Word: nabatiyah
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Beware of people throwing things at you in the Middle East, even shoes. Think David and Goliath or the Palestinian intifadeh - a rebellion set off by a thrown rock. Or better yet, think of the rocks thrown in Nabatiyah, Lebanon...
...Israelis fired back. Two Lebanese were killed. The Israelis expected little to come of it, understanding too late just how frustrated the Lebanese Shi'a were - frustrated by their own government, by the Palestinians, by the Americans, by the French, as well as by the invading Israelis. Nabatiyah quickly metastasized into a vicious 17-year guerrilla war. It would turn out to be Hizballah's Boston Tea Party, and led to Israel's first defeat in the field of battle when Israel withdrew from Lebanon in 2000. For us, though, Nabatiyah should be a crucial lesson in how a small...
...even if we were to stay in Iraq for the next hundred years. Unless we stick to the withdrawal schedule like a Swiss train, the odds go up that something like Sunday's shoe-throwing incident will cascade into a situation far beyond our control - an Iraqi Nabatiyah...
...Israeli army last week continued its slow withdrawal from southern Lebanon, pulling back from the area around the town of Nabatiyah as Lebanese cheered their departure. Another milestone was reached: the tenth anniversary of Lebanon's seemingly endless civil war, which has cost more than 100,000 lives...
Between Metullah in northern Israel and Nabatiyah in southern Lebanon, a winding road passes through two P.L.O. minefields. The Israelis have made no attempt to clean out the mines, a tedious and risky job that they would have to take on if they stayed. The Israelis are apt to find that Lebanon itself is a political minefield that poses ever greater dangers with each passing...