"This was a well-planned operation that took months of preparation. A similar operation failed earlier this year. Hezbollah was tactically very smart, but strategically they were taking a real gamble. The goal was to win the release of [three] Lebanese prisoners being held in Israeli prisons, and probably to bolster Hezbollah’s image and take . advantage of Israel’s preoccupation with Gaza."
Thursday, July 20, 2006
Six Questions on Lebanon for Augustus Richard Norton (Harpers.org)
A fantastic interview at Harpers, here is a tid-bit:Six Questions on Lebanon for Augustus Richard Norton (Harpers.org):
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