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Israel Pegs Lebanon Pullout to Release of Kidnapped Soldiers
[Los Angeles Times] Laura King - Israel signaled Wednesday that it would not lift its air and sea blockade of Lebanon or withdraw the rest of its troops until two Israeli soldiers seized by Hizballah were freed. After UN Secretary General Kofi Annan met Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in Jerusalem and called for an immediate easing of Israel's embargo, Olmert responded by saying the UN cease-fire resolution must first be fully implemented. His office said later that Israel would not consider the terms of the resolution to have been met until the two captured servicemen were freed.