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this is a message to the people of
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Lebanon the defense minister have been
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pressing for three months for a massive
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invasion of the Lebanon plan would not
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be for a limited operation but for one
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which might go all the way to
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Beirut cross to have been buried in M
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Sab and a large plot of unmarked Graves
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murderous attacks on the Marine
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headquarters and a building
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housing make so evident the beastial
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nature of those who would assume
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intelligence is particularly concerned
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that hezb sworn enemy of the US today
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amongst Christians among to go into
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leanon personal wireless devices
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has been killed Hezbollah is it's not
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out but it's really down it's clobbered
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their leadership has been decimated
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Hezbollah is a menace to the Lebanese
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State called resolution 1559 where the
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disarming of the setbacks heah has
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demonstrated its capabilities to
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security cabinet agreeing to end the
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fighting with accept the C fire as a
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major
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blow forces in Damascus have declared
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the capital
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city and hisbah will build
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itself do you remember when your country
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was called the pearl of the Middle
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East I
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do so what happened to Lebanon
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this is a Lebanon often romanticized in
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the late' 60s and' 70s a destination for
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Seaside tourism and Cosmopolitan life
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but this image is only part of the story
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beneath the surface there was a far more
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complex and painful reality milk and
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honey for the honey is not so sweet
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Lebanon was a country trying to hold
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itself together often called a mosaic a
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place where Christians sunnis Shiites
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and Drews all
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coexisted but this Mosaic was anything
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but
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harmonious the Christians especially the
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maronites held most of the
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power their dominance a legacy of the
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French mandate had created deep divides
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while lebanon's CH Community was left on
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the
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fringes the shates concentrated in the
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rural South and the Bika Valley lived in
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poverty they were lebanon's forgotten
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population struggling with poor
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infrastructure minimal health care and a
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lack of Education in a country built on
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power sharing they were almost
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invisible the Shiites weren't alone in
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the South sharing this space were
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Palestinian refugees who had arrived
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decades earlier
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flashing Long Island the general
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assembly of the United Nations has made
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its decision on when Israel was
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established by the United Nations in
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1948 it wasn't just about drawing new
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borders it displaced hundreds of
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thousands of Palestinians forcing them
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to
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flee uprooted from their homes many
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sought refuge in neighboring Arab
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countries with a significant number
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heading north into Lebanon
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this wasn't a temporary situation
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Palestinian refugees settled into camps
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the nacba wasn't over for the
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Palestinians and The Echoes of that
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disaster would soon Ripple through
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Lebanon and the entire
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region in
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1967 the Arab world faced a crushing
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defeat against Israel Israel is
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embroiled in in a war with the Arab
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nations in just 6 days Israel's military
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swept across the region leaving a trail
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of stunned and defeated Arab Army in its
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wake golen Heights East Jerusalem and
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the Sinai Peninsula now fell under
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Israeli
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control this Victory not only solidified
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Israel's dominance but also marked the
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end of NASA's pan Arab nationalist
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movement
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for years to come Egypt and Jordan would
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remain neutralized sidelined from any
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confrontation with
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Israel Lebanon however took a different
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path remaining neutral during the Arab
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Israeli War of
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1967 General albani the libanese Army
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Chief refused to open a new front along
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lebanon's borders with Israel
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the Lebanese had long embraced what they
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called lebanon's strength in weakness
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they thought that by positioning itself
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as the Switzerland of the Middle East
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Lebanon could avoid conflict but this
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belief would soon prove tragically
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misguided under pressure from Regional
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Powers Lebanon was forced to sign the
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Cairo agreement with the Palestinian
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Liberation Organization led by yasa
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Arafat this wasn't a decision Lebanon
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made freely the agreement was signed
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between the PLO and general bani
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allowing them to establish bases along
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lebanon's borders particularly within
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the Refuge camps in southern
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Lebanon one year later in
