41. It is considering creating a security zone inside northern Iraq to curtail Kurdish separatist activity along the porous frontier between the two countries. 42. It was an Egoz unit, sent north from the security zone, that spotted mobile Hezbollah squads firing Katyusha rockets into northern Israel. 43. Meanwhile, in the rest of the former security zone, the state seems in no hurry to restore its authority. 44. Most of the detainees belong to Hezbollah, the Islamic movement that is waging a war to oust Israel from its self-proclaimed security zone in southern Lebanon. 45. NATO expansion at its core is an effort to erect a Western security zone in Eastern Europe while Russia is too weak to protest. 46. On Sunday, Putin said Russian troops intended to expand the security zone they were setting up in the north of the separatist region. 47. On Tuesday, the U.N. Security Council is to meet to discuss Kosovo and the problems in the security zone. 48. One was to conclude that the security zone had changed from an asset into a burden and to withdraw. 49. Our nation of Israel is embroiled in a fierce and passionate debate over whether or not to withdraw unilaterally from the security zone in Lebanon. 50. She said Turkey would not create an armed security zone along the Iraqi frontier, as Israel has done on its northern border with Lebanon. |