michaeltotten.com - 1/8/2009
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Three rockets "just struck Israel from Lebanon":http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/08/israel.rockets/ and wounded two people. CNN suggests they were fired by Palestinians, not by Hezbollah, and I'm guessing they're right.
walt.foreignpolicy.com - 1/5/2009
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walt.foreignpolicy.com —
Over at Salon.com, Glenn Greenwald has posted some
typically sharp and forceful comments on the gap between...
American public opinion on the conflict in Gaza and the public stance taken by our politicians. Citing a recent Rasmussen poll , he shows that ...
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Stephen M. Walt | A FOREIGN POLICY blog
ynetnews.com - 1/8/2009
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ynetnews.com —
At least two Katyusha rockets fired from southern
Lebanon land in Western Galilee region Thursday morning, in...
and around town of Nahariya; two people reported wounded in attack; school day cancelled in town. IDF shells rocket launching sites in ...
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Rocket barrage hits northern Israel
realclearpolitics.com - 1/9/2009
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realclearpolitics.com —
WASHINGTON -- Israel's leaders have purposely obscured their
war aims in Gaza. But there are only two...
possible endgames: (A) a Lebanon-like cessation of hostilities to be supervised by international observers, or (B) the disintegration of Hamas rule ...
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Two Endgames for Israel
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Michael Totten: Rockets Out of Lebanon
Victory Caucus -- All Content —
... Thursday, 08 January 2009 Three rockets just struck Israel from Lebanon and wounded two people. CNN suggests they were fired by Palestinians, not by Hezbollah, and I'm guessing they're right. read ...
Rockets From Lebanon
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... an action of their own.
b) If this was Hizballah, I would think it would be a little more spectacular than three to four rockets.
c) This has happened before. Some rogue Palestinian group or Sunni group will manage to launch a few rockets into Israel. Hizballah will get a case of the red ass because, hey, resistance along the Blue Line is their territory -- and theirs alone. And as long as the Israelis play it cool, no one else gets hurt. Totten adds: "CNN suggests they were fired by Palestinians, not by Hezbollah, and I'm guessing ...
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