the deskRat chronicles' coveted , "this job's gonna be a little tougher than i thought " award goes to ...

the israeli defense forces for their assault on lebanon's civilians and infrastructure in order to destroy hezbollah.
israeli soldiers cry over buddy killed by hezbollah



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060726/ap_on_re_mi_ea/lebanon_israel_462 *( deskRat chronicles condensed version featured below)

14 Israeli troops killed by Hezbollah By SAM F. GHATTAS, Associated Press Writer
Wed Jul 26, 9:31 AM ET

Hezbollah inflicted heavy casualties on Israeli troops as they battled for a key hilltop town in southern Lebanon for a fourth day Wednesday, with as many as 14 soldiers reported killed. Lebanese officials, meanwhile, confirmed that four U.N. observers were killed by an Israeli airstrike on their post Tuesday night.



Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told Israeli lawmakers that he wants to establish a strip of a little more than a mile wide in south Lebanon that will be free of Hezbollah guerrillas, giving the dimensions of a new "security zone" for the first time.

"We want a two-kilometer (1.2-mile) space from the border in which it will not be possible to fire rockets toward soldiers and civilians' houses and in which there will not be contact with military border patrols," Olmert told parliament's Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee, according to participants at the closed meeting.

Israeli soldiers patrolled a "security zone" during Israel's 18-year occupation of south Lebanon, but Olmert indicated the new buffer zone would be different. "We do not have any intention of returning to the security zone but want to create an area where there will be no Hezbollah," he was quoted as saying.

The Israeli public currently overwhelmingly supports the army's broad offensive in Lebanon, but is not likely to support any reoccupation.

Israel has faced fiercer resistance than expected as it advances across the border in its two-week campaign against the Islamic militant group.

Al-Arabiya, a Dubai-based satellite TV channel, said 14 Israeli soldiers had been killed. Hezbollah's chief spokesman Hussein Rahhal said of the battle: "What I can tell you is that 13 Israelis have been burned alive in their tanks on our land."

The Israeli military said there were 20 Israeli casualties, but it would not say if any soldiers had been killed.

Israeli army commanders also have presented a more limited agenda, saying Israeli ground troops would not push deep into Lebanon and the objective is to kill as many Hezbollah fighters as possible and push others away from the border.


A new volley of Hezbollah rockets hit northern Israel on Tuesday, killing a teenage girl. Hezbollah's leader, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, issued a taped television message saying guerrillas would start firing rockets deeper into Israel.

As the Israeli incursion continued, the senior Hezbollah leader said the guerrillas had not expected such an onslaught when they killed eight Israeli soldiers and captured two others during a cross-border raid on July 12.

"The truth is — let me say this clearly — we didn't even expect (this) response ... that (Israel) would exploit this operation for this big war against us," Komati told the AP.

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george w. bush --hurricane katrina relief --"brownie you're doin a great job "
george w. bush --invasion of iraq--"mission accomplished!"
george w. bush --invasion of afghanistan --"the taliban has fallen"
george w. bush --invasion of the pretzels --"i'll just get some snacks and watch some football on tv "

george w. bush -- visiting florida school children on 9-11-01-- "mr. president america is under attack--DO SOMETHING! "

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adolph hitler--world war two--"from where the german soldier sets foot , there is no such thing as retreat !"

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napoleon bonaparte -- invasion of russia--"i did experience a few difficulties in moscow."

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