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  • An Environmental Disaster Emerges on Lebanon Coast
    28 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    An Environmental Disaster Emerges on Lebanon Coast Published on Monday, August 28, 2006 by the San Francisco Chronicle by Christopher Allbritton Tons of heavy fuel oil, spilled into the sea during the battle with Israel, foul Lebanon — may reach Syria, Turkey
    The sand along the public beach in south Beirut is blackened and stained. The sea, normally a rich azure, is a noxious yellowish green. The water reeks of petroleum. All the fish are dead; there is not a single bird in the sky. (…)

  • Israel air force chief to plan war on Iran
    28 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Israel air force chief to plan war on Iran By Harry de Quetteville in Jerusalem (Filed: 27/08/2006)
    Israel has appointed a top general to oversee a war against Iran, prompting speculation that it is preparing for possible military action against Teheran’s nuclear programme.
    Maj Gen Elyezer Shkedy, Israel’s air force chief, will be overall commander for the "Iran front", according to military sources spoken to by The Sunday Telegraph.
    News of the appointment comes just days before a (…)

  • Israel buys German nuclear-capable submarines
    28 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Israel buys German nuclear-capable submarines
    Israel purchased two German-made Dolphin submarines, called U212s, capable of carrying nuclear heads, the Associated Press reported.
    8/25/2006 10:00:00 AM GMT The new submarines, built at a cost of $1.3 billion with Germany paying one-third of the bill, have diesel-electric propulsion systems that allow them to remain underwater for longer periods of time than the three nuclear arms-capable submarines already in Israel’s fleet, the Jerusalem (…)

  • Central bank workers gagged
    27 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Central bank workers gagged
    By Moti Bassok
    The director general of the Bank of Israel, Yaakov Danon, sent a letter Sunday to the bank’s employees threatening them with dismissal if they speak to reporters.
    Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer instructed Danon to write the letter.
    The letter prohibits all bank employees from passing on to any unauthorized individuals any information received by the workers within the scope of their employment, without the express permission of the (…)

  • U.S. built major Iranian nuclear facility
    27 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    U.S. built major Iranian nuclear facility
    By Sam Roe - Tribune reporter August 23, 2006
    In the heart of Tehran sits one of Iran’s most important nuclear facilities, a dome-shaped building where scientists have conducted secret experiments that could help the country build atomic bombs. It was provided to the Iranians by the United States.
    The Tehran Research Reactor represents a little-known aspect of the international uproar over the country’s alleged weapons program. Not only did (…)

  • Neoconservatism: Why No One Needs It
    27 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Douglas Murray, a British author who, oddly, detests being called a European, is making the rounds in defense of his book, "Neoconservatism: Why We Need It." Here is one for the time capsule.
    If the rapid dissolution of empire, the pound’s loss of value during the past 20 years, and the transparent superficiality of an obsolescent "monarchy" weren’t conclusive proof of a culture in decline, the rise of an indigenous neoconservative movement based on the bankrupt American strain is surely (…)

  • A resistance to war by Ramzy Kysia ONLINE JOURNAL
    26 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_1136.shtml A resistance to war By Ramzi Kysia
    Online Journal Contributing Writer
    Aug 24, 2006, 00:43
    Last week, I made my first trip to South Lebanon since the war began. Having traveled a fifth of the world, and been present during “wars” in Iraq, Palestine, and New York, I can honestly say that I have never seen such complete devastation in my entire life. The only thing that even comes close are the pictures I’ve seen from World War (…)

  • Suicide soldier’s dying words to his mother :’I can’t go to Iraq. I can’t kill those children’
    26 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    ’I can’t go to Iraq. I can’t kill those children’ - Suicide soldier’s dying words to his mother
    By Cahal Milmo
    Published: 25 August 2006
    While his peers from St Augustine’s Catholic school were this month contemplating university careers or first jobs, Jason Chelsea was preoccupied with a different future: his first tour of duty in Iraq.
    The 19-year-old infantryman, from Wigan, Greater Manchester, was tormented by concern about (…)

  • Report: US probing Israel use of cluster bombs
    26 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Report: US probing Israel use of cluster bombs
    Published: 08.25.06, 08:02
    The US State Department is probing whether Israel’s use of US-made cluster bombs in southern Lebanon violates secret agreements signed between the two countries, the New York Times reported on Friday.
    The newspaper said the inquiry was launched after the State Department received reports that three types American anti-personnel cluster bombs were used in Lebanon and were responsible for civilian injuries. (…)

  • An outlaw state: Israel breaks ceasefire, threatens to assassinate Hezbollah leader
    26 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    An outlaw state: Israel breaks ceasefire, threatens to assassinate Hezbollah leader
    by Patrick Martin August 24, 2006 World Socialist Web Site
    Israeli forces on Saturday carried out a flagrant violation of the ceasefire along the Lebanon-Israel border, as dozens of military commandos attacked the village of Boudai, near Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley of eastern Lebanon. The raid was the first full-scale breach in the ceasefire between Israeli and Hezbollah forces in south Lebanon which (…)