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Israel seeks 1.2-mile-wide ‘security zone’

Israel wants to establish a 1.2-mile-wide strip in south Lebanon that will be free of Hezbollah guerrillas, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Wednesday, giving the dimensions of a new “security zone” for the first time. Olmert outlined the plans in a closed-door meeting of parliament’s Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee, according to participants who later briefed reporters. Full Story