Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak is leading the country into a trap with his plan for a unilateral withdrawal from southern Lebanon, a group of generals was quoted as telling the Israeli daily Ma’ariv. The generals said the withdrawal would leave Israel’s northern towns open to attacks by armed groups in Lebanon.
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