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Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has said he would not have ordered the capture of two Israeli soldiers if he had known it would lead to such a war. This is not exactly "sorry", but seems to be an expression of mild regret. "Had we known that the kidnapping of the soldiers would have led to this, we would definitely not have done it," he told Lebanese TV. Surely a litle naivete here? After all, the Lebanese have some experience of the Israel's ruthlessness towards incursions across its border. Israel's armed assaults into southern Lebanon were widely labelled as a "disproportionate response" to these kidnappings. Might his desultory response to all the resulting death and carnage also be a little "disproportionate"?

The Guardian; Tuesday 29/8/06

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