War may last another month: U.N. official

[CHIMO]

NAQOURA, Lebanon — A top U.N. peacekeeping official on Friday said he feared the war in southern Lebanon would continue until late August and voiced fears Israel would flatten Lebanon's southern villages and destroy Tyre "neighborhood by neighborhood'' if Hezbollah rockets keep landing in the Jewish state.

Meanwhile Hezbollah officials have agreed to a peace package that would disarm the guerrilla fighters.

At U.N. peacekeeping headquarters in Naqoura, barely a stone's throw from Israel, political affairs officer Ryszard Morczynski said Tyre would become a target of intense Israeli attacks because Hezbollah was firing rockets from the city's suburbs into Israel's northern port of Haifa.

"It is clear that if the pace of the war continues as it is today it will continue until the end of August," Morczynski said.

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[benburch]

1. He is an optimist.

I expect this war will continue for the foreseeable future.

[CHIMO]

2. Optimist

Pessimist. Guess it depends on things such as blow back, and dead band, and on and on and on.

[Fredda Weinberg]

5. Israelis don't have that history

This reminds me of the Yom Kippur war, which surprised Israel and gave the Arab invaders an early advantage. As it turned in Israel's favor, diplomatic initiatives began and a ceasefire was arranged. I expect the same result here.

[mom cat]

3. Hezbolla has agrees to a truce, Israel has not.

[Gully Foyle]

4. I guess it is about

All about the water.
http://www.boingboing.net/
According to US magazine Time, Israel has been targeting SMS text messages at local officials in southern Lebanon, urging them to move north of the Litani river before Israeli military operations intensified. On Friday, residents of southern Lebanon reported receiving recorded messages on their mobile phones from an unknown caller. The speaker identified himself as an Israeli and warned people in the area to leave their homes and head north.
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1217951,00.html
With Hizballah showing more signs of tenacity than expected, the Israeli military issued warnings on Thursday for all residents remaining in south Lebanon to leave their homes and move north of the Litani River, which runs about 25 miles north of the border with Israel. But for far too many people, the warnings came too late.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5217484.stm
The speaker identified himself as an Israeli and warned people in the area to leave their homes and head north.

[kamtsa]

6. Another Israeli effrot to minimize civilian casualties

[Robbien]

7. The last time Israel invaded Lebanon they were stuck there 18 years

No way are they getting out of Lebanon in a month.

In the beginning the US said we would be out of Iraq in no more than 30 days.

[Earth_First]

8. Does this allow enough time for the CIA to operate false flag ops in Iran?

Or is that coincidence?

:tinfoilhat: