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| Israel backs off plan to kill Nasrallah |
| 2006-09-29 |
| Israel has quietly backed off its plan to assassinate Hezbollah's leader because of the international condemnation that his killing would create, the Israeli daily Maariv reported Friday. During the 34-day war between Israel and Hezbollah that ended Aug. 14, Israel had targeted Hassan Nasrallah for assassination, security officials said, according to Maariv. Nasrallah went underground, though he repeatedly recorded videos from his hiding place that were broadcast on Lebanese television. When the war ended, the army recommended that the efforts to kill Nasrallah be called off because his assassination would lead to international criticism of Israel and would ignite an even more violent war, Maariv reported. However, the government declined to call off the hunt, the newspaper reported. Nasrallah emerged from hiding on Sept. 22 to address a massive rally in Lebanon celebrating Hezbollah's fight against Israel. Israel army officials determined they could assassinate him with an airstrike during the rally, but dozens of bystanders also would be killed, Maariv reported. The government decided an airstrike was not worth the risk, and accepted the army's recommendation that it should abandon efforts to kill Nasrallah for the time being, the newspaper reported. However, the government did not make a formal decision regarding Nasrallah. Israeli government spokesman Miri Eisin declined to confirm whether Nasrallah had been a target or if he no longer was being pursued. "We've always said that any terrorist should feel that his activities put him under our eye," she said. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #6 fuck international bitching |
| Posted by: sinse 2006-09-29 14:13 |
| #5 If Israel does not have the moral integrity to snuff a genocidal maggot like Nasrallah, then they abdicate all right to attack Iran. The two are indistinguishable and must be treated as such. Israel should have blown Arafat away decades before his long-delayed demise and any further waiting to cap Nasrallah will have the same net result, more dead Jews. If anyone watched Nasrallah on the "Obsession" video, I'd like them to tell me that they did not think of Adolph Hitler as they watched this maggot spew more bilious vomit to his adoring masses. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-09-29 13:56 |
| #4 A great way to draw him into the open! |
| Posted by: jim 2006-09-29 13:35 |
| #3 Didn't Sharon have Arafat in his crosshairs at one time? And did he not live to regret that he did not pull the trigger? 50 calibre sniper rifle would be the way to do it. You know good and well that Nasrallah would take a shot at any Jooooo he could get in his sights. |
| Posted by: Sleaper Thraviter2776 2006-09-29 10:45 |
| #2 Dolts! They could've neither confirm or deny that, even if they do. Perhaps Omelette just wanna look good to the "international community"(that's natuarlly quite in vain). |
| Posted by: Duh! 2006-09-29 09:51 |
| #1 In other news, Israel has announced its dissolution. Arrangements are being made to find its 4.5 million Jewish inhabitants residence in the U.S., Europe, and Australia. |
| Posted by: Perfesser 2006-09-29 09:47 |