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To: FJB who wrote (44)	8/28/2006 1:21:32 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 20106

Hezbollah says its war with Israel was a mistake The Washington Times ^ \| August 28, 2006 \| Joshua Mitnick washingtontimes.com TEL AVIV -- Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah said yesterday that he would not have ordered the July 12 seizure of two Israeli soldiers had he known it would provoke a war that leveled Shi'ite villages and neighborhoods throughout Lebanon. "We did not think, even 1 percent, that the capture would lead to a war at this time and of this magnitude. You ask me, if I had known on July 11 ... that the operation would lead to such a war, would I do it? I say no, absolutely not," he told Lebanon's New TV station. The sheik also said that officials from the United Nations and Italy were attempting to negotiate an exchange of the Israeli soldiers for Arabs held in Israeli jails. Israel denied involvement in any prisoner-exchange talks. In addition, Sheik Nasrallah said Hezbollah would not oppose the deployment of thousands of U.N. peacekeeping troops in southern Lebanon. His comments confirm weeks of speculation in Israel that Hezbollah was surprised by Israel's military response to the July 12 capture. Since the Aug. 14 cease-fire, Sheik Nasrallah has declared a victory in the war, and he has become a hero throughout the Arab and Muslim world. But yesterday's admission of a serious miscalculation reflects a need to shore up domestic support for Hezbollah and deflect criticism for starting the war, Israeli analysts said. "It means that [Sheik Nasrallah] needs to settle the score in the Lebanese domestic arena," said Oded Granot, the Middle East affairs commentator on Israel's public-run Channel 1 news station. "[He] needs to provide welfare for the residents of the south, and he needs to rehabilitate his standing."

To: FJB who wrote (44)	8/28/2006 1:26:47 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 20106

Family feud sets off brawl www.aftenposten.no ^ aftenposten.no Family feud sets off brawl A massive brawl in the town of Lillestrøm, northeast of Oslo, on Saturday has been linked to a feud between two immigrant families. Police cordoned off the area where the brawl took place in Lillestrøm. Police wouldn't comment on what was behind the brawl that left one 45-year-old man with life-threatening injuries. Newspaper Romerikes Blad, however, reported that the brawl erupted after a fight between two 16-year-old boys from two Afghan families. "All of my closest family members have been arrested," one of the teenagers told the paper's web site rb.no. "This is about my own and my family's honor." It started with a violent quarrel outside a fast-food restaurant in Storgata (Main Street) in Lillestrøm on Friday evening. That culminated with one of the boys making indecent remarks about the other boy's sister. On Saturday morning, representatives of both families reportedly agreed to take up the quarrel at 6pm at Nebbursvollen. Around 30 people using both knives and other weapons were involved in what developed into a massive street fight. The 45-year-old who was critically injured is the father of one of the boys, reported Romerikes Blad. Around 23 persons were arrested in connection with the brawl. Several nationalities were involved. Aftenposten English Web Desk/NTB