Posted on 01/16/2007 3:03:34 PM PST by West Coast Conservative
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lieutenant-General Dan Halutz on Tuesday night announced his resignation as head of the military.
Senior IDF officers welcomed the resignation, saying it was "high time."
The deputy chief of staff, Moshe Kaplinsky, will act as the interim head of the armed forces. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert expressed regret over the move late Tuesday.
Two weeks ago, Halutz said he would resign if the Winograd committee implicated him as responsible for the mishandling of the second Lebanon war.
"If the committee hands down an unambiguous sentence, it would obligate me [to resign]," he said. The resignation, however, comes before the committee released its conclusions.
A military spokesman said early Wednesday that Halutz had told Olmert and Defense Minister Amir Peretz that he was quitting "as the investigations have run their course."
Senior IDF officers testified before the committee that they considered Halutz as responsible for the failures of the war.
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Fyi..
finally. one down, livni and olmert to go...
Good Riddence. I have friends that had nothing to eat or drink for days. In fact, this ass had the water dropped from helocopters from 100 feet (needless to say, all of the water ended up on the ground...) Hopefully, he will be brought up on criminal charges and help bring Olmert down.
Pinging Israeli news list
Didnt' go through well second time charm
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