Thursday, August 03, 2006

"Mr. Olmert said in several interviews that the offensive was severely degrading Hezbollah’s military capacity. But in Lebanon, an expert on the militia said Mr. Olmert’s description of a traditional, formal military structure did not fit with the way Hezbollah was organized. “The command structure of Hezbollah — show me one,” said Timor Goksul, a longtime adviser to the United Nations peacekeepers in south Lebanon and now a university professor here. “They don’t work that way. There are three regional commands that have full autonomy, and under them districts and then cells in villages, with a maximum of 20 men. “They know their job,” he said. “Their uniforms, their weapons are in a cave somewhere. They do their jobs and then they’re home watching television.”"