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failing to achieve what they thought they were fighting for: the disarming of Hizbollah and the release of the two soldiers whose abduction on 12 July provoked them into battle.

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An unusually apologetic Hassan Nasrallah, Hizbollah's secretary-general, admitted in an interview with the Lebanese NTV on 27 August that he would not have ordered the cross-border operation if he had known the scale of Israel's response.

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The majority of the Lebanese people feel that a major catastrophe has befallen them, throwing their present and future up in the air."

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he Lebanese army has deployed in the south for the first time in three decades. 12,000 government troops were in place by early October.

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but Hizbollah has lost much of its swagger. It has ceased to dominate Lebanon's fragmented political map

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but the disenchantment has set in there too

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Berri went to Saudi Arabia in early October to solicit political and financial assistance for his country. Israeli analysts hope this will help strengthen democratic, anti-Syrian voices among the Shi'a, Lebanon's largest community. Berri is urging Hizbollah to concentrate on charity and welfare.

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failing to achieve what they thought they were fighting for: the disarming of Hizbollah and the release of the two soldiers whose abduction on 12 July provoked them into battle.

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An unusually apologetic Hassan Nasrallah, Hizbollah's secretary-general, admitted in an interview with the Lebanese NTV on 27 August that he would not have ordered the cross-border operation if he had known the scale of Israel's response.

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The majority of the Lebanese people don't feel victory. The majority of the Lebanese people feel that a major catastrophe has befallen them, throwing their present and future up in the air."

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he Lebanese army has deployed in the south for the first time in three decades. 12,000 government troops were in place by early October.

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Fouad Siniora, Lebanon's Sunni prime minister, is cautiously beginning to assert his authority. Samir Geagea, a Christian warlord turned political leader, told a Beirut rally on 24 September: "The majority of the Lebanese people don't feel victory. The majority of the Lebanese people feel that a major catastrophe has befallen them, throwing their present and future up in the air

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