Voice from the Commonwealth
Commentary, World Views and Occasional Rants from a small 'l' libertarian in Massachussetts

"If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest for freedom, go home and leave us in peace. We seek not your council nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams
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Friday, August 30, 2002

Israeli finally got sick of Hizbollah cross border attacks. Attacks which break the terms of the UN brokered ceasefire following Israel's pullout from Lebanon (where are the General Assembly denunciations and damning resolutions?). They have thretened miltary retaliation against Syria if the attacks continue. It worked for the Turks, we'll see if it works for Israel.

"Israel does not wish a military escalation, but if Syria, which pulls all the strings in Lebanon, wants to trigger one through Hezbollah, it should know that we will not sit idly by," an Israeli official told AFP on condition of anonymity.

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