Posted on 08/03/2010 11:19:45 PM PDT by Dallas59
ADEISSEH, Lebanon – Lebanese and Israeli troops exchanged fire Tuesday in a fierce border battle that killed a senior Israeli officer, two Lebanese soldiers and a journalist — underlining how easily tensions can re-ignite along the frontier where Israel and Hezbollah fought a war four years ago.
It was the worst fighting since 2006 in the area, where Israeli and Lebanese soldiers patrol within shouting distance of each other, separated by the U.N.-drawn Blue Line boundary.
The fighting flared into Israeli tank, helicopter and artillery strikes near this Lebanese town, but ended after several hours and there was no sign that either side was preparing to escalate.
The Shiite guerrilla force Hezbollah said it offered to help the Lebanese army but in the end did not get involved. "We told our brothers, control yourselves and don't do anything," Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah in a televised speech.
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Thanks, UNIFIL!
Can there be any doubt that WW III is months, if not weeks away?
The Usurper has set Israel up by standing away from Her in the moment of need.
IMHO
...not only that but he is supplying the Lebanese army with upgraded, Western weapons in the hopes that this will ween them away from Syria and Iran. Fat chance just like the PLO with Arafart and Abbas, same problem, those weapons fell into HAMAS’ hands...oh, what a suprise!
Two Lebanese soldiers and a journalist. Seems like the normal ratio of the forces attacking Israel.
RIP.
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Slowly and surely the eminent war in the Middle East is starting to ramp up,so to speak. Soon, and probably,a massive war will occur? Israel will probably annihilate whomever joins the fray!?
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