TOTAL INFORMATION ANALYSIS

Sunday, July 23, 2006

Almost two weeks into Israel's latest quest for lebensraum, the pro-war media machine routinely parrots the idea that the Israeli soldiers "kidnapped" by Hezbollah were taken from Israel. However, initial reports indicated that Hexbollah in fact ambushed the Israeli Defense Forces while they were conducting an offensive raid in to Lebanon.

Here's one of those reports from Asia Times July 15, 2006:

"[...]It all started on July 12 when Israel troops were ambushed on Lebanon's side of the border with Israel. Hezbollah, which commands the Lebanese south, immediately seized on their crossing. They arrested two Israeli soldiers, killed eight Israelis and wounded over 20 in attacks inside Israeli territory.

This unleashed hell in Israel, and Olmert immediately responded by mounting a war on Lebanon. A sea, air and ground blockade was enforced on Lebanon, and a systematic destruction of Lebanon's infrastructure was began.

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• WhatReallyHappened.com has some more of those initial reports archived.

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