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Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is dissatisfied with the emerging cease-fire deal and told his defense minister in a meeting Friday to get ready for a wider ground offensive in Lebanon, a senior Israeli official said.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to discuss the contents of the Olmert-Peretz meeting. It was not immediately clear whether the Israeli threat was meant to pressure the U.N. Security Council or whether Israel is determined to send troops deeper into Lebanon.

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/08/11/D8JEA1M01.html

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AP News Alert

Defense official says the Israeli defense minister has instructed the military to launch its expanded ground offensive in Lebanon.

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/08/11/D8JEA5M80.html

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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is dissatisfied with the emerging cease-fire deal and told his defense minister in a meeting Friday to get ready for a wider ground offensive in Lebanon, a senior Israeli official said.

This is the kind of *%#$&^^! that has caused the excessive causalities in IDF. A key aspect of war is surprise, which at least tactically IDF had on Wednesday. Now as a result of their (stopped) assaults, the Hezbollah have an idea on what the IDF has in mind to accomplish its mission to reach the Litani River, and can realign forces to meet it. The IDF, on the other hand, have their hands tied by a spineless political hack who has NO MILITARY EXPERIENCE, yet is calling the shots (illustrated by the attempted 'air only' campaign). Meanwhile, 1 million Israelis have to spend another day in bunkers, when this should have been wrapped up two weeks ago. (/rant off)