Today's leak brought to you by Nabisco.
Posted on 07/21/2006 1:10:49 PM PDT by Rutles4Ever
HALUTZ: LIMITED GROUND OPERATIONS
IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz said Friday that the IDF was likely to launch ground operations in Lebanon. “We will fight terrorism anywhere it is, and we will also carry out limited ground operations,” Halutz said during a press briefing in Tel Aviv Friday. He noted that a significant amount of Hizbullah terror infrastructure was damaged, and close to 100 Hizbullah operatives were killed – “on every rank and level.”
Despite the extensive Air Force operations, the air force alone cannot complete all of the operations demanded to defeat Hizbullah, the army chief hinted. “A jet cannot plant a flag,” Halutz said. “Sometimes a soldier has to look the enemy in the eye and fight him.”
“This conflict was forced upon us – we didn’t choose it. Terror activity is what brought us there. We withdrew from Gaza and Lebanon not planning to go back. But this cannot be used against us. We will fight terrorism wherever it is. Because if we don’t fight it, it will fight us. If we don’t reach it first, it will reach us.”
According to Halutz, “The restraint we showed during the years was interpreted by the enemy as weakness. I think that in this matter, they made a grave mistake – in assuming that we would persevere in abstention and restraint. Now we must bite our lip and continue the mission to restore our safety. In the end we will examine every operation and investigate every event, but right now the commanders have full backing; it is not the time not to support them. We are fighting battles that prove terror is close to our borders, and that don’t leave any shadow of a doubt as to what their intentions there are.”
Halutz detailed how Hizbullah built up its infrastructure over the years, and presented a short film illustrating how terrorists use religious institutions to store weapons. “Hizbullah, which gained control in Lebanon, planned for long-term war. It built infrastructure, armed itself and trained solely to attack the State of Israel and had no other purpose whatsoever. The battle against it costs a high price. The fact that they won’t publish the number of their operatives killed or their names, the fact they feed lies to the press, have no bearing on the reality.
“The IDF damaged and will continue to damage terror infrastructure in the heart of Beirut and in the Lebanon valley, in the south as well as in central Lebanon. We are operating against rocket infrastructure, against Hizbullah fighters everywhere and always. Many launchers were hit and infrastructure was damaged. Close to 100 Hizbullah terrorists from all levels and ranks were killed. We won’t publish the names we know. We will leave it to them to publish the names.”
The IDF was boosting troop presence along the northern border over the weekend. In addition to the Galilee Division deployed there, thousands more soldiers, including reservists, were arriving in the north.
On Friday morning the army also called up additional reserves soldiers to reinforce positions across the country and free up the active-duty forces to be sent up north.
How on earth does a NATION leak something? Are journalists even required to know how to read anymore. I know that critical thinking for them went out the door thirty years ago.
There's no time to lose, and frankly if there is any element of surprise left, that would be it.
Ya think? D'uh.
Does "Top Secret" mean we can't tell anyone except our closest friends?;)
Fags in the holy land. I repeat, fags in the holy land.
...Buckwheat IS dead...I repeat Buckwheat has been shot....
Peut-etre. Je pense que France n'aime pas les choses que les regarder stupide. Je veut dire a Chirac: tait-toi, putasse! Travaille, guerrir ou ferme-ta bouche.
Bah. But that won't happen.
That way the civilians cannot say they did not have notice. Just covering the bases.
-PJ
Yeah, that was my first thought also, but......do you really trust Monaco?
John has a long mustache
No, just saw the trailer on TV.
Today's leak brought to you by Nabisco.
There are no Israeli Troops in Lebanon. I repeat, there are no Israeli Troops in Lebanon.
Baghdad Bob....
Must be working with the Treason Times.
Why not? They fought a war on Yom Kippur.
This operation is so secret that the pamphlets used to warn civilians to leave Southern Lebanon were in ecretsay odecay.
Tom Cruise is OUT of the closet...I repeat, Tom Cruise is OUT of the closet.
Huge suprise considering they have cameras on the border with a line of tanks sitting there waiting.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.