IDF intelligence chief says Hezbullah stronger than before war - then retracts on Peretz's orders

IDF intelligence chief Brig.-Gen. Yossi Beiditz told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday that Hezbullah is stronger than it was before last summer's war. Then he retracted the statement under pressure from his boss, 'Defense Minister' Amir Comrade Peretz: Beiditz was asked more than once by committee members if he meant that Hizbullah was now stronger, and he responded in