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| Israel to expand its attack in Lebanon |
| 2006-07-31 |
| Israel will "expand and strengthen" its attack on Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon, the defense minister said Monday, while the army honored a 48-hour halt in aerial strikes. Israel's top ministers will discuss expanding the army's ground operation at a meeting later Monday, while thousands of reserve soldiers train for the possibility that they will be sent into Lebanon to participate in the battle, senior defense officials said. "Israel will expand and strengthen its activities against the Hezbollah," Defense Minister Amir Peretz told Israel's parliament, while Arab lawmakers repeatedly interrupted him with calls for an immediate cease-fire. Israel was pressured to call a 48-hour suspension of its airstrikes after nearly 60 civilians were killed in the Lebanese village of Qana on Sunday. However, the army has made clear that the cessation does not include a halt in artillery fire or limited ground operations. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #5 The important thing is that the conduct of the war was debated in the full light of day in a democratic fashion. Dammit the Joooooooos are catching our Cold! |
| Posted by: 6 2006-07-31 21:39 |
| #4 EoZ, at what point will the Israeli people/knesset become sufficiently dissatisfied with the way this war is being prosecuted to throw Olmert/Peretz out? Or is everybody over there please with the way things are going? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-07-31 10:17 |
| #3 2X4, Debka has an interesting article about the Syrian Anti aircraft ambush downing one of our reconnaisance UAVs flying over lebanese/syrian border region just in time of increased activity of Syrian/Iranian Ammo convoys trying to cross the border into lebanon. I expect to see some strong IAF presence in this region very soon. |
| Posted by: Elder of Zion 2006-07-31 10:10 |
| #2 SPoD, yes and no. Depends. If the data from UAVs and other means are utilized, that may help pinpoint some Hezbully locations that have been thus far obscured. I hope that monitoring teams are working overtime on that. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2006-07-31 09:48 |
| #1 2 days to smuggle in more missles from Syria and deploy the one in the Beka valley. This is really a dumb move. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-07-31 06:04 |