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jus_the_facts

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Sun Aug-13-06 11:05 PM
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Lebanon falters over truce detail

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4789083.stm

Crucial Lebanese cabinet talks on disarming Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon under a UN-brokered ceasefire have been put off.

A truce between Israel and Hezbollah is due to come into force at 0500 GMT.

The postponement, amid reported divisions, seriously complicates the establishment of a stable ceasefire, the BBC's Nick Childs in Beirut says.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ordered the country's army to halt fighting at 2300 GMT on Sunday.

Israel will now begin withdrawing some of its forces immediately, according to the newspaper Haaretz, reporting on a meeting between Mr Olmert, Defence Minister Amir Peretz

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Fredda Weinberg

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Sun Aug-13-06 11:08 PM
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1. "detail" my ass n/t

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LeftCoast

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Sun Aug-13-06 11:14 PM
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2. Ha'aretz has a lot of good info on the cease-fire

It looks like both sides are viewing this as a shooting withdrawal. No more rockets into Israel if Israel stops bombing, however the ground war will continue as Israel quickly withdraws it's forces.

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David__77

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Mon Aug-14-06 10:18 AM
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3. Shame of aggression, withdrawing in rightful shame.

They have rightly earned the universal scorn of the Lebanese people.

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