Tuesday, August 15, 2006

IN ISRAEL, THE POLITICAL CASUALTIES BEGIN TO MOUNT

They must take lessons from the U.S. politicians, eh?

Posted Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2006
The Lebanon cease-fire is holding for a second day, but the casualties in Israeli politics are just starting to mount. Israeli Defense Forces Chief of Staff Dan Halutz, an ex-fighter pilot who was the chief strategist of Israel's less-than-satisfactory war against Hizballah, is still catching flak for Israel's failure to deliver a killing blow to Hizballah during the four-week campaign. But Haltuz is now in deep trouble on the home front as well, where he stands accused of an unusual case of insider trading that some might argue borders on war profiteering


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