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Titolo: Israeli raid in Lebanon tests truce (Reuters)

La notizia e' confermata. Vediamo che s'inventa il genio D'Alema :)
Am.
 Israeli raid in Lebanon tests truce
By Nadim Ladki  24 minutes ago
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Helicopter-borne Israeli commandos raided a Hizbollah 
bastion on Saturday in what Lebanon called a "naked violation" of the 
U.N.-backed truce that halted Israel's 34-day war with the Shi'ite 
Muslim group.
Israel said the operation in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley aimed to 
disrupt weapons supplies to Hizbollah from Syria and Iran. Both 
countries deny arming the group.
Lebanese security sources said three Hizbollah guerrillas were killed in 
a dawn firefight with the Israeli commandos. The Israeli army said it 
had suffered one dead and two wounded.
"It is a naked violation of the cessation of hostilities declared by the 
Security Council," Prime Minister Fouad Siniora told reporters.
Siniora said he had protested to visiting U.N. envoys who would take the 
matter up with Secretary-General Kofi Annan. The truce came into effect 
on Monday.
Commandos in two vehicles unloaded from helicopters were intercepted on 
their way to an office of a Hizbollah leader, Sheikh Mohammed Yazbek, in 
the village of Bodai, the Lebanese sources said. The Israelis withdrew 
under cover of air strikes.
"Special forces carried out an operation to disrupt terror actions 
against Israel with an emphasis on the transfer of munitions from Syria 
and Iran to Hizbollah," Israel's army said.
Bodai is 15 km (9 miles) northwest of the ancient city of Baalbek and 26 
km (16 miles) from the Syrian border.
The raid coincided with a Lebanese army drive to tighten its grip on the 
border with Syria. Thousands of troops deployed to block smuggling 
routes on Saturday, security sources said.
Nevertheless, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said continued Hizbollah arms 
shipments and the absence of Lebanese and international troops on the 
border had made the raid necessary.
"The ceasefire in Lebanon is based on U.N. Security Council resolution 
1701 which calls for a total international arms embargo on Hizbollah," 
said ministry spokesman Mark Regev.
"Israel reserves the right to act in order to enforce the spirit of the 
resolution."
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, Hizbollah's main ally in government, 
said he had also complained to the U.N. envoys, Terje Roed-Larsen and 
Vijay Nambiar, about the raid and said he was sure the guerrillas were 
too smart to retaliate.
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Velocizza le operazioni di trasferimento delle nostre truppe?

La notizia e' confermata.
Non vedo conferme se non da anonime fonti.
-Stefano

 Velocizza le operazioni di trasferimento delle nostre truppe?
Prima però moccola*! ;-)
*Chissà in quanti si sono pentiti di essersi offerti
di mandare truppe appena si profilava un cessate il fuoco
In ogni caso gli israeliani si sono precipitati a dire
che la cosa non è un interruzione del cessate il fuoco
(autoassolvendosi).
Inoltre la cosa stessa lascia perplessi sulle reali capacità
delle truppe speciali israeliane.
Hanno ucciso tre hezbollah, ma questi hanno ucciso
un ufficiale israeliano e ferito altri due militari.
In una missione che doveva essere "a sorpresa"
e rapida, mi pare che abbiano trovato "resistenza".
Mah! Ovviò che non si può giudicare da poche informazioni,
ma difficile dire che sia stata un'azione perfetta.
Ciao!