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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-09-06 09:32 PM
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Israel Suspends Expanded Lebanon Offensive to Give Diplomacy a Chance

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L10140043.htm

10 Aug 2006 02:23:39 GMT
Source: Reuters

ISRAEL SUSPENDS EXPANDED LEBANON OFFENSIVE TO GIVE DIPLOMACY A CHANCE - ISRAELI NEWSPAPER


yeah!
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Purveyor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-09-06 09:34 PM
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1. Translation: We are waiting for the next shipment of USA bombs
to arrive and still a bit unorganized 'on the ground'...
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-09-06 10:36 PM
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18. Jazzy double speak

Land, water, and no peace.
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zreosumgame Donating Member (862 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-09-06 11:02 PM
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24. SO how many agreements has Isreal kept of this kind?
They are in violation of 60 or so UN resolutions, and I cannot recall one of these deals they have actually kept without cheating of some kind or other. Just look at the 'settlers' for example.
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FlavaKreemSnak Donating Member (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 02:56 AM
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26. If we make Lebanon agree to be occupied Israel will keep their part

I think that is still the sticking point in the diplomacy, getting the Pro-American leaders in Lebanon to agree to the occupation and to kill any of their citizens that fight back.

I think Israel finally made a concession and said that they would agree to let UN troops help kill them.
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Poll_Blind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-09-06 09:34 PM
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2. How generous, these friends of diplomacy, the Israelis. n/t
PB
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TomInTib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-09-06 09:34 PM
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3. Great news! I suppose the rockets I have been watching live on CNN
are simply mirages.

My eyes are old and must be playing tricks on me.
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wakeme2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-09-06 09:35 PM
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4. translation.... Too many of their troops are dying
and the Lebanonese ppl are not tossing Roses to them...
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-09-06 10:45 PM
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21. they just admitted it is NO SLAM DUNK!
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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-09-06 09:35 PM
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5. What....did Dick Cheney tell Israel to cool it for a while...
...until the republicans could get a better reading on the full meaning of the Lieberman lose?
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ugarte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-09-06 09:36 PM
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6. Smart move. Why sacrifice more casualties for land to be given back?
The tragedy is they could have made this deal on the first day and saved 1,000 Lebanese and 100 Israelis.
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DoYouEverWonder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-09-06 09:40 PM
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7. In other words
Israel will be stepping up operations effective immediately.
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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-09-06 09:49 PM
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10. That was my guess, a head fake. nt
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breakaleg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-09-06 09:44 PM
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8. I'm sure if Israel felt they were winning the way they wouldn't pull
back now, and there are probably a lot of reasons why they could have done this.

But it's a good thing, and I'll take it.
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villager Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-09-06 09:46 PM
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9. good!
n/t
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spindrifter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-09-06 09:50 PM
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11. The closest I get to that statement is the ribbon banner on
Haaretz that currently says "Bolton cautiously optimistic..." Nothing else on that paper gives any indication there is movement.
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regnaD kciN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-09-06 10:25 PM
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15. Haaretz now has a new ribbon banner up saying the same thing...
...even as their lead news story has the cabinet giving approval to escalating the ground offensive.

:wtf:
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gp Donating Member (645 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-09-06 10:31 PM
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16. Apparently there's a growing rift between the IDF and Israeli Government
I've posted an article about this, that might explain the contradictions
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1869032
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 07:43 AM
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27. bttft
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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-09-06 10:14 PM
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12. U.S. calls for an end to escalations of Mideast fighting
CRAWFORD, Texas – The White House said Wednesday neither Israel nor Hezbollah should escalate their month-old war, a pointed comment after Israel decided to widen its ground invasion of southern Lebanon.

Although White House press secretary Tony Snow said the message was for both sides, his remarks came as Israel's Security Cabinet voted to expand the war effort in an attempt to deal further blows to Hezbollah. The criticism was among the administration's strongest concerning longtime ally Israel since the fighting began.

Maybe this had something to do with it ...

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20060809-1246-us-mideast.html
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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-09-06 10:16 PM
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13. Israel suspends Lebanon offensive for talks: paper
Another source.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert put plans for an expanded Lebanon offensive on hold on Thursday to give a chance for U.S.-led efforts to form a peacekeeper force that could curb Hizbollah, a newspaper said.

Israel's Maariv daily said the suspension decision was made after midnight, hours after Olmert's security cabinet decided to deepen an already four-week-old assault on Hizbollah positions in southern Lebanon.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060810/ts_nm/mideast_lebanon_suspension_dc
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jpkenny Donating Member (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-09-06 10:57 PM
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22. As they continue to bomb the hell out of civilians in the meantime. nt
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Just Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-09-06 10:23 PM
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14. and the bushites have never, ever lied to anyone, ever.
:eyes:
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-09-06 10:33 PM
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17. Now that's real double talkie.

Land, water, and no peace.
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LeighAnn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-09-06 10:39 PM
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19. Was this before or after the 15 soldiers got killed? n/t
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slampoet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-09-06 10:44 PM
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20. May peace prevail.
Amen.
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Vidar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-09-06 11:00 PM
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23. Hopefully good news, but not holding my breath.
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HuffleClaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-10-06 02:23 AM
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25. funny spin, the truth is they are rearming and resting a tad between
offensives.
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