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Any chance of long-term peace between Lebanon and Israel all but vanished last night after Amir Peretz, the Israeli defence minister, said his country was preparing for another round of fighting. Mr Peretz spoke only hours after Israeli commandos mounted a raid deep inside Lebanon. Kofi Annan, the United Nations secretary general, said it was a violation of the week-old UN ceasefire.
With talks on a beefed-up peacekeeping force for southern Lebanon apparently stalled, Mr Annan's senior envoy for the Middle East, Terje Roed-Larsen, said there was a danger of the situation "sliding out of control". Mr Peretz issued his warning during the weekly cabinet meeting when he promised full transparency in the internal inquiry into his government's handling of the 34-day conflict with Hizbollah.
"We will put everything on the table," he was quoted as saying. "Our duty is to prepare for the next round." Lt Gen Dan Halutz, the head of the armed forces, admitted that the military had failed to land "a knockout blow" on the Shia militia. With Israeli reservists returning from south Lebanon with stories of incompetence by commanders, public opinion is hardening against Ehud Olmert, the prime minister. source: www.telegraph.co.uk           Readers have left 4 comments.
Basil:
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MADE in AMERICA
the manufacturers of weapons of mass destruction SHHHH! Israel also makes them
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2006-08-22 15:38:22
dark knight:
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has israel not had enough of beatings from the hizbollah? they were defeated 2 times!
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2006-08-22 15:55:17
Islamic Torch:
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Everyone would think that they learned their lesson the first time, but I guess not.
Well there is saying, You can befriend a scorpion, but it will still sting you, because it is in its nature. The same goes for the zionist, and I mean the zionist no the ordinary Jew or the Israeli citizen, but the scorpion that hides under the rocks, because if it ever crawled out in the open, its quite natural you would crush it under your size 9 Boot.
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2006-08-22 17:42:07
Basil:
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Like bates they come out at night and like bats they are blood thirsty.
I heard on the news that Zion was complaining that Iran supplied H'allah night vision goggles which meant that they did not get to feed much cos they kept getting spotted and picked out like flies
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2006-08-23 00:54:14
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