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1970 after being expelled from Jordan
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during Black September the PLO fully
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relocated its operations to Southern
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Lebanon home to a Shia majority
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tensions escalated between the PLO and
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Israel turning Southern Lebanon into a
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Battle
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Ground Israeli forces frequently launch
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Air Raids against PLO positions with
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skirmishes along the border escalating
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into full-blown battles insisting
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escalate more and more we haven't Choice
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it is our
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home as the violence intensified the
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already weakened Lebanese state was
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powerless to
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intervene the situation worsened in
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1975 when Lebanon plunged into Civil War
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a conflict that would last 16
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years at least 50 sometimes 100
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the Lebanese Civil War saw Israel Ally
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with the Christian falangists Paving the
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way for direct Israeli intervention the
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Israelis have allies the falangists an
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extreme right-wing militia which
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controls the Christian Villages dotted
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along lebanon's Southern
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Edge Lebanon was no longer a bystander
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it was becoming the front line in the
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Arab Israeli conflict
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in
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1978 Israel launched operation Lani its
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first major invasion of Lebanon invasion
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of Lebanon began in the early hours of
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the 15th their goal was to drive the PLO
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north of the Lani River and create a
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buffer zone to protect its northern
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towns Israel had captured almost all of
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South Lebanon except the city of T up to
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the edge of the Lani River an area of
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500 square miles or more the operation
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was Swift and it was brutal thousands of
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Lebanese civilians mostly shates were
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displaced for the Shia population this
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invasion was a wakeup call their homes
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were destroyed their families scattered
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and their government nowhere to be seen
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nobody is coming to help us we have no
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bread no food not even water no
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electricity nothing nothing we are alone
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we have nothing we need everything you
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see we we are in south of Lebanon alone
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and we have no [ __ ] government
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Southern Lebanon was left to fend for
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itself in this vacuum of power something
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began to stir the seeds of resistance
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were being planted another Invasion come
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on it's not an invasion we walked in and
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we're walking out but uh if you want to
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call it an invasion you're welcome but
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on June
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1982 Israel launched its second invasion
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of Lebanon aiming to end the pl's
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presence in the country entirely
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this time however the invasion extended
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beyond the southern regions pushing deep
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into lebanon's
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heart Beirut once crafted by European
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powers to be the Paris of the Middle
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East had now become a war
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zone the P's stronghold was supposed to
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be the primary target but Israel's
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aggressive military tactics spared no
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one within days Israeli forces had
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reached beirut's outskirts and by August
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after weeks of Siege and intense
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International pressure the PLO
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negotiated an evacuation and left the
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capital but this was only the beginning
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with the PLO gone Israeli troops pushed
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further into West bayout tightening
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their hold on the
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city in mid-september the situation took
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a horrific turn as the world watched
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Lebanese Christian militias supported by
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Israeli forces entered the Palestinian
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refugee camps of Sabra and
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chatila the militias unleash a massacre
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thousands of Palestinian civilians women
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children and the elderly were brutally
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slaughtered in the morning these people
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came and who are these
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people from the Kay yes their leader is
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Bash while the Christian militias
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carried out the attacks many believed
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Israel's hands were behind this
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atrocity in the wake of Israel's
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Invasion Southern Lebanon was devastated
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the Shiite communities already enduring
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years of poverty and
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marginalization now face the harsh
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reality of
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occupation with the PLO driven out
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Israeli forces expanded their occupation
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across Lebanon establishing a firm
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stronghold in the
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South meanwhile Christian falangists
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with a blood of Massacre on their hands
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and backed by Western allies seized
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control of the government can rely on
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the help of the United States it is my
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soon after US Marines and French troops
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arrived on Lebanese soil as so-called
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peacekeepers the presence of 800 Marines
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in Beirut will stabilize the situation
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this felt like a layered occupation
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Israel in the South a complicit
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government in power and foreign troops
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on their
