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To: sageb1

Okay...I understand where you are coming from...I have seen Bush being called that on DUmmieland.


1,902 posted on 07/31/2006 7:56:00 PM PDT by Txsleuth ((((((((ISRAEL)))))))))
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Three-pronged attack aims to push Hizbullah back to Litani

The security cabinet approved early Tuesday morning expanded ground operations in Lebanon, while the IDF, under the assumption that only a few days were left for the operations against Hizbullah, was already gearing up Monday night for a massive ground incursion into Lebanon on three different fronts, utilizing the Golani, Nahal and the Paratroopers infantry brigades.

The plan, senior IDF sources said, was to utilize the last remaining days of the operation, which they estimated would be over by week's end, to push Hizbullah back as far north as the Litani River in central Lebanon. The plan was pending approval by the cabinet, which was meeting late Monday night.

"An extensive ground operation could destroy the Hizbullah terror infrastructure there," a high-ranking IDF source said. "This is our opportunity to strike at Hizbullah."

Defense Minister Amir Peretz rejected calls for a cease-fire on Monday. "This is a difficult and painful fight but we can overcome it," he said during a speech in the Knesset plenum. "We cannot agree to a cease-fire that will go into effect immediately."

In addition to the attempt to push Hizbullah north to the Litani, the IDF is also working on carving out a two-kilometer security zone along the northern border, under which all of the Hizbullah outposts there would be completely razed and guerrillas would not be allowed to return to the borderline area.

Hizbullah fired two Katyusha rockets at Kiryat Shmona on Monday. No one was wounded, but fires broke out as a result of the explosions.

At the moment, the IDF said that it did not intend to send the thousands of reservists who had been called up under emergency orders into Lebanon. Sources said the reservists would be used the earliest by Wednesday, although the decision was dependent on decisions made at the late-night cabinet meeting.

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1,909 posted on 07/31/2006 7:58:10 PM PDT by bnelson44 (Proud parent of a tanker! (Charlie Mike, son))
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To: Txsleuth
"Okay...I understand where you are coming from...I have seen Bush being called that on DUmmieland."

The thought also occurred to me that BOR did know about the Bush/Chimp reference, but wanted to portray it as racist for good reason. That's also a possibility.

2,041 posted on 07/31/2006 8:56:50 PM PDT by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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