Posted on 07/15/2006 11:24:32 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
09:19 MDA: More than 20 people hurt in Katyusha rocket strike in Haifa (Channel 2)
09:16 Residents of Acre, Haifa and its suburbs told to enter bomb shelters (Israel Radio)
09:15 Tenth Katyusha rocket lands in Haifa (Israel Radio)
09:15 Explosions heard in Rosh Hanikra (Israel Radio)
09:11 Katyusha rockets hit Acre and suburbs around Haifa Bay (Channel 2)
09:06 Report: Three to five explosion heard in central Haifa (Israel Radio)
08:47 Chirac: Forces threatening Lebanon`s security, sovereignty must be stopped (AP)
08:41 Sgt. Tal Amgar killed on Navy ship to be buried 16.00 Sun. at Ashdod cemetery (Itim)
08:39 Chirac calls for `show of moderation` in Lebanon, says cease-fire needed (Reuters)
08:37 IDF denies report of air raid on power station south of Beirut (Haaretz)
08:36 Hezbollah says it fought off attempt by IDF ground forces to cross Lebanese border (AP)
08:35 Bush urges Israel `to be mindful of the consequences` of its military actions (AP)
08:19 Jewish man arrested after threatening to stab Palestinians in J`lem`s Old City (Itim)
08:15 Al Manar: Nasrallah to give an interview later Sunday to prove he`s well (Israel Radio)
Didn't Wolf used to be stationed in Israel or broadcasting in Israel? I thought my Israeli friends said they knew him from on the air there?
You have a much more optomistic outlook on hotsoup.com than I do...
Unless they have very strong Admin moderators...I see partisan flame wars breaking out...
We will see how it works....but, I do agree we should keep track of it.
Not true.
SAINT PETERSBURG (AFP) - World leaders have labored to forge a united response to the raging Middle East crisis as US President George W. Bush defended Israel and blamed militants backed by Iran and Syria.
Amid talks dominated by Israel's devastating offensives in Lebanon and Gaza, leaders of the select Group of Eight (G8) major industrialized countries pledged steps Sunday to address energy security, infectious disease and other global worries.
But there were few signs that G8 leaders were rallying behind a US push for a tough statement identifying the root cause of the Mideast violence as the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah and its allies Iran and Syria.
we know what you mean....although, the first time I scanned it I thought you said "I wish I were still alive"
need some coffee
G8 calls for "extremists" to end Mideast violence
Sun Jul 16, 2006 5:57 PM BST
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Group of Eight leaders on Sunday issued a carefully-crafted statement on the Middle East that blamed extremists for an upsurge in violence and called on Israel to be restrained in responding to attack.
After lengthy discussions to bridge differences over how to respond to the dramatic upsurge in violence the leaders of the world's richest nations blamed Lebanon's Hizbollah and elements in Hamas for starting a crisis that has left dozens dead.
It described those responsible as "extremists" and called on them to immediately halt their attacks.
"These extremist elements and those that support them cannot be allowed to plunge the Middle East into chaos," said the text.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the G8 was demanding Hizbollah release two Israeli soldiers it captured on Wednesday and halt rocket attacks on Israel. An attack deep into Israel on Sunday hit the port city of Haifa and left at least eight dead.
"We demand first that the Israeli soldiers be returned to Israel healthy, that the attacks on Israel cease, and then naturally for Israel to halt military action," she told reporters.
The G8 statement said the return of captives and an end to rocket attacks was needed to create the "conditions for a cessation of violence", putting the onus on Hizbollah to act first to end the fighting.
The G8 said Israel had the right to defend itself, a position that the United States, the Jewish state's biggest backer, has repeatedly taken when asked if it will call on the Israelis to halt their intense bombardment of Lebanon.
But the statement added that Israel had to be mindful of "the strategic and humanitarian consequences of its actions" and should exercise utmost restraint to avoid civilian casualties, damage to infrastructure and the destabilisation of the fragile Lebanese coalition government.
Merkel said that as part of efforts to end Israeli-Hizbollah fighting in Lebanon, G8 leaders want a new military observer force for the country.
"We are firmly convinced that the Lebanese government must be given all manner of support to implement U.N. resolutions on southern Lebanon. We ask that in addition to the U.N. activities, an additional observer and security mission be set up. That must be done through the U.N.," she told reporters.
The United Nations and European Union have sent peace missions to Lebanon and are expected to report back to the U.N. Security Council on Thursday.
They may recommend an expansion of the current 2,000-strong U.N. force in southern Lebanon.
Five days of cross-border bombardments on Lebanon by Israeli forces and rocket attacks into Israel by their Hizbollah militant foes have left dozens of civilians dead and raised fears of a regional conflict.
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-07-16T165736Z_01_L1685133_RTRUKOC_0_UK-GROUP-MIDEAST-STATEMENT.xml
I am sorry, I am not the best person to ask..I am fighting a migraine...so, I haven't done a lot of reading...
My first answer was too flip...I apologize.
The Marines have arrived, but for obvious reasons, there is a news black out.
Thanks for all your updates...am working at the moment...will catch up in about 30 mins:)
..and eating gin soaked raisins.. :0)
"Chirac: G-8 members unanimously call for ceasefire in Gaza, Lebanon (AP)"
I think Chirac is hallucinating that everyone adopted his position...no, that can't be right, France likes to take it doggie style.
Thank you!
Just announced on CNN that 3 of those killed in Lebanon by Israeli rockets had Canadian citizenship. Dual maybe?
"All sovereign nations have the right to defend themselves against terrorist attacks," Bush said after talks with Blair.
http://www.teluguportal.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=7992
:)
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