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soil they faced a choice remain passive
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and risk more suffering or rise to
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defend their
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land within days of Israel's Invasion
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approximately 1500 Iranian voluntary
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forces made their way into Lebanon
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through Syria not to take control but to
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offer their support as
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allies inspired by their recent
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Revolution and ayat K's call to resist a
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ression these Fighters offered tactical
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training they shared hard run strategies
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to strengthen lebanon's shik resistance
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which had gained momentum under leaders
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like Musa Sada who had founded the Amel
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movement in the mid
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70s this support was essential but
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limited Iran was already facing a brutal
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war with Iraq after Saddam Hussein's
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Invasion and fighting on two fronts was
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unsustained
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stainable Ayatollah Ki aware of these
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pressures advised against a prolonged
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Iranian
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presence he insisted that the Lebanese
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should lead their own
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resistance the Iranian volunteers
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respected this eventually stepping back
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in a Handover leaving behind a capable
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local
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Force this Foundation of support laid
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the groundwork for what would soon
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become the Islamic resistance in Lebanon
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which would be later known as Hezbollah
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the party of
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God as hezbollah's influence grew so did
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its tactics through unconventional
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warfare they made the occupation cost ly
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targeting both Israeli and US positions
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American peacekeeping forces devastated
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4 months later the Americans withdrew
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unwilling to sustain such losses in a
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country where every hand was against
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them in
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1989 the TA agreement brought an
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official end to lebanon's long and
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brutal Civil War
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it called for the disarmament of all
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militias to restore sovereignty and
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order with one
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exception Hezbollah was allowed to
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remain armed to fight the Israeli
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occupation and Liberate the South as
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outlined in the
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agreement the 1990s became hb's
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Foundation years a period of rebuilding
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organizing and
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strengthening Israel however believed it
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could crush this emerging Force
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confident that t targeting its
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leadership would bring Hezbollah to its
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knees in February
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1992 hezbollah's Secretary General SED
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abas musavi was traveling with his
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family when his Convoy came under a
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sudden lethal
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attack an Israeli helicopter gunship
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ambushed them and in a barage of rockets
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he was killed along with his wife wife
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and young son was accidental we wanted
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to kill the terrorists themselves and
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their leaders not their families but
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that happens in any kind of warfare it
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was a move meant to break hezbollah's
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morale by taking down one of its most
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respected leaders and their capacity to
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attack us uh have changed dramatically
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we will be able to defend ourselves
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better they will be able to hit us uh
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not as effectively because the
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organizing brain uh has been uh removed
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but Israel's strategy backfired the
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assassination didn't weaken h Ola
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instead it paved the way for its new
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leader Israel's worst nightmares for
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decades to
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come s Hassan nalah a young charismatic
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leader Rose to take mavi's
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place under his leadership Hezbollah
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became more disciplined more strategic
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setting the stage for a new era of
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resistance and its most defining
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victories
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from now on in Lebanon May the 25th will
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be a holiday the national day of
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resistance and Liberation to celebrate
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the departure of the Israelis from the
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South May 2000 after after years of
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persistent resistance Hezbollah achieved
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what no Arab Force had done
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before they forced Israel to withdraw
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completely from Southern
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Lebanon through years of organized and
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determined resistance they made the
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occupation unbearable for Israel
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ultimately driving them off occupied
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Lebanese land fattima gate until now the
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Israel Army's main gate celebrate the
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departure of the Israelis from the south
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HB Fighters walked back into their towns
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as Heroes and for a moment sectarian
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Lines Blurred as Lebanese citizens from
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all backgrounds joined in the victory SW
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movement mingling with ordinary people
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who have after 22 years been able to
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return to their hometowns and Villages
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it was a rare unifying chapter for the
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country but as hb's fluence grew so did
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the questions about its role in
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lebanon's
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future February 14th 200an prime
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minister rafii was killed in a massive
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blast Valentine's Day took a tragic turn
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for Lebanon a massive explosion tore
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through Beirut shattering buildings and
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lives
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Rafi Keri lebanon's former prime
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minister was assassinated along with 21
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others his assassination rocks the
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country igniting a wave of grief and
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outrage that quickly turned into
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action fingers pointed at Syria and its
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young leader Bashar al-assad as Hariri
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had been a Critic of the Syrian
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government and its Pro prolonged
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presence in
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Lebanon in a wave of protests that would
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become known as the seedar revolution
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thousands pour into martyr's square
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wrapped in lebanon's colors calling for
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an end to Syrian control over
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Lebanon under intense pressure Syria
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pulls its troops out ending a nearly
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three decade presence in the
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country as Syria departs voices calling
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for Lebanese sovereignty quickly shift
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Ed towards
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Hezbollah the groundwork for this moment
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had been laid the year before resolution
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1559 act by the United States called for
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the disarmament of militias and the
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sovereignty of the Lebanese
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State while the resolution didn't
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explicitly name Hezbollah it was clear
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who the target
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was text of uh the transition that is
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going on here that uh the Lebanese
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leadership fully understands its
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responsibilities to the full
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implementation of 1559 and that includes
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the disbandment of of militi the Bush
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Administration emboldened by its
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invasion of Iraq promoted this
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resolution as part of its broader vision
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for a new Middle East States like these
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and their terrorist allies constitute an
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Access of Evil for Hezbollah and many
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Lebanese disarmament was out of the
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question the group saw its weapons as
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essential for defending Lebanon
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especially with Israel just over the
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border the scars of Israel's invasions
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were still fresh and the Shabah arms a
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disputed strip of land seized in
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1967 remains under Israeli
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control a reminder of hezbollah's
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Unfinished Business
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but their goals weren't just territorial
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for years hbot had called for the
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release of Lebanese prisoners held in
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Israeli
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jails meanwhile Israel wasn't Idol along
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the border it carried out Military
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drills simulating strikes on Lebanese
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border
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towns after its withdrawal from Southern
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Lebanon in 2000 Israel was left with an
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uncomfortable reality HB wasn't just a
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resistance movement anymore it had grown
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into a formidable military
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force the stage was set for what many
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believed was
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inevitable the only question left was
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when the spark would ignite
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July 12th
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2006 eight Israeli soldiers were killed
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and two were captured
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Israeli Prime Minister ihud olat
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rejected holl's offer vowing that Israel
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would not negotiate with terrorists
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the capture of the soldiers became the
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justification for a full-scale military
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response but the speed and spale of
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Israel's reaction suggested that they
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had been waiting for this
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moment they both had different reasons
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as they department at White House for
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wanting Israel to do it encouraging them
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to do it supporting them our Air Force
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worked very closely with the Israeli Air
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Force for months before this not
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necessarily with a deadline knowing when
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it would happen it was always going to
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be whenever there was an incident they
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would take advantage of an incident air
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strikes targeted Barrett's airport to
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enforce a blockade on Lebanon and struck
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key infrastructure in the
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South Bridges crumbled highways turned
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to dust the second Lebanon war had
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become
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done Hezbollah responded with rockets
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targeting Northern Israeli cities
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including
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Hyer for the first time the group
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demonstrated its ability to strike deep
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into Israel
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territory the attack shocked Israel a
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reminder that this conflict was unlike
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any
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before Southern Lebanon came under
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Relentless air strikes buildings were
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flattened and the deia neighborhood in
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Beirut better known as holla stronghold
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was reduced to
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Rubble Whispers of nella's death spread
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rapidly fueling the chaos for tense
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desperate days it seemed like Hezbollah
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might not make it
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m
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Hezbollah delivered a stunning blow a
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missile struck an Israeli warship while
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Australis taped message was broadcast on
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hezbollah's television
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simultaneously the next day Hezbollah
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Rockets struck deeper into Hyer
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civilians fled to Bong shelters as
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hezbollah's deia fora Doctrine took
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shape for every strike on hezbollah's
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stronghold in Beirut they would
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retaliate against hia and
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Beyond with the air campaign failing to
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stop hezbollah's rocket attacks Israel
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launched a ground offensive into
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Southern Lebanon overconfident from its
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history of Swift invasions and we going
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to get to go into
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leanon but the ruget terrain of Southern
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Lebanon and hezbollah's Guerilla tactics
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turned the operation into a
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nightmare Israel's assaults became more
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violent civilian areas including
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hospitals and residential zones became
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Targets in an attempt to pressure
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Hezbollah internally what we're seeing
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here in a sense is the the growing the
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birth pangs of a new Middle East and uh
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whatever we do we have to be certain
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that we're pushing forward to the new
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Middle East not going back to the the
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old one calls for holl's disarmament
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Amplified by resolution 1559 grew louder
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once again among Western leaders for
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almost 2 years has been fortifying and
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arming militia down in the south of
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Lebanon in defiance of the UN resolution
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1559 the best way to stop the violence
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is for Hezbollah to lay down its arms
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and to stop attacking as un broker
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ceasefire talks were underway Israel
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launched a final ground offense
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hoping to gain an advantage before the
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ceasefire took
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effect the campaign's Final Chapter
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ended disastrously for Israel deepening
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the sense of loss and frustration among
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its military and
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citizens finally on August 12th after 30
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3 days of brutal fighting the UN broker
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resolution
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1701 called for a ceasefire bringing the
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conflict to an
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end even though both sides claimed
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Victory the aftermath of the war
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unfolded in two contrasting narratives
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first it was Tunisia then Egypt now the
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autocratic regime in Libya may be the
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next to fall anti-government protests
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are threatening the future of dictator
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momar Gaddafi but his 42 the year is
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2011 the Arab Spring sweeps across the
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Middle East like wildfire toppling
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governments and sparking protests fueled
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by dreams of freedom and
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change but in Syria the story takes a
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darker bloody a turn president alassad
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has lost legitimacy that he needs to
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step down what began a series of
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demonstrations against the government
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quickly spirals into
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chaos within weeks chance in the streets
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give way to bus and
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bombs senior military officer in the
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Syrian city of hammer has defected along
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with up to 50 of his soldiers the
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defection of Syrian military fractures
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the nation into a patchwork of rival
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factions Rebel groups extremist militias
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and lobal Powers each pursuing their own
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agenda now after careful deliberation I
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have decided that the United States
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should take military action against
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Syrian regime targets ass Syria
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descended deeper into turmoil it
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instability began bleeding into Lebanon
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religious War may be spreading Beyond
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borders today bomb exploded inist
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kidnapped in Lebanon last a group linked
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to Al-Qaeda is claiming responsibility
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for two suicide bomb attacks near the
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Iranian Embassy in Beirut observers say
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the incident is a sign Syria civil war
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is spilling over into fell on Hezbollah
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controlled Southern bayout appear to be
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the first targeted attack on the
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Lebanese Shiite militia since the start
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of the Syrian Conflict for hollah this
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wasn't just a distant War it was a
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threat that was knocking on their
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door this is Iraq this is sham but now
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this is all do one country one do inshah
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one there is no more militants in Iraq
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have declared the completion of their
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Islamic State with a new caliphate under
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their leader Abu Baka Al bagdadi there's
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a new player in the Syrian has pledged
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allegiance to Alani
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he joined heah is moving troops into
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Syria the Syrian Army has helped them to
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win Key victories against the Syrian
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Rebel the stakes extended fall Beyond
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immediate security
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for decades the roads from Damascus had
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carried vital supplies from Iran
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critical to hezbollah's resistance
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against
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Israel a shared sense of alarm Drew Iran
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directly into the fry the rise of Isis
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and the alanus front wasn't contained
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within Syria it rapidly spilled over
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into Iraq advancing dangerously close to
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IR the elite revolutionary guard KS
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force is training advising and
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supporting Iraqi Shia
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by
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General the shadowy commander of the
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Elite's force is considered the
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architect of Iran's campaign against
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Isis for both Hezbollah and Iran
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intervention was not a choice it was a
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necessity hezbollah's intervention in
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Syria alongside other forces in the axis
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of resistance successfully pushed back
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the extremist threat and secured its
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vital LIF
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but the cost was
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steep their reputation in the Arab world
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declined as their involvement in a
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conflict defined by sectarian divisions
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cast a shadow over their Narrative of
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resistance the Syrian Civil War forced
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hollah to evolve into a larger more
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expansive non-state military force far
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beyond its original scope and reshaping
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its Legacy in the
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process meanwhile Israel watches from
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the sidelines quietly benefiting as its
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longtime adversary expends resources and
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fractures its
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image following the Syrian Civil War and
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shifting Dynamics on the geopolitical
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test board the region undergos a new
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wave of transformation we Mark the dawn
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of called the Accord several Arab states
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brokered by us diplomacy begin
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normalizing relations with Israel
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sidelining the Palestinian cause but I
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believe that we are at the cusp of an
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even more dramatic breakthrough an
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historic peace between Israel and Saudi
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Arabia
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[Music]
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Southern Israel experienced a Mourning
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unlike any
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other a sky dotted not with birds but
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with
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paraders but this wasn't a weekend
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Adventure it was a part of a planed
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military operation Operation ala
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flood siren whale
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and deep within the Gaza Strip the
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Palestinian group Hamas launches a
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surprise attack and all in bid to assert
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their existence once
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more Israel with a green light from the
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US responds with decisive Force
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targeting Gaza Strip with Relentless air
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strikes hospitals schools and refugee
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camps are caught in the crossfire
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sparking widespread International
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condemnation do you condemn do you
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condemn H yes or
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no Israeli commanders have been deployed
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all over Gaza insisted that a ground
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invasion of
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Gaza and now as Gaza was burning the big
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question was whether Hezbollah would
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open a second front driving Israel into
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a multi-front warat to the north a
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second Israeli front there Hezbollah
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Which is far stronger than Hamas and
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could take this war into even more
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dangerous
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territory just a day after the conflict
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began hezb fired rockets at Israel not a
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full-scale attack but a calculated
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signal of their presence further north
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now Hezbollah has launched Rockets from
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Southern Lebanon into nor this wasn't a
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rush to war it was a patient and
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deliberate
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strategy as Israel directed its military
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might ground troops Air Force and
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political efforts towards Gaza Hezbollah
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ramped up its
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activity by mid November Hezbollah had
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targeted over 120 Israeli positions with
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rockets and missiles but this was just
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the beginning hezbollah's true objective
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was to stretch Israel's military
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capacity
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nearly 40% of Israel's military was now
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stationed along its northern border
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leaving fewer troops available for the
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brutal fight in
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Gaza over time hesb strikes became
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increasingly precise targeting Israeli
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convoys surveillance systems and radar
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installations the conflict quickly
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turned into a tit fatat exchange each
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side responding with calculated Force
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[Music]
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with the situation growing more tense it
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became clear that Israel could not
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handle a two-front war on its own Israel
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turned to the us for support they
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deployed two aircraft carriers strike
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groups to the Mediterranean Sea hoping
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that the conflict wouldn't escalate
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further beyond control deployed the five
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ship USS Dwight D Eisenhower strike
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group to the Eastern Mediterranean Sea
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it joins the Gerald R Ford aircraft
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Carri
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they will be going initially across the
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Atlantic and into the Mediterranean
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where they will be available if needed
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in early December the rhetoric from
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Israeli officials
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intensified Israeli defense minister
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declared that Hezbollah must be pushed
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back behind the Lani River aiming to
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recreate a buffer zone a territory
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Israel had occupied for 22 years before
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its withdrawal in
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2000 however the plan didn't go as
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expected on the ground has B turned the
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table the situation in Northern Israel
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turned into a war of attrition with
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missile strikes rocket fire and ambushes
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becoming the daily reality visit
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Northern Israel today and you find ghost
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towns such as Matula Arab ala and kirat
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Shimona empty except for soldiers
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deployed against Hezbollah rather than
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pushing Hezbollah northward Israel found
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itself creating an unintended buffer
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zone not in Lebanon but within its own
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territory
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instead nearly 6 months after the
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October 7th events Israel finds itself
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in an increasingly difficult
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position the war in Gaza originally
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aimed at eliminating hos and rescuing
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hostages has dragged on with no decisive
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victories Israel's International
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standing has been damaged dramatically
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facing broad International criticism
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with accusations of genocide becoming
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more
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common in the South Yemen's anarella
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have successfully disrupted Israel's
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access to global trade routes by
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targeting shipping lanes in the Red Sea
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targeting what they say are Israeli
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linked ships in the Red Sea by mid April
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Iran had joined the frey directly
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striking Israeli territory a direct
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attack from Iranian soil towards the
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state of Israel facing challenges on
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multiple fronts Israel reverted to one
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of its old oldest and most reliable
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methods this tactic was intended to
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shift the momentum back in their
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favor just a month after Iron's attack a
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suspicious helicopter crash resulted in
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the deaths of Iron's president and
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foreign
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minister while the incident was
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officially described as an accident
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speculations soon arose regarding
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potential Israeli involvement fueling
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controversy surrounding the
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tragedy July
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31st after attending the inauguration
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ceremony of theon's new president isma
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Haner the leader of Hamas was
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assassinated in tan separate attacks in
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the space of just 12 hour that same
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night fuad Shuka a senior Hezbollah
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Commander was assassinated in the DEA
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District of Southern
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Beirut with Israel targeting
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high-profile figures many expected
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immediate retaliation from Iran
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especially after crossing a critical
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line by striking Tran's official guest
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yet behind closed doors the US was
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urging Iran to hold its fire Americans
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promised that a ceasefire in Gaza was
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imminent a promise that like many before
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it went
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unfulfilled instead it B Israel more
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time to ramp up its assassination
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campaign with the October 7th
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anniversary approaching in just a few
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weeks Israel's assassinations have still
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not secured a victory
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Netanyahu facing immense domestic
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pressure following the deaths of more
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hostages desperately needs a winning
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card largest demonstration in Israel's
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history pressuring prime minister
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Benjamin nety Israel's security cabinet
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now has to revise its strategy focusing
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on the Northern
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front a victory over Hezbollah would not
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only facilitate the safe return of
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Northern residents but also restore some
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of Israel's lost deterrence
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Israel's strategy took a darker and more
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ruthless turn pushing the boundaries of
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conventional
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Warfare reports the large number OFA
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members have been injured across Lebanon
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after their personal wireless devices
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exploded
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on September 17th and the following day
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Israel executed an unprecedented series
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of cyber attacks specifically targeting
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pages and walkie-talkies used by
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Hezbollah members and
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Affiliates the devices exploded
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simultaneously upon receiving triggered
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messages resulting in civilian
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casualties and severe injuries including
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many who lost their sight as the devic
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is detonated while they were holding
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them this harrowing method of attacks
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sent shock waves around the globe and
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spreading chaos and insecurity within
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the Lebanese
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people in response to the attacks
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hezbollah's leader Hassan nashrah
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delivered a defiant speech vowing that
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Hezbollah would not relent in its
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resistance until Israel ended its
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assault on Gaza
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but Israel wasn't
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finished an Israeli air strike targeted
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the dahia neighborhood in Lebanon
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killing another key hollah Commander
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along with other high ranking members
