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US pressure prompts delay of [Israel's] offensive ("We do not want escalations" - White House)
Jerusalem Post ^ | Aug. 10, 2006 | Yaakov Katz & AP

Posted on 08/10/2006 1:24:03 AM PDT by Basel2005

The IDF General Staff postponed the expansion of ground operations in south Lebanon late Wednesday night, after the security cabinet earlier in the day approved a plan for a widened offensive that would take the army to the Litani River, over 20 kilometers from the border, and beyond, in an effort to prevent the incessant Katyusha rocket attacks on northern Israel.

The troops were already rolling late Wednesday when they were ordered to halt. It appears heavy US pressure delayed the offensive to allow diplomacy to run its course. A senior minister said Wednesday that Israel might delay the expansion for 2-3 days for that purpose.

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is ready to wait with the offensive until the weekend, said a senior government official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to discuss the issue with reporters. The offensive could begin earlier if Hizbullah launches a major attack on Israel, the official said.

Cabinet minister Rafi Eitan confirmed the govenment's decision to wait. "There are diplomatic considerations," he told Israel Radio. "There is still a chance that an international force will arrive in he area. We have no interest in being in south Lebanon. We have an interest in peace on our borders."

"We want an end to violence and we do not want escalations," White House press secretary Tony Snow said Wednesday hours after the Israeli Cabinet approved an expansion of the ground offensive in southern Lebanon.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel
KEYWORDS: 2006israelwar; israel
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To: jan in Colorado

Uhhh-uhhh.


21 posted on 08/10/2006 2:10:10 AM PDT by Just A Nobody (NEVER AGAIN..Support our Troops! www.irey.com and www.vets4Irey.com - Now more than Ever!)
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To: Basel2005

Let's see, when I set a box on the floor I am lifting it there?


22 posted on 08/10/2006 2:12:53 AM PDT by The Red Zone
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To: Just A Nobody
It's time!

23 posted on 08/10/2006 2:13:32 AM PDT by jan in Colorado
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To: jonrick46

Some kind of vague appeal to the Hezbullies not to shoot more Katyushas at Israel while Israel bombs yet more Hezbully facilities.


24 posted on 08/10/2006 2:14:09 AM PDT by The Red Zone
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To: Basel2005

Iran's sending people to fight in Lebanon, but we blink. Does this make Israel feel safe? Clearly the WH knew about Iranians fighting with Hezbollah...talk about stupid. Israel should have told the WH to stuff it.


25 posted on 08/10/2006 2:18:44 AM PDT by hershey
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To: Basel2005
This makes no sense.

I would think that the WH wants Lebanon to dominate the news cycle as cover while they take care of business in Baghdad.


BUMP

26 posted on 08/10/2006 2:35:13 AM PDT by capitalist229 (Get Democrats out of our pockets and Republicans out of our bedrooms.)
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To: Basel2005

I guess we are being blackmailed here in the states with liquid which might already be here!

We Must have been told a few days ago to get Israel to hault its activities!
Is this liquid the WMD which the liberals never said existed?

Do any of you remember hearing that conversation a few years back?

I heard Rush one day a few years back describe WMD small enough to be carry in one's pocket


27 posted on 08/10/2006 2:48:27 AM PDT by restornu (Steadfast as we move into troublesome days ahead: “We do not take counsel from our fears.”)
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To: restornu
I heard Rush one day a few years back describe WMD small enough to be carry in one's pocket

We've known for 20 years that there are some biolocial/chemical warfare agents where a few drops would wipe out quite a few people, so this is not new.

28 posted on 08/10/2006 3:31:12 AM PDT by AmericaUnited
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To: Basel2005

Israel screws around and fails to eliminate the hezzies will get Israelis killed. And loads of them.
What, is it the U.S. State Dept that objects to escalation?


29 posted on 08/10/2006 4:08:39 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (an enemy of islam)
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To: Basel2005

I knew Ohlmert is not up to the job.


30 posted on 08/10/2006 4:23:16 AM PDT by Stepan12 (NY Times: Bush finds cure for cancer; healthcare workers to suffer massive layoffs)
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31 posted on 08/10/2006 4:53:49 AM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn't do!)
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To: Basel2005

The Israeli people should dust off the President's speech to congress shortly after 9/11, and send him a copy. We have no business directing Israel on how they should proceed.


32 posted on 08/10/2006 5:01:46 AM PDT by conservativecorner
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To: Basel2005

White House: BUTT OUT!


33 posted on 08/10/2006 5:12:10 AM PDT by RoadTest (For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to they seed forever - Gen. 13:15)
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To: Basel2005
I'm tired of this talking out of both sides of our collective faces. Either Israel is a sovereign country who, has the right to defend itself or it's a puppet to world opinion.
34 posted on 08/10/2006 5:40:48 AM PDT by wolfcreek (You can spit in our tacos and you can rape our dogs but, you can't take away our freedom!)
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To: AmericaUnited

And what was that besides nitro?


35 posted on 08/10/2006 7:02:28 AM PDT by restornu (Steadfast as we move into troublesome days ahead: “We do not take counsel from our fears.”)
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To: jan in Colorado

Thanks for the ping. Hope you slept well here at FR. ;*)


36 posted on 08/10/2006 8:32:20 AM PDT by Just A Nobody (NEVER AGAIN..Support our Troops! www.irey.com and www.vets4Irey.com - Now more than Ever!)
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To: Basel2005

Okay, sounds like interference to me. So much for the free hand. Micro-managing someone else's messy war of self-defense...yet again.


37 posted on 08/10/2006 10:30:21 AM PDT by Paul Ross (We cannot be for lawful ordinances and for an alien conspiracy at one and the same moment.-Cicero)
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38 posted on 08/10/2006 6:02:19 PM PDT by Salem (FREE REPUBLIC - Fighting to win within the Arena of the War of Ideas! So get in the fight!)
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To: Basel2005
The Israelis should just ignore Washington and let the Israelis prosecute the war.
39 posted on 08/10/2006 6:03:53 PM PDT by garbageseeker ("The best form of defense is attack." -Karl Philippe Gottfried von Clausewitz)
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To: Basel2005

Bush is slowly becoming as destructive to our national security as Clinton.


40 posted on 08/10/2006 6:13:01 PM PDT by Texas Federalist (I - Texas)
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