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To: MinorityRepublican
Five days of fighting have given Israel pause to reevaluate the strength of one of its most hardened enemies -- Hizbollah.

Israel having second thoughts? Oh never mind, it's from Reuters.

1,426 posted on 07/16/2006 12:33:59 PM PDT by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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(AP) Heroic fighters to some, dangerous militia to others. The bloody fight that Hezbollah picked with Israel has deepened a longtime divide in Lebanon.

While Hezbollah supporters celebrated in the streets, other Lebanese were furious at being dragged into a costly confrontation with the Jewish state.

"I don't support Hezbollah's operation at all because it gives a pretext for Israeli aggression on Lebanon," said Ibrahim al-Hajj, 50, a Christian Maronite who owns a shoe store in the southern village of Qleia. "As long as Hezbollah has its weapons and acts according to its leader's whims, there is pretext for Israel to keep on destroying Lebanon."

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1,453 posted on 07/16/2006 12:42:47 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican (Everyone that doesn't like what America and President Bush has done for Iraq can all go to HELL)
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