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French Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie on Sunday questioned the "point" of some Israeli bombing targets in Lebanon. "It is obvious that there were a certain number of hits where one did not exactly see the point," she told reporters on board the French frigate Jean Bart, which has been shuttling between Beirut and Larnaca, Cyprus carrying evacuees to safety.

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