PREPPING THE BATTLESPACE  —  One of the lessons America, and the world, drew from the lightning campaigns of Gulf Wars I & II was the importance of battlesplace preparation.  That is, the conditioning of the battlefield's environment prior to initiating full scale military operations.

Nasrallah calls for aid from Arab world  —  In a recorded television speech on Sunday evening, Hizbullah head Hassan Nasrallah urged Arab states to come to the organization's aid.  —  "Where are the Arab nations?" he asked, moments after declaring that Hizbullah wouldn't ask for help from anyone.

Strikes Are Called Part of Broad Strategy  —  U.S., Israel Aim to Weaken Hezbollah, Region's Militants  —  Israel, with U.S. support, intends to resist calls for a cease-fire and continue a longer-term strategy of punishing Hezbollah, which is likely to include several weeks of precision bombing in Lebanon …

In Haifa, a Scene of Death and Destruction  —  HAIFA, Israel, July 16 — The train platform, slick with blood and littered with chunks of fallen roof, was the grim evidence confirming a prediction that Israeli security chiefs had made for years.  Hezbollah, they said, had acquired larger …

Israel steps up raids after Haifa attack  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon - Hezbollah and Israel traded rocket and missile barrages without letup for a fifth day Sunday, as the war that has suddenly flared in the Middle East showed no sign of easing.  Hezbollah rockets struck deep inside Israel …

G8 calls on Hizbollah to end attacks  —  ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Group of Eight leaders on Sunday blamed extremists for an upsurge of Middle East violence and while accepting Israel's right to defend itself said the Jewish state should exercise "utmost restraint."

Condi says Iraq has nothing to do with the instability in the Middle East: That's Gross  —  Well she actually said "grotesque."  Condi was on THIS WEEK and tried to downplay Dick Cheney's speech that said the Middle East would be better off because of the Iraq war.