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Thread #93626 Message #1827123
Posted By: Old Guy
04-Sep-06 - 11:24 PM
Thread Name: BS: Is Hezbollah Winning?
Subject: RE: BS: Is Hezbollah Winning?
Is Hezbollah winning or is it over?
If it's over who won?
They've even got the Rev pissed off at them:
Jackson lectures Hezbollah on hostages
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson Monday urged Hezbollah officials in Lebanon to offer proof that two captured Israeli soldiers remain alive.
Jackson, who has been leading a delegation representing Jewish, Muslim, Roman Catholic and Protestant groups in the Middle East, said during the meeting that proof of the soldiers' safety would allow the negotiation process for their release to begin, Ha'aretz reported.
The civil rights leader said Hezbollah's continued holding of the soldiers, who were captured in a July 12 raid that triggered 34 days of heavy fighting between Israel and the group, is "becoming a magnet to attract a second round" of fighting.
Jackson told reporters he hoped to receive a response from the unnamed Hezbollah officials later Monday, possibly in the form of video evidence.
Meanwhile, the Egyptian newspaper Al Hayat quoted Lebanese sources as saying that Hezbollah has insisted that Israel pull all forces out of Lebanon before hostage negotiations begin.