Hezbollah admits it screwed up!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1859754,00.html

Hizbullah leader: we regret the two kidnappings that led to war with Israel

Rory McCarthy in Jerusalem

Monday August 28, 2006

The Guardian

Hizbullah last night admitted it would not have captured the two
Israeli soldiers last month had it known a war would follow.

The leader of the militia said that talks were going on to return the
two in exchange for Lebanese prisoners held by Israel. The Israeli
government refused to confirm this, although officials have said
privately that a prisoner exchange was probably the only way forward.

Hizbullah crossed into north Israel early on July 12 and captured Ehud
Goldwasser and Eldad Regev. Eight other Israeli soldiers were killed,
and within hours Israel and Hizbullah were plunged into their most
serious conflict. By the time of the ceasefire 34 days later, more than
1,100 people were dead in Lebanon and 157 in Israel, mostly soldiers.

"We did not think, even one percent, that the capture would lead to a
war at this time and of this magnitude," Hassan Nasrallah, the cleric
who leads Hizbullah, told Lebanon's New TV channel. "You ask me, if I
had known on July 11 ... that the operation would lead to such a war,
would I do it? I say no, absolutely not."