CQ: Israel Enters Lebanon Contributed by Bill Faith
Israel Enters Lebanon
It may not be the massive ground offensive that Israel has threatened, but a small force of earlier. Israel says the soldiers will search for weapons and tunnels near the border and do not expect to conduct offensive operations at this time:
Israel declared Tuesday it was ready to fight Hezbollah guerrillas for several more weeks, raising doubts about international efforts to broker an immediate cease-fire in the fighting that has killed more than 260 people and displaced 500,000. The military said early Wednesday it sent some troops into southern Lebanon searching for tunnels and weapons.
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The AP report shows the uselessness of the UNIFIL forces in southern Lebanon. Once again, a UN peacekeeping force did nothing to force a disarmament of terrorists, but instead provided a screening force that allowed them to re-arm without fear of reprisal. Now Israel has to face off against a tougher and better-armed enemy, one that all of the "peacekeeping" in the world didn't dissuade from committing an act of war against Israel last week.
The IDF may still launch a bigger cross-border operation if their soldiers do not get returned promptly. ...
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Contributed by Bill Faith on July 19, 2006 at 01:05 AM in , |