Israel Violates Cease Fire Agreement
Well, that certainly didn't take long.
On Saturday, Israeli commandos raided a Hezbollah stronghold deep in Lebanon, engaging in a fierce gunbattle, and the Lebanese government threatened to halt further troop deployments to protest what U.N. officials called a violation of the 6-day-old cease-fire.
Israel said the raid was launched to stop arms smuggling from Iran and Syria to the militant Shiite fighters. An Israeli officer was killed during the raid, and two soldiers were wounded, one seriously.
There were no signs of further clashes, but the flare-up underlined worries about the fragility of the cease-fire as the U.N. pleaded for nations to send troops to an international force in southern Lebanon that is to separate Israeli and Hezbollah fighters.
The office of Secretary-General Kofi Annan issued a statement later Saturday labeling the operation a violation of the U.N. truce.
posted by EAPrez @ 9:51 AM
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It is strange that it took six days to break the cease fire.... or rather it is strange that this has caused such outrage, because the existance of Hezbollah, as an armed militia, is in breach of the resolution. And if the raid was an attempt to stop arms entering the country, except when agreed by the Lebanese government, then in fact Israel was acting to uphold the resolution, and by extension the cease fire.
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