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  • As the 6am ceasefire takes effect... the real war begins
    14 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    As the 6am ceasefire takes effect... the real war begins
    Robert Fisk - The Independent August 14, 2006
    The real war in Lebanon begins today. The world may believe - and Israel may believe - that the UN ceasefire due to come into effect at 6am today will mark the beginning of the end of the latest dirty war in Lebanon after up to 1,000 Lebanese civilians and more than 30 Israeli civilians have been killed. But the reality is quite different and will suffer no such self-delusion: the (…)

  • SHAM UN RESOLUTION GUARANTEES NO END TO ISRAEL’S WAR OF ILLEGAL AGGRESSION
    14 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Sham UN Resolution Guarantees No End To Israel’s War of Illegal Aggression - by Stephen Lendman
    On August 11, the UN Security Council unanimously passed Resolution 1701 jointly proposed by the US and France and with all provisions in it signed off on by Israel before it was put to a vote. Neither Lebanon nor Hezbollah was afforded that same right. In a UN dominated by the world’s only superpower and having to operate within the constraints it sets, only US client states are allowed that (…)

  • MIDEAST: FAUSTO BERTINOTTI, CONDOLENCES FOR ITALIAN KILLED IN JERUSALEM
    14 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    (AGI) - Rome, Aug. 11 - The President of the Chamber of Deputies, Fausto Bertinotti, has sent the Frammartino Family a message of condolences for the death of the young man killed in Jerusalem.
    "The news of the violent and tragic death of Angela has profoundly saddened and distressed me," writes Bertinotti. "The humanitarian commitment and the spirit of solidarity of a young man serving the people and the primary needs of a population devastated by war and terrorism have a very high civil (…)

  • ITALIAN KILLED: D’ALEMA SENDS MESSAGE TO FRAMMARTINO FAMILY
    14 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    (AGI) - Rome, Aug 11 - Foreign Minister Massimo D’Alema send a message to the relatives of Angelo Frammartino, the young man killed yesterday in Jerusalem.
    "I am deeply grieved by the terrible news which has reached you, I would like to express my profound condolences for the loss of your son, who died tragically while on a very appreciated humanitarian mission.
    On this occasion, I would like to express my hope that light be shed on the cause and the responsibilities of the event as soon (…)

  • ITALIAN KILLED: NAPOLITANO, CONSTERNATION AND ANGUISH
    14 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Rome, Aug 11 - "I was consternated and anguished to hear the news of the barbaric murder of young Angelo Frammartino, who was involved in a mission of solidarity for Palestinian children.
    This brutal murder is part of the violence which is upsetting the entire region," wrote Italian President Giorgio Napolitano in a message to the CGIL Secretary General, the ARCI President and the Mayor of Monterotondo.
    "It must be ended as soon as possible through more effort from the international (…)

  • Italian aid worker killed in Israel
    14 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Rome, August 11 - A 24-year-old Italian aid worker was stabbed to death in Jerusalem on Thursday evening.
    Israeli police described the murder of Angelo Frammartino as a politically motivated "act of terrorism" .
    Police detained five young Palestinians during the night, but later released them without charge .
    Frammartino, a law student from the town of Monterotondo near Rome, was working as a volunteer at a summer camp for Palestinian children run by Italian trade union CGIL .
    He was (…)

  • China drought leaves 17 million without water -media
    14 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    China drought leaves 17 million without water -media
    13 Aug 2006 04:03:41 GMT
    Source: Reuters
    BEIJING, Aug 13 (Reuters) - About 17 million people in southwest China don’t have access to clean drinking water due to sustained drought, state media reported on Sunday.
    Crops on large tracts of farmland in Sichuan province and the nearby Chongqing municipality have withered due to the month-long drought, causing economic losses of 9.23 billion yuan ($1.15 billion), the Beijing News and the (…)

  • US Planned Lebanon War with Israel
    13 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    New York - The US government was closely involved in the planning of Israel’s military operations against Islamic militant group Hezbollah even before the July 12 kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers, The New Yorker magazine reported in its latest issue.
    US journalist Seymour Hersh writes that President George W Bush and vice president Dick Cheney were convinced that a successful Israeli bombing campaign against Hezbollah could ease Israel’s security concerns and also serve as a prelude to a (…)

  • Rogue Israeli State Protested at White House Rally
    13 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    “The evil that men do lives after them.” - William Shakespeare
    Washington, D.C. - As Israeli terror bombing of civilians continues relentlessly over Gaza and Lebanon, demonstrators took to the streets near the White House, on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2006, to protest. Led by Arab-American organizers, and supported by antiwar groups, like the ANSWER Coalition, they rallied, at noon, in Lafayette Park, which is directly across the way from the official residenc of President George W. Bush. The (…)

  • Israel widens attack despite UN resolution
    12 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Israel continued its military offensive in Lebanon today, killing at least 19 people, despite a United Nations resolution for a ceasefire, passed unanimously last night.
    The deadliest attack was on homes in the village of Rachaf, in the south of the country, just four miles from the Israeli border, where at least 15 civilians were killed by air strikes, security officials said.
    Israeli missiles hit a vehicle in Kharayeb, a village in the Zahrani region about halfway between Beirut and (…)