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To: Geoff Altman who wrote (194739)	8/3/2006 5:27:22 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Well, NATO troops have performed rather well in Afghanistan. And once the initial buffer zone is cleared, it will effectively be an infantry and helicopter war aimed at preventing re-entry of Hizbullah forces into the buffer zone. Now, of course, they may elect to launch rockets at the UN forces, but that will provoke a major response, I would imagine. And the Lebanese Army will likely be employed to a large extent since they obviously have less problem cooperating with UN forces than they would with Israeli. But we'll have to see how it all plays out in coming days/weeks. Hawk