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| Lebanon: Hezbollah may fight Israel to recover land |
| 2008-08-03 |
| Lebanon's new government guidelines declare Hezbollah has the right to fight against Israel to "recover the land occupied by Israel." The document was drafted on Friday and will be brought before the government for approval tomorrow. The Bush administration conveyed its serious dissatisfaction that President Michel Suleiman and Prime Minister Fouad Siniora had succumbed to a number of Hezbollah directives. While forces within Siniora's western-backed coalition demanded that military action to liberate occupied lands be carried out "under the aegis of the state," now the government guidelines state that Hezbollah has what is essentially an independent right to take action. "Lebanon, its army, its people and its resistance [Hezbollah] have the right to take action to liberate lands that have remained occupied at the Shaba Farms, the hills of Shuba village and the northern portion of the village of Ghajar, with all legitimate means possible, and to resist Israeli aggression." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 I'd like Bush to supply another 20,000 bunker-buster JDAMs to Israel before the next president takes office, no matter who wins. And do it quietly, if possible. Hezbollah considers all of Israel "occupied lands", which gives them a green light to do anything they wish. I do believe that if Livni gets elected, her first act should be to tell Lebanon that if Israel is attacked by Hezbollah, everything north of the Litani will become glowing glass. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2008-08-03 13:45 |
| #4 Yeah, it's all fun and games fighting the Jews, especially when you gain deniability by doing it thru a proxy. But just remember what a mess it made last time. I'm guessing you are still cleaning up the wreckage. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2008-08-03 12:29 |
| #3 If they mean to retake land, they would have to come out of their rat holes and fight in the open. That would be a grave mistake. They are good at shooting rockets from hospital parking lots, but probably not so good at brigade size maneuvers. They have no armor, no artillery, no logistics and supply lines, limited comms. Its just not going to happen. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-08-03 09:41 |
| #2 Well, seeing that half of Egypt and ALL of Lebanon belongs to Israel, it would be a good way for Israel to get it's land back. |
| Posted by: newc 2008-08-03 06:10 |
| #1 Better do it quick. Mr. Wuss is leaving, and Netanyahu is warming up in the bullpen.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-08-03 00:40 |