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| Middle East |
| Israel suspends Gaza offensive |
| 2002-05-10 |
| The Israeli army has delayed the launch of an offensive in the Gaza Strip, having lost the element of surprise, Israeli public television said Friday. According to security sources quoted in the report, the operation has been suspended but significant forces remained deployed around the Gaza Strip. The army had readied for strikes on the Gaza Strip, the bastion of Islamic radicals Hamas, after Tuesday's kamikaze blast near Tel Aviv that left 17 dead and 55 injured. That means they're going to lose the momentum on this strike. I imagine the State Department's talked them out of it to let Yasser reform the PLO (snort!) So nothing will happen until the next couple dozen are killed or maimed by a boomer. A one-two punch would have been much more effective. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |