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To: Thomas M. who wrote (2806)	8/16/2001 5:45:06 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23908

Just to restate the facts: There was a cease-fire. The PLO abided by it. Israel did not. Then, after nearly a year of this arrangement, Israel invaded Lebanon. If it wasn't the PLO it was someone attacking Israel from Lebanon. Someone was fireing those rockets into Israeli towns. It wasn't like everything from southern Lebanon was peaceful and then Israel launched a bolt out of the blue attack. Tim

To: Thomas M. who wrote (2806)	8/16/2001 10:56:56 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 23908

Lebanon was in the middle of a vicious civil war (1975-1990), which the PLO's presence had sparked off in the first place. Syria controlled the north of the country. The PLO controlled the south, and the PLO's "state within a state" was mafia-like and bitterly resented by the local Shi'a, not least for the punitve Israeli raids that PLO activities brought down on them. The PLO respected the cease-fire about the same way they respect all cease-fires: "You say you're getting shelled? Nothing to do with me. Didn't you hear me say 'cease-fire'? I said it very loudly." If they made anything of an attempt to observe this cease-fire, it was because they needed a breathing space and they knew Begin & Sharon were itching to invade and remove them from Lebanon. Just as Arafat now tries to stop the shooting from Beit Jala only because Israeli tanks are poised to come in.