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military commander ibraim ail was among
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those killed in Friday's Israeli few
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days later Israel launched a massive
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strike on Southern Lebanon leaving over
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500 people dead mostly
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civilians children these escalations has
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led to the onset of what is now being
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recognized as the third Lebanon Israel
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war Hezbollah was under increasing
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pressure and the calls for iron's
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intervention grew
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louder Israel on a winning streak aimed
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to finish the job
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while attending the United Nations in
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New York Netanyahu ordered the
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assassination of H's Secretary General
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s has been killed in that bombing
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attack a significant blow to Hezbollah
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and and the entire resistance movement
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in the
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region hpah is it's not out but it's
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really down it's clobbered their
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leadership has been
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decimated
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for says it will continue the fight
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until Israel ends its war on Israel has
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notified the US it intends to launch a
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limited ground incursion into Le time
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since 2006 has B fighters of battle
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isite the setbacks heah has demonstrated
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its capabilities to Israeli troops four
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Israeli soldiers have been killed dozens
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more injured after Hezbollah drones hit
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an Israeli army base in killed Hashem
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saf the presumed successor to Hassan nah
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as leader of security cabinet agreeing
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to end the fighting with Hezbollah in
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Lebanon over the next 60 days Israel
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will withdraw its troops after invading
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the country nearly two months ago
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less than a day after the fragile
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ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel
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the region began to unravel in
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unexpected ways first time in 8 years
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Rebel forces have entered Aleppo Syria's
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second largest city T Alam or HTF from
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idid the rebranded TAC Fury militants
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seiz their moment really strategically
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began on the day that the Seas fire
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between Hezbollah and Israel because
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they knew that the opportunity will
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close very quickly if bah and Sh
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militias are take their breath again and
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ACS saw an opportunity and this is why
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they waited for signing the ceasefire
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and they didn't put up the fight during
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the war for not them to be accused of
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helping Israel cities fell one after
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another and within days Damascus found
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itself surrounded a chilling echo of
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what many thought had been left behind
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in the Syrian Civil War The Rebel leader
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Abu Muhammad Al jalani described the
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victory as a historic moment this is a
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historic day for the Middle East
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the collapse of the Assad regime the
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tyranny in Damascus at the same time
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Israel pushed deeper into Syrian
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territory severing the vital logistical
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Lifeline connecting Iran Lebanon and
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Palestine Israel has launched more
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overnight strikes on Syria causing an
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explosion that was detected by
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earthquake sensors more than 800 km away
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Hezbollah long defined by its ability to
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adapt and resist now found itself
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besieged on all
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sides back in Lebanon old adversaries
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Reser
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Christian factions echoing decades old
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calls reunited demands for hb's
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disarmament they anfi their accusations
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claiming that hezbollah's intervention
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in Gaza had only deepened lebanon's
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instability yet despite the heavy blows
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hasb endured Israel's Ambitions to
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re-enter Southern Lebanon were met with
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Fierce
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resistance the days when Israeli forces
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could marched toward Beirut in a matter
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of days were long gone even at its
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weakest and without its leadership
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Hezbollah ensured that no Israeli boots
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remained on Lebanese
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soil in Gaza after 15 months of
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Relentless conflict Israel was forced to
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accept a ceasefire for all its military
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might Israel could not crush the
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Palestinian resistance main objective in
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the war in Gaza was the annihilation of
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Hamas that has not happened the
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ceasefire was more than a pause in
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fighting it stood as a testament to to
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the endurance of a people who refused to
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be
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erased this ceasefire marked a victory
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for Palestinian resistance one that
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would have been impossible without
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hezbollah's sacrifices
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the story of the resistance in Lebanon
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is not one of clean victories or
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absolute defeats it is a story of
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survival a movement that endured
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setbacks weathered Wars invasions and
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unending turmoil yet refuses to fade
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away as the dust settles once more the
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resistance stands wounded but unbroken
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and the fight is far from over
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