[La Enchiladita]

Aug. 10, 2006 23:44 | Updated Aug. 10, 2006 23:58

Analysis: IDF fumes over denied victory

By YAAKOV KATZ


The booms of Katyusha rockets continued; another day of what has become routine in the North. But the IDF was holding position, waiting for orders that did not come. After 30 days of fighting, the war with Hizbullah seemed to be nearing its conclusion Thursday.

Just a day earlier, the situation had looked drastically different. The security cabinet had approved the army's request to send thousands of troops up to the Litani River and beyond in an effort to destroy Hizbullah's infrastructure and to stop the Katyusha attacks. After the cabinet meeting, one division actually began moving north from Metulla. Its goal - to clear out al-Khiam and Marjayoun and to reach the Litani.

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[samadams2000]

Get home Bibi...your running the show next week.

[Truth29]

Shameful. What is Olmert going to tell the families of these dead soldiers? What did they die for? How soon will Hezbollah and its masters come again? And will the army follow Olmert's orders to remove Jewish settlers by force the next time he orders it?