UN Shelled By Israel, Neo-Cons Rise, Thirsty For War
Various | 19.07.2006 21:03 | Anti-militarism | World
Rumsfeld stated in 2002 that he wanted to use Lebanon as a launch-pad for other planned military operations. It might be prudent to revisit the assassination of Rafiq Hariri, and find out who was truly responsible for his death.
Israeli shells hit UN posts in Lebanon, no one hurt
19 Jul 2006 15:09:30 GMT
Source: Reuters
BEIRUT, July 19 (Reuters) - Two Israeli artillery shells on Wednesday landed inside a compound run by U.N. peacekeepers in south Lebanon who were sheltering 36 civilians, but no one was hurt, a spokesman for the UNIFIL force said.
The shells caused material damage to the position in Maroun al-Ras, an area that had seen heavy fighting between Israel and Hizbollah guerrillas during the day.
Another Israeli artillery shell landed in the UNIFIL headquarters compound in the southern town of Naqoura, he said. No one was wounded.
In 1996, during Israel's Grapes of Wrath campaign in Lebanon, an Israeli jet struck a UNIFIL compound in the southern village of Qana, killing 106 civilians sheltering inside.
Israeli air strikes on Lebanon killed 56 civilians and a Hizbollah fighter on Wednesday, the deadliest toll of the eight-day-old war, as thousands of villagers fled north and more foreigners were evacuated.
Despite international diplomatic efforts, there was no sign Israel or its Lebanese Shi'ite foes were ready to heed the Beirut government's pleas for an immediate halt to a war that has killed at least 292 in Lebanon and 25 in Israel.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L19641591.htm
MIDDLE EAST: ISRAELIS TARGET CHRISTIAN PART OF BEIRUT
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Security&loid=8.0.322578407&par
Latest targets of air blitz: milk and medicine
By Lysandra Ohrstrom
Daily Star staff
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
BEIRUT: Israel switched gears in its military campaign against Lebanon Monday and Tuesday, launching a series of debilitating air strikes against privately owned factories throughout the country and dealing a devastating blow to an economy already paralyzed by a week of hits on residential areas and crucial infrastructure.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=74078#
As the world looks elsewhere, death toll rises in Gaza
Muhammad is one of 106 Palestinians to have died in the Gaza offensive, which began on June 28, and another 300 have been wounded, according to Jomaa al-Saqaa, of al-Shifa Hospital. The Israelis have made multiple incursions and airstrikes in an effort to rescue Corporal Gilad Schalit, who was abducted three weeks ago by Hamas in an attack that left two soldiers dead. Last night an Israeli armoured column clashed with militants near the Maghazi refugee camp.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2276350,00.html
The Human Shields of Nazareth
Several Israeli armaments factories and storage depots have been built close by Arab communities in the north of Israel, possibly in the hope that by locating them there Arab regimes will be deterred from attacking Israel's enormous armory. In other words, the inhabitants of several of Israel's Arab towns and villages have been turned into collective human shields – protection for Israel's war machine.
http://www.antiwar.com/orig/cook.php?articleid=9333
It's Time to Stand Against Israel
By Matt Hutaff, Jul 18, 2006
What does it take to see that Israel is a global menace the United States should not support?
http://www.thesimon.com/magazine/articles/canon_fodder/01196_it_time_stand_against_israel.html
If Israel has the right to use force in self defence, so do its neighbours
The west appears to insist that only one side in the conflict is able to intervene militarily across borders. That will never be accepted
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1822923,00.html
Israeli ground troops enter southern Lebanon
Offensive may last weeks, officials say; Hezbollah continues rocket barrage
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13912000/
Note how Israel's timeline - like their reason for attacking Lebanon - keps changing. First it was 'the offensive will last days', then 'a week', then 'a couple of weeks', now 'weeks'.
Israeli jets hit central Beirut
Wednesday 19 July 2006, 22:01 Makka Time, 19:01 GMT
Rescue crews helping a victim of an Israeli air raid
Israeli jets have hit central Beirut for the first time and dozens more people have been killed in continuing air attacks across south Lebanon, raising the toll there to about 295 people.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/563D1044-AB85-4A30-82B4-77A00ADBB316.htm
Nothing but anti-Arab racism can fully explain the behaviour of the Israelis
I have heard Zionists panicking over the breeding rate of Arabs, debating their brain size
http://comment.independent.co.uk/columnists_a_l/yasmin_alibhai_brown/article1181666.ece
Nothing but a corrupt, broken political system can account for the cowardice and hypocrisy shown by our 'leaders', who think it's alright to form policy based solely upon their own Ideology.
