Halutz to face wrath of reserve officers

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Senior officers in the reserves are planning to carry out an unprecedented attack on Chief of Staff Dan Halutz during a meeting scheduled for Tuesday to discuss the lessons of the war in Lebanon.

Criticism of Halutz and his management of the war is growing among reserve officers, including some with the rank of general.

However, officers whose names were made public during Channel 10 news last night, deny the report that they intend to call on Halutz to resign because of his failures.

"I did not hide my views regarding the conduct of the war," said Major General (res.) Uri Sagi, former head of Military Intelligence. "I think that there was a great gap in the expectations, between the aims and the ability to achieve them. It is obvious to me that the chief of staff is responsible to everything that takes place but I cannot dismiss anyone, nor do I decide who should be dismissed."

Haaretz