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  • US expects Lebanon violence to end in days: Rice

    08/12/2006 3:41:30 PM PDT · by radar101 · 31 replies · 573+ views
    Yahoo News ^ | 12 AUG 2006 | Yahoo News
    US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Israeli radio she hoped a Lebanon ceasefire would take effect in "a day or so" after approval of a UN resolution by the Lebanese and Israeli cabinets. Her comments came shortly before Lebanese Finance Minister Jihad Azour told AFP that his government, which includes Hezbollah representatives, unanimously had voted in favor of the UN resolution calling for an end to hostilities with Israel. He said the approval came "despite some reservations." Rice said she expected Israel's cabinet to approve the UN resolution Sunday. It provides for the deployment of a robust international peacekeeping...
  • Israeli Forces Begin Major Push Into Lebanon

    08/09/2006 6:29:20 PM PDT · by Izzy Dunne · 41 replies · 818+ views
    Fox News ^ | Aug. 9, 2006 | Bill Hemmer
    JERUSALEM — Israeli troops and armored vehicles began a massive push toward the Lebanon border late Wednesday, marking the start of a new ground offensive aimed at neutralizing Hezbollah's rocket-launching capabilities, FOX News has learned. Israel also launched an airstrike on Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp, killing at least two people. The camp is home to about 75,000 Palestinian refugees and their descendants who were displaced by the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.