War testimonies of PM, Peretz, Halutz out Wed.

The Winograd Committee is set to publish the testimonies of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defense Minister Amir Peretz and former IDF chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz on Wednesday. Israel Radio reported that the committee, probing the failures of the Second Lebanon War, had brought forward the publication date for the testimonies, which was originally meant to be two weeks after the publication of the Winograd interim report. The security cabinet is scheduled to discuss the confidential sections of the committee's report on Wednesday morning.