"The Litani river forms a natural barrier that Israel can easily defend if need be. Southern Lebanese will be compelled to vacate the area by what we can only say is Israel's deliberate dehousing campaign.

If Hezbollah are fish that swim in a sea of the people, using Mao Tse Tung's analogy, then Israel has determined to drain the sea. Certainly Hezbollahis will also move northward, but in doing so they will be pushed further and further out of rocket range, especially the Katyusha rockets, which comprise at least 90 percent of what they have fired into Israel. [ One hopes this is true anyway... -ed. ] "