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Michael Oren: Hezbollah was deeply dug in here. They had six years to do it. And extracting them from their underground tunnels…

On the recordAugust 9, 2006
Hezbollah was deeply dug in here. They had six years to do it. And extracting them from their underground tunnels, craters, arms caches is a laborious and dangerous process and is not done overnight.
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Michael Oren

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Michael Oren discusses the challenges faced by the Israeli army in combating Hezbollah.

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