Sean Rayment

The danger of a ground campaign against Hezbollah

An Israeli position near the Lebanon border (Photo: Getty)
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Sean Rayment
Sean Rayment served as a Captain in the Parachute Regiment in the late 1980s. As a defence correspondent, he has reported on wars in the Balkans, Iraq, Afghanistan, the Gulf and Africa

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