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Seymour Hersh - Watching Lebanon

Posted August 13th, 2006 by Davide Simonetti
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There is a very interesting article by Seymour Hersh in The New Yorker about how much the Bush administration knew of Israel's plans to attack Lebanon and what assistance it gave. Here is a snippet:

Earlier this summer, before the Hezbollah kidnappings, the U.S. government consultant said, several Israeli officials visited Washington, separately, “to get a green light for the bombing operation and to find out how much the United States would bear.” The consultant added, “Israel began with Cheney. It wanted to be sure that it had his support and the support of his office and the Middle East desk of the National Security Council.” After that, “persuading Bush was never a problem, and Condi Rice was on board,” the consultant said.

It's worth reading the whole article.