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Israeli army flattening Hezbollah posts on border
 JERUSALEM - Israeli army bulldozers have begun flattening positions previously held by Hezbollah militia so as to create a security zone inside southern Lebanon, a military official said on Monday.Sixty armoured bulldozers were ploughing areas north of the border, demolishing positions, bunkers and obstacles placed by Hezbollah since Israel withdrew from southern Lebanon in 2000, the official said. Sixty D9s are cleaning a fire-zone of about one kilometre in depth and flattening Hezbollah armed positions, he quoted Defence Minister Amir Peretz as saying during Sundays cabinet meeting. The Israeli army said Sunday it aimed to establish a security zone along the southern Lebanese border by Wednesday. By Wednesday we are going to establish a two-kilometer (one mile) wide security zone in which there will be no infrastructure or sign of Hezbollahs presence, army operations chief General Gadi Eisenkaut told reporters. Posted by: Steve White 2006-08-01 |
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