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2006-08-14 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
UN-BROKERED TRUCE GOES INTO EFFECT IN LEBANON
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Posted by phil_b 2006-08-14 01:05|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Might as well consider the truce still born.
Posted by JohnQC 2006-08-14 01:14||   2006-08-14 01:14|| Front Page Top

#2 DOA
Posted by RD 2006-08-14 01:17||   2006-08-14 01:17|| Front Page Top

#3 IDF sources admitted ... the army will only manage to reach the Litani River ... in a few places.

Too little too late - a botched campaign due to political intransigence at the beginning.
Posted by Oldspook 2006-08-14 01:27||   2006-08-14 01:27|| Front Page Top

#4 
Posted by Scooter McGruder 2006-08-14 01:39||   2006-08-14 01:39|| Front Page Top

#5 From Jpost at 8:25. Not clear if happened before or after CF came into effect.

Following a ceasefire decleration between Israel and Lebanon, Palestinians stepped up their Kassam attacks Monday morning. Two Kassams struck the marina in Ashkelon, causing one person to go into shock. There was no report of damage.

Posted by phil_b">phil_b  2006-08-14 01:41|| http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]">[http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]  2006-08-14 01:41|| Front Page Top

#6 FREEREPUBLIC.com > Lebanon's UN Ambassador - the new ceasefire will be Israel's last with any ME country + Lebanon's govt will not force HIZBOLLAH to disarm to leave south Lebanon. Once again, the Great Satan is in the differences in spelling between Syrian HEZBOLLAH vs. Iranian HIZBOLLAH.
Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-08-14 01:46||   2006-08-14 01:46|| Front Page Top

#7 Ah...the UNtruce
Posted by Slomogum Wheregum5256 2006-08-14 05:07||   2006-08-14 05:07|| Front Page Top

#8 Since the ceasefire came into effect
Hizbullah gunman hit by IDF fire in southern Lebanon

Hizbullah emerges from hiding, renews broadcasts

Posted by gromgoru 2006-08-14 06:12||   2006-08-14 06:12|| Front Page Top

#9 NPR reported this morning that Lebanese civilians are streaming southward toward their homes, and Israeli civilians are streaming northward toward theirs. I await confirmation from actual witnesses.
Posted by trailing wife 2006-08-14 08:02||   2006-08-14 08:02|| Front Page Top

#10 Death Wish VI?
Posted by JohnQC 2006-08-14 08:42||   2006-08-14 08:42|| Front Page Top

#11 Displaced Lebanese civilians and Hezbollah reinforcements are swarming towards the war zone of southern Lebanon to take advantage of a "cease fire." -- That's a more accurate headline.
Posted by Ulelet Uniting8249 2006-08-14 12:09||   2006-08-14 12:09|| Front Page Top

#12 Most likely jihadists from everywhere are streaming into southern Lebanon.
Posted by JohnQC 2006-08-14 12:18||   2006-08-14 12:18|| Front Page Top

#13 And why did this "truce" go into effect, seeing as how the Hezzies explicitly said they won't honor it?

Not that anyone with 2 brain cells ever thought they would.
Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut  2006-08-14 16:44|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]  2006-08-14 16:44|| Front Page Top

#14 DEBKAfile: Hizballah is filtering reinforcements into South Lebanon among returning refugees. They are taking up positions in the still undamaged bunkers and fortified civilian dwellings

August 15, 2006, 12:01 AM (GMT+02:00)

Therefore, although the rockets and guns were silent up to Monday night and thousands of displaced people in Israel and Lebanon headed for their ravaged homes, DEBKAfile’s military sources report trepidation about the durability of the ceasefire. The tense calm was marred only by three incidents in which Israeli troops shot Hizballah fighters making threatening approaches after Israel ordered its ground, air, artillery and naval forces to hold their fire at 0800 Monday Aug. 14 – unless threatened.

Northern Israelis came out of their bomb shelters after 33 days, South Lebanese cars clogged roads heading south from Beirut Monday morning. Both met scenes of destruction. After night fell, Hizballah staged victory celebrations in Beirut, while its leader, Hassan Nasrallah proclaimed a “historic and strategic victory” over Israel.

The IDF’s northern command watching the thousands of displaced Lebanese flocking to their homes feared they would be used as cover for Hizballah to exploit the ceasefire for reinforcing its depleted South Lebanese forces.

By afternoon, their fears were realized: cars loaded with Hizballah fighters, boxes of guns and military equipment were clearly visible heading south. Israeli troops were not authorized to stop them. DEBKAfile quotes a senior military source as saying that Hizballah is making a mockery of the ceasefire which Israel honored. “The situation is dangerous,” he said, Most of Hizballah’s fortifications, including its bunker network in the south, were not destroyed as reported. Fresh Hizballah strength is now heading back to man those war stations anew.

Earlier Monday, Lebanon’s Shiite parliament speaker Nabih Berrir asked for 48 hours to persuade Hassan Nasrallah to accept a new proposal for Hizballah forces to remain in the south with their arms as an auxiliary force attached to the Lebanese army units to be deployed south of the Litani River.

Israeli troops inside Lebanon will hold their positions until a strengthened international force and the Lebanese army are able to take over.
Posted by Legolas 2006-08-14 17:15||   2006-08-14 17:15|| Front Page Top

#15 And why did this "truce" go into effect, seeing as how the Hezzies explicitly said they won't honor it?

Spot on, Barbara. The Israelis should have free rein to continue picking off Hezbollah partichants wherever they can be found. This is 24 karat pure unadulterated USDA grade AAA extra large ranch style dry aged select prime cut Heinz 57 varieties of bu||shit!
Posted by Zenster 2006-08-14 21:09||   2006-08-14 21:09|| Front Page Top

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