Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Tuesday told IDF soldiers particpating in a large scale exercise  in the Golan Heights that Israel is closely monitoring the strengthening of Hizbullah and the inability of UN Security Resolution 1701 to prevent the flow of advanced weapons sytems from Syria to the Shiite terror organization. The defense minister declared that it is no coincidence that Israel is using the time to train and prepare. Barak was accompanied by IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, the commander of the army's ground forces, Gen. Avi Mizrahi, and other senior military brass.08/12/08