8.12.2009

Bibi downplays prospect of Lebanon war


TEL AVIV - Hardline Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu downplayed prospects of a new conflict with Lebanon, a day after warning that the new Lebanese government now being formed would be blamed for any attack from its territory if Hezbollah forms a part of it.

"There are no winds of war with Lebanon," the premier said on television. "This is a media storm that has nothing to do with anything concrete."

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