Israel is already back on the offensive according to Yahoo News
BEIRUT, Lebanon – Israeli commandos raided a Hezbollah stronghold deep inside Lebanon Saturday, sparking a fierce clash with militants that left one Israeli soldier dead. Lebanon called the raid a “flagrant violation” of the U.N.-brokered cease-fire, while
Israel said it was aimed at disrupting arms smuggling from Iran and Syria.
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Well, isn’t that just special as the Church Lady might say. Dead Israeli commando, a firefight with Hezbollah, and a Lebanese Foreign Minister helpless to do anything about it:
Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh said he had complained about the assault to U.N. envoys Terje Roed-Larsen and Vijay Nambiar during talks in Beirut about the truce.
“We asked them to convey a question to Israel: how is it going to stick by resolution 1701 while it is trying to breach it at any moment?” Salloukh told reporters.
The problem? The one everyone predicted when this ceasefire was put in place. There is no way to monitor the Syrian/Lebanese border. Since the resolution demands that Hezbollah not be allowed to re-arm, anytime Israel feels that arms are being smuggled in from Syria this is what will happen:
The security sources said commandos in two vehicles unloaded from helicopters were on their way to attack an office of senior Hezbollah official Sheikh Mohammed Yazbek in the village of Bodai when they were intercepted. After the gunbattle, the Israelis pulled out under cover of fierce air strikes.
Israel said the raid aimed to disrupt arms supplies to Hezbollah from Syria and Iran. Both deny arming the group.
“Special forces carried out an operation to disrupt terror actions against Israel with an emphasis on the transfer of munitions from Syria and Iran to Hezbollah,” Israel’s army said.
Bodai is 15 km (9miles) northwest of the ancient city of Baalbek and 26 km (16 miles) from the Syrian border.
Prediction: this won’t be that last Israeli raid to halt alleged arms shipments. It seems “cease fire” is just another name for war, perhaps on a reduced scale, but war nonetheless. The only question is how long before larger scale operations resume? Not long, is my guess.
my causing a problem that cannot be solved they have assured that pressure will build in this country to solve it.
The cover story is an obvious falsehood. The same night the IDF kidnapped the deputy Prime Minister of Palestine on the grounds “he is a terrorist”. I would say that it is almost certain they were trying to get Sheikh Mohammed Yazbek in an attempt to provide Olmert with a “victory” to cover up the corruption investigation he is facing.
Who knows? I’m just an ill informed American, but whatever the real reason, not a positive sign.
Why it was done is neither her nor there, it was broken by the Israelis and that is a big statement to the world as a whole. That Israel can not be trusted is the word on the street nowadays. What is new, I say. They are still up to no good and trying to get Syria involved. Good thing you brought up the church lady, That’s Special. I was just thinking of that sat night special last night…..oh how strange our minds work….;o)
If cheney and the neocons had their way with all of this, they would have the country of Israel and Lebanon and Syria all bombed to nothing. They do not care of any ppl or anything in the ME. They are after one thing and one thing only…black gold..remember there is a good pipeline through that area that has to be ours and maintained as ours..our little greedy souls, that we are…I really want to be on the jury at the Hague…can I please???!!!!
PS: they care nothing about the palestinians either..that is a lost cause to them..the palestinian ppl are of not consequence for them…none at all, don’t you see….they are little ppl and can be done away with. For the sake of heavens, can the world not see what is happening??!!
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