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  • Israel admits air war has failed to end the Hizbollah rocket threat (DUmmies discuss Middle East)

    08/05/2006 3:30:51 PM PDT · by Right_Wing_Madman · 3 replies · 229+ views
    TEL AVIV, Israel - The Israeli military began preparing to reoccupy southern Lebanon on Thursday, and Israeli officials conceded that their three-week bombing campaign has had no significant impact on Hezbollah's ability to fire short-range rockets into northern Israel. The dispatch of thousands of Israeli soldiers to retake as much as one-fifth of Lebanon - the operation must still be approved by the Israeli Cabinet - would mark a major expansion in Israel's Lebanon campaign and would reverse Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon six years ago after a troubled 18-year occupation. It also would complicate efforts in the United Nations to...