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  • Israel tells UN it will stop Gaza aid flotilla

    08/20/2010 2:20:28 PM PDT · by BradtotheBone · 10 replies
    Yahoo News ^ | August 20, 2010
    UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – Israel informed the United Nations Friday that it reserves the right to use force to stop a new aid flotilla from reaching the blockaded Gaza Strip. In a letter sent to UN chief Ban Ki-moon, Israel's UN Ambassador Gabriela Shalev said the stated intention of the Bolivian-flagged all-women cargo ship Mariam "is to violate the existing naval blockade of Gaza." She added that Israel also had information that another vessel, the Naji al-Ali, plans to leave from a Lebanese port with the aim of violating the blockade. "Israel reserves its right under international law to use...
  • A Day in the Life of President Bush (photos): 13-12-07

    12/13/2007 4:38:21 PM PST · by snugs · 47 replies · 186+ views
    Today the President met with Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua The President Bush Condemed Assassination of Lebanese Brigadier General Francois al-Hajj I strongly condemn yesterday's assassination of Lebanese Brigadier General Francois al-Hajj and extend my condolences to his family and the families of the innocents who were murdered alongside him. This assassination marks the twelfth political assassination or attempted assassination Lebanon has suffered since October 2004. Like the many victims before him, General al-Hajj was a supporter of Lebanon's independence and an opponent of Syria's interference in Lebanon's internal affairs. I call on the international community to support the Government of...
  • AP News Alert Explosion Beirut

    12/11/2007 9:45:23 PM PST · by BurbankKarl · 35 replies · 662+ views
    AP ^ | 12/11/07 | AP and KGO
    18 minutes ago BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanese security officials and TV stations report explosion in suburb of Beirut. just in, broadcast on KGO
  • Guantanamo Inmates Despair of Ever Leaving

    03/05/2006 8:00:20 PM PST · by NewLand · 71 replies · 1,205+ views
    AP ^ | March 5, 2006 | MIRANDA LEITSINGER
    Guantanamo Inmates Despair of Ever Leaving Sunday, March 5, 2006 9:13 PM EST The Associated Press By MIRANDA LEITSINGER GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — Ahamed Abdul Aziz has been in the Guantanamo Bay prison for more than three years and, by his account, has been interrogated 50 times without being charged with any crime. He waits with anguish for freedom but fears it will never come. "We are in a grave here," he told his lawyers, echoing the despair felt by many of the roughly 490 prisoners held as suspected terrorists at the U.S. naval base in eastern...
  • AQ Persian Gulf Ops Chief Killed in Saudi Arabia...

    03/15/2004 5:25:04 PM PST · by Cheetah1 · 46 replies · 167+ views
    ABC News...Radio | 3/15/04
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