't, at this point in time," Kerry told the AFP. "There are concerns about rocketry in general, and clearly Hezbollah has been rearmed, but I don't think there's clarity as to which weapons yet, with specificity, and where. Where is very important in this question.".....

Feltman told the House Middle East subcommittee today that he had summoned Syrian ambassador to Washington Imad Moustapha on February 26 to express the depth of U.S. concern about the alleged arms reports, but he wasn't sure the message had gotten through. He cited that as one reason the U.S. needed to return a U.S. ambassador to Damascus as soon as possible. "I would argue it's part of our diplomatic job to show the Syrians why it's in their interest" to change their behavior on a number of fronts, from Lebanon to Iran, Iraq, Israel and the Palestinians, Feltman said.