And why were they disqualified? Conflict of interest due to military contracts.

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, his leadership hobbled by the Lebanon war, faced a new setback Wednesday after two of his handpicked appointees were disqualified from a panel investigating Israel’s conduct of the conflict.

Olmert said he would quickly replace them.

Attorney General Menachem Mazuz informed Olmert’s office Tuesday that the two men were ineligible to take part in the inquiry because their business activities with the military represent conflicts of interest.

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