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Last update - 17:27 22/09/2006
Halutz disputes officer's remarks that Israel lost war
By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent

Chief of Staff Dan Halutz reacted angrily Thursday to a comment by a senior Israel Defense Forces officer who said Israel lost the war in Lebanon.

"The soldiers who fought don't think so," Halutz retorted. Adding a note of caution, he added: "What we convey filters down to the soldiers."

The chief education officer of the IDF, Ilan Harari, told a conference of senior IDF officers that he believes Israel lost the war - making Harari the first senior officer to state openly what other officers have been saying privately.

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Harari intends to resign from the IDF shortly, after serving in many field positions, including as a battalion commander in the Golani Brigade and commander of the Nahal Brigade.

Halutz, meanwhile, has appeared at numerous IDF conferences and made statements to the media in an effort to persuade the public that the failure in Lebanon was less severe than the media has portrayed it to have been. He has also striven to convince people that he must continue commanding the army.

Halutz is also fighting leaks from the army to the media.

Haaretz reported last month that Halutz warned the generals that he had ordered printouts of their call logs and knew which journalists they had been calling.

The IDF's Information Security Department recently advised Halutz that officers have been conducting some 460 unauthorized telephone conversations with journalists a day. This does not include the military spokesperson's conversations with journalists. The military spokesperson said that the matter was being investigated.

Military sources said on Thursday that Halutz and Defense Minister Amir Peretz are at odds over who should head the Northern Command in place of Udi Adam, who has announced his resignation. The two met on Thursday to discuss the appointment.

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  1.   Send Yourself Back to the Desert for 40 Years 06:35  |  kurt 22/09/06
  2.   Halutz-Lie repeatedly and you will be believed 07:23  |  Ron 22/09/06
  3.   WINNIG MEANS ENEMY`S UNCODTIONAL SURRENDER. NOW, WHO SURRENDERED? 08:03  |  -VOICE of MOSHIACH)) 22/09/06
  4.   THE ONLY WAY TO WIN THIS WAR IS NOT LEAVING SINGLE INCH TO ENEMY 08:05  |  -VOICE of MOSHIACH)) 22/09/06
  5.   Halutz Should be Angry With Himself 08:33  |  Tod Zuckerman 22/09/06
  6.   "Angry" Halutz 09:12  |  Henk 22/09/06
  7.   Finally Some sense ISRAEL LOST! 09:23  |  Sam Dawson 22/09/06
  8.   Halutz wants to REWRITE HISTORY 09:44  |  Ben Uziel 22/09/06
  9.   Identity Crisis in Israel because the Army is in a Crisis 09:53  |  Abbas 22/09/06
  10.   Final Score: Hizbullah 2 - Israel 0 10:01  |  Richard Ross 22/09/06
  11.   Finally someone honest and true 10:05  |  007 22/09/06
  12.   The truth hurts: Halutz is a disgrace who should resign! 12:00  |  Louis T. Sigel 22/09/06
  13.   To Kurt 12:09  |  Tony 22/09/06
  14.   listen 12:21  |  lebanese citizen 22/09/06
  15.   IDF won in killing civilians only 12:21  |  mimi 22/09/06
  16.   The man is a fool 12:24  |  CHW 22/09/06
  17.   I pity this poor guy again... 12:47  |  El_Justiciero 22/09/06
  18.   start off the rear correctly, please! 12:49  |  left turned righty 22/09/06
  19.   But he was managing personal finances while his soldiers died. 13:11  |  G.S. 22/09/06
  20.   i cannot help feeling that this is a sort 13:14  |  isaac singer 22/09/06
  21.   perhaps a critique 13:16  |  isaac singer 22/09/06
  22.   Halutz persuades public and tires to stop leaks 13:47  |  dierre 22/09/06
  23.   You lost ...Face the truth 13:53  |  Noora 22/09/06
  24.   Halutz is a moron 14:29  |  Darin 22/09/06
  25.   Israel didn`t lose 14:37  |  Dan A. 22/09/06
  26.   Poor useless Halutz 15:17  |  Clickfool 22/09/06
  27.   Dan #17 15:21  |  Jerrym 22/09/06
  28.   IDF lost simple is that 15:25  |  Murat 22/09/06
  29.   Dan (Israel didn`t lose) 15:28  |  Save the World 22/09/06
  30.   The man most responsible 15:53  |  Mark Lincoln 22/09/06
  31.   It`s time to resign 15:55  |  007 22/09/06
  32.   Re: Dan n. 23 16:01  |  007 22/09/06
  33.   Halutz so arrogant - How was he ever nominated as COS 16:42  |  Nachman 22/09/06
  34.   Richard Ross 18:58  |  rich 22/09/06
  35.   Ok, if Israel lost let our losses be like these 19:02  |  rich 22/09/06
  36.   Ceausescu did the same! 19:15  |  Teddy 22/09/06
  37.   why do they think Israel lost that war? 19:20  |  Sean 22/09/06
  38.   murat middle easterners have difficulty 19:39  |  isaac singer 22/09/06
  39.   clickfool surely the lemon 19:42  |  harzion 22/09/06
  40.   MAJOR COMBAT IS OVER,WE WON.G.W HALUTZ 20:13  |  KING CAMASHO 22/09/06
  41.   MAJOR COMBAT IS OVER,WE WON.G.W HALUTZ 20:13  |  KING CAMASHO 22/09/06
  42.   Identity Crisis For Israel 21:29  |  Michael Colton 22/09/06
  43.   Sure the soldiers believe Halutz 22:51  |  Paul Freedman 22/09/06
  44.   Check out your dental plans, folks 23:01  |  Hannah 22/09/06
  45.   Hezbollah lost! 23:08  |  Hansje 22/09/06
  46.   Hezbollah lost! 23:08  |  Hansje 22/09/06
  47.   It is Obvious ... even to alternative history mavens 23:14  |  Natallie Durson 22/09/06
  48.   Another big-mouth general 00:35  |  Robert 23/09/06
  49.   Israel Won Gloriously - Just Look at the Outcome 01:04  |  Darren 23/09/06
  50.   Third rate country 01:17  |  Nathaniel 23/09/06
  51.   #36, so-called Hannah 02:52  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/09/06
  52.   #42, Third rate country 02:56  |  Hannah 23/09/06
  53.   Weakness is Provocative 02:57  |  Zoog 23/09/06
  54.   #34, Michael, Identy crisis indeed 03:01  |  Hannah 23/09/06
  55.   Who lost the war Who won what 03:05  |  Eugene Schmer 23/09/06
  56.   #21, Isaac Singer 03:08  |  Hannah 23/09/06
  57.   to zoog #45 03:47  |  adam 23/09/06
  58.   ISRAEL LOST 04:00  |  René 23/09/06
  59.   Israel lost=Hizbollah won 04:03  |  Christian Lebanese 23/09/06
  60.   Israel lost=Hizbollah won 04:03  |  Christian Lebanese 23/09/06
  61.   Onward, Jewish Soldiers, into Lebanon 04:23  |  lb 23/09/06
  62.   voice 3 04:56  |  potaboc 23/09/06
  63.   won or lost? 05:02  |  potaboc 23/09/06
  64.   Don`t Forget 05:58  |  Yoram 23/09/06
  65.   #59, lb 06:42  |  Hannah 23/09/06
  66.   #54, Eugene Schmer 06:49  |  Hannah 23/09/06
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