Israel in revenge attack

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ISRAELI jets pounded Lebanon yesterday in a revenge blitz that killed at least 55 people.

The air assaults were seen as payback after Hezbollah launched its deadliest day of rocket strikes on Sunday — killing 12 Israeli soldiers and three civilians.

The Lebanese toll yesterday included at least 15 people killed after nightfall in a missile attack on a southern Beirut suburb that had not been hit before.

It neighbours the Hezbollah stronghold of Haret Hreik, which was levelled by airstrikes in the past month.

The Sun

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1. As if all of Israel's attacks are "revenge"

and the Hezbolla attacks are "aggression".


That's nuts.

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2. I thought "revenge" was more accurate than "self defense".

"Lashes out blindly" would work too.

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4. Well the rules are the rules....

That's the headline. More's the pity for all who are dead and dying.

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3. Payback for the last 2 days

That's why it was important to interrupt the cycle with Leb PM 'retracts'...Qana will be a faint memory as more dead bodies pile up while Israel decides which deal it likes and which one it doesn't.

I read somewhere that the US increased the level of violence in Baghdad?

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5. I think the US is trying to keep the Green Zone "secure" until November.nt