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  • Scenes from Beirut on the Eve of the Invasion (Counterpunch)
    26 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    July 25, 2006
    Most Lebanese Now Know Who Their Real Tormentor Is Scenes from Beirut on the Eve of the Invasion By GEORGE BISHARAT
    Eleven days ago, I walked through the familiar stone archway, descended steps worn smooth by the feet of others, and re-entered the paradise that is the American University of Beirut. It was my first trip back in 25 years. Here my father and four uncles were all endowed with the movable asset of education — enabling them to later flourish in the United States, (…)

  • Some things you need to know before the world ends By William BLUM
    26 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    The Anti-Empire Report Some things you need to know before the world ends July 22, 2006 by William Blum
    The End Is Near, but first, this commercial.
    There are times when I think that this tired old world has gone on a few years too long. What’s happening in the Middle East is so depressing. Most discussions of the eternal Israel-Palestine conflict are variations on the child’s eternal defense for misbehavior — "He started it!" Within a few minutes of discussing/arguing the latest (…)

  • Iraqi Death Toll Rises Above 100 Per Day, U.N. Says
    26 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Iraqi Death Toll Rises Above 100 Per Day, U.N. Says
    New York Times http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/sf/nyt7_19_06_4.htm
    July 19, 2006
    Iraqi Death Toll Rises Above 100 Per Day, U.N. Says By KIRK SEMPLE
    BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 18 - An average of more than 100 civilians per day were killed in Iraq last month, the United Nations reported Tuesday, registering what appears to be the highest official monthly tally of violent deaths since the fall of Baghdad.
    The death toll, drawn from Iraqi (…)

  • Israelis Slaughter U.N. Observers
    26 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    BY KURT NIMMO
    http://uruknet.info/?p=m25069&hd=0&size=1&l=f
    July 25, 2006
    After Israel bombed a U.N. shelter near Khiam, Lebanon, killing four observers, Daniel Ayalon, Israeli ambassador to the United States, had the audacity to tell Wolf Blizter of CNN he expects an apology from U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan for complaining.
    Of course, this is nothing new, as the Israelis routinely attack the United Nations and little if anything comes of such murderous crimes (…)

  • Against the generalised chaos in the Middle East, develop the camp of the workers !
    26 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Bombing in Lebanon, invasion of Gaza, firing of rockets into Haifa and the north of Israel, chaos in Iraq, threats of war with Iran...
    Against the generalised chaos in the Middle East, develop the camp of the workers !
    The massive bombings and the ground invasion by Israel of Lebanon are a new stage towards a generalised chaos in the Middle East, adding new deaths, new suffering and new destruction in an area already touched by the chaos of the sectarian civil war in Iraq, the bombings (…)

  • Israel is planning for a "Long War" in Lebanon
    26 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Israel is planning for a "Long War" in Lebanon: Olmert tells Cabinet he expects campaign to ’take a very long time’
    www.globalresearch.ca/PrintArticle.php?articleId=2799
    July 23, 2006 The Daily Star (Beirut)
    BEIRUT: Israeli Premier Ehud Olmert said Sunday that the current Israeli offensive against Lebanon would "last a very long time," as he addressed a Cabinet meeting Sunday. According to a senior Israeli government official, Olmert said: "The diplomatic process will not come at (…)

  • Who Will be Blamed for Nuclear War? By Prof. Jorge HIRSCH (globalresearch.ca)
    26 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Israel, Iran and the US: Who Will be Blamed for Nuclear War?
    By Prof. Jorge Hirsch July 24, 2006
    www.globalresearch.ca/PrintArticle.php?articleId=2807
    The war on Lebanon may well escalate to the point where the US will use nuclear weapons against Iran, in what would be the first use of nuclear weapons in war since Nagasaki. And the world may well blame the Jewish State [1], [2]. Israel’s bombing campaign which is causing immense suffering, is in blatant violation of the Geneva (…)

  • Human Rights Watch: Israel Dropping Cluster Bombs on Lebanese Civilians
    26 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Human Rights Watch: Israel Dropping Cluster Bombs on Lebanese Civilians Tuesday, July 25th, 2006
    http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/25/1442232
    Human Rights Watch says Israel is firing cluster munitions at Lebanese residential neighborhoods in possible violation of international law. We speak with HRW’s Peter Bouckaert in Beirut. [includes rush transcript] The United Nations has launched an emergency appeal for the international community to help the people of Lebanon. (…)

  • Lebanese President Accuses Israel of Using White Phosphorus Bombs in Lebanon
    26 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Lebanese President Accuses Israel of Using White Phosphorus Bombs in Lebanon Tuesday, July 25th, 2006
    http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/25/1442242
    Independent journalist Dahr Jamail, who exposed how the U.S. used white phosphorus bombs in Iraq, says Israel is using the same tactic in Lebanon. We speak to him in Beirut. While Human Rights Watch is accusing Israel of using cluster bombs, the Lebanese president Emile Lahoud says Israel is also using white phosphorus. Lebanese (…)

  • Star Wars in Iraq: Is the U.S. Using New Experimental Tactical High Energy Laser Weapons in Iraq?
    26 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    U.S. Broadcast Exclusive: Star Wars in Iraq: Is the U.S. Using New Experimental Tactical High Energy Laser Weapons in Iraq? Tuesday, July 25th, 2006
    http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/25/1442252
    In November, a documentary from Italy’s RAI Television accusing the United States of illegally white phosphorus during its attack on Fallujah. A new documentary says the United States is now using experimental laser weapons against Iraqi civilians. We play an excerpt. [includes rush (…)