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...Back in the spring of 2002, when the moderate government of then President Mohammad Khatami sought to cozy up to the United States, Iran ordered Hizballah to call off its rocket attacks on Israel's northern border. Iran's then Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi flew to Beirut, and made an uncharacteristic public call for Hizballah to "exercise self-restraint." Within days, the border went quiet. But with an agitator like Ahmadinejad at the helm, Iran is more likely to watch the conflict burn than help to put it out, all the while playing to the crowds in the streets...
...which he pretends to be a real-life Dupree, while modestly disclaiming any particular ability as an actor. I don't believe the first claim, but I think we can all agree about the latter. This is a guy who has written three scripts with Wes Anderson - Bottle Rocket, Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums, which are also, come to think of it, presumptive comedies rather than the real thing. He has, as well, acted in 17 movies in this century alone, which works out to something pretty close to three a year. If that's goofing around, there...
...week operation in Gaza has thus far failed to yield either the return of Corporal Shalit or an end to Palestinian rocket fire, and Hamas appears to be more popular than ever. The Israelis insist that they must erase the threat to their citizenry by taking down the leadership of Hamas and Hizballah, and that a failure to do so would simply invite further provocations. But the track record suggests that military means may be unable to accomplish that goal, and the militants know this. They are clearly betting they can withstand the Israeli offensive as the civilian casualty toll...
...forest-covered mountains of northern Galilee were burning today, after missile strikes from Hizballah hit several villages and kibbutzim along the border in what Israeli Northern Command officers said was a well-coordinated attack. Multiple Katyusha rocket attacks, as well as several cross-border incursions by Hizballah fighters, left at least seven Israeli soldiers killed, a tank destroyed, two soldiers injured and two infantrymen held captive by Hizballah...
...ambush in Israel occurred shortly after 8 a.m. this morning, said the colonel, who described the events of the attack. Near the northern town of Zar'it, about two miles from the border, two Israeli humvees were on patrol when Hizballah fighters attacked with either rocket-propelled grenades or anti-tank weapons-possibly a roadside bomb-and set the vehicles on fire. Three soldiers were killed, two were injured and the remaining two soldiers were captured...