Energized Neocons Say Israel's Fight Is Washington's
by Jim Lobe
Seeing a major opportunity to regain influence lost as a result of setbacks in Iraq, prominent neoconservatives are calling for unconditional U.S. support for Israel's military offensives in Gaza and Lebanon and "regime change" in Syria and Iran, as well as possible U.S. attacks on Tehran's nuclear facilities in retaliation for its support of Hezbollah.
http://www.antiwar.com/lobe/?articleid=9323
19 Jul 2006 15:09:30 GMT
Source: Reuters
BEIRUT, July 19 (Reuters) - Two Israeli artillery shells on Wednesday landed inside a compound run by U.N. peacekeepers in south Lebanon who were sheltering 36 civilians, but no one was hurt, a spokesman for the UNIFIL force said.
The shells caused material damage to the position in Maroun al-Ras, an area that had seen heavy fighting between Israel and Hizbollah guerrillas during the day.
Another Israeli artillery shell landed in the UNIFIL headquarters compound in the southern town of Naqoura, he said. No one was wounded.
In 1996, during Israel's Grapes of Wrath campaign in Lebanon, an Israeli jet struck a UNIFIL compound in the southern village of Qana, killing 106 civilians sheltering inside.
Israeli air strikes on Lebanon killed 56 civilians and a Hizbollah fighter on Wednesday, the deadliest toll of the eight-day-old war, as thousands of villagers fled north and more foreigners were evacuated.
Despite international diplomatic efforts, there was no sign Israel or its Lebanese Shi'ite foes were ready to heed the Beirut government's pleas for an immediate halt to a war that has killed at least 292 in Lebanon and 25 in Israel.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L19641591.htm MIDDLE EAST: ISRAELIS TARGET CHRISTIAN PART OF BEIRUT
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Security&loid=8.0.322578407&par Latest targets of air blitz: milk and medicine
By Lysandra Ohrstrom
Daily Star staff
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
BEIRUT: Israel switched gears in its military campaign against Lebanon Monday and Tuesday, launching a series of debilitating air strikes against privately owned factories throughout the country and dealing a devastating blow to an economy already paralyzed by a week of hits on residential areas and crucial infrastructure.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=74078# As the world looks elsewhere, death toll rises in Gaza
Muhammad is one of 106 Palestinians to have died in the Gaza offensive, which began on June 28, and another 300 have been wounded, according to Jomaa al-Saqaa, of al-Shifa Hospital. The Israelis have made multiple incursions and airstrikes in an effort to rescue Corporal Gilad Schalit, who was abducted three weeks ago by Hamas in an attack that left two soldiers dead. Last night an Israeli armoured column clashed with militants near the Maghazi refugee camp.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2276350,00.html The Human Shields of Nazareth
Several Israeli armaments factories and storage depots have been built close by Arab communities in the north of Israel, possibly in the hope that by locating them there Arab regimes will be deterred from attacking Israel's enormous armory. In other words, the inhabitants of several of Israel's Arab towns and villages have been turned into collective human shields – protection for Israel's war machine.
http://www.antiwar.com/orig/cook.php?articleid=9333 It's Time to Stand Against Israel
By Matt Hutaff, Jul 18, 2006
What does it take to see that Israel is a global menace the United States should not support?
http://www.thesimon.com/magazine/articles/canon_fodder/01196_it_time_stand_against_israel.html If Israel has the right to use force in self defence, so do its neighbours
The west appears to insist that only one side in the conflict is able to intervene militarily across borders. That will never be accepted
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1822923,00.html Israeli ground troops enter southern Lebanon
Offensive may last weeks, officials say; Hezbollah continues rocket barrage
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13912000/ Note how Israel's timeline - like their reason for attacking Lebanon - keps changing. First it was 'the offensive will last days', then 'a week', then 'a couple of weeks', now 'weeks'.
Israeli jets hit central Beirut
Wednesday 19 July 2006, 22:01 Makka Time, 19:01 GMT
Rescue crews helping a victim of an Israeli air raid
Israeli jets have hit central Beirut for the first time and dozens more people have been killed in continuing air attacks across south Lebanon, raising the toll there to about 295 people.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/563D1044-AB85-4A30-82B4-77A00ADBB316.htm Nothing but anti-Arab racism can fully explain the behaviour of the Israelis
I have heard Zionists panicking over the breeding rate of Arabs, debating their brain size
http://comment.independent.co.uk/columnists_a_l/yasmin_alibhai_brown/article1181666.ece Nothing but a corrupt, broken political system can account for the cowardice and hypocrisy shown by our 'leaders', who think it's alright to form policy based solely upon their own Ideology.
Energized Neocons Say Israel's Fight Is Washington's
by Jim Lobe
Seeing a major opportunity to regain influence lost as a result of setbacks in Iraq, prominent neoconservatives are calling for unconditional U.S. support for Israel's military offensives in Gaza and Lebanon and "regime change" in Syria and Iran, as well as possible U.S. attacks on Tehran's nuclear facilities in retaliation for its support of Hezbollah.
http://www.antiwar.com/lobe/?articleid=9323
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