Mideast Cease-Fire Fails Early Test
Shaky Truce Undermined By Israeli Demands And Lebanese Accusations
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The 'Jihad Reconstruction'
Hezbollah has begun to rebuild the damaged and destroyed homes of Lebanese civilians in what the group calls "Jihad Reconstruction." Allen Pizzey reports from Beirut.
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UN Peacekeepers In Lebanon
Israel has begun handing over its positions in southern Lebanon to UN peacekeepers. The peacekeepers will link-up with Lebanese troops who are headed to the area. Alan Pizzey reports.
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Lebanon has deployed its troops to the border as part of the U.N. cease-fire plan. However, Israel says the peace deal depends on the U.N. peacekeeping force. Manuel Gallegus reports.
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A Lebanese soldier waves to an UNIFIL vehicle driving along the Lebanese-Israeli border August 20, 2006 in the town of Kafarkila. (AWAD/AFP/Getty)
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Members of a Shiite Lebanese family pose in the rubble of their home destroyed by Israeli bombing in the southern village of Kfar Sir, Aug. 20, 2006. (AFP/Getty Images)
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Lebanese soldiers stand guard on their armored vehicle in the port of Tyre, Aug. 19 2006. (AFP/Getty Images)
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Israeli soldiers unload their weapons as they stand along the international border with Lebanon moments after they crossed back into Israel, Aug. 19, 2006. (AP)
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Lebanese citizens stand next to a picture of Iran's late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in the Hezbollah stronghold of Baalbek, in the eastern Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 18, 2006. (AP)
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Fragile Cease-Fire
Tens of thousands of Lebanese return home and some Israeli troops withdraw as tenuous cease-fire takes hold.
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Israel-Lebanon Bloodshed
2006: Rocket attacks, missile strikes, incursions leave death and destruction in their wake.
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Rockets Target Israel
Hezbollah missiles rain down on cities and towns in northern Israel.
Lebanon's defense minister said he was certain Hezbollah would not break the cease-fire but warned rogue Palestinian groups of harsh measures and a traitor's fate if they incited Israeli retaliation by launching rockets into the Jewish state.
Also, Prime Minister Fuad Saniora, a Sunni Muslim, toured the devastated Hezbollah stronghold in Shiite south Beirut on Sunday and decried the destruction wrought by Israeli bombs as "crimes against humanity." Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, a Shiite and Hezbollah backer, stood at the prime minister's side and said they spoke with one voice.
In Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said he would name a panel to investigate government and military conduct of the conflict, in the face of criticism that authorities prosecuted a messy war with an unclear outcome and waffled over key decisions.
A day after Israel conducted a pre-dawn commando raid deep into the Bekaa Valley, prompting U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to declare the Israelis in violation of the Security Council cease-fire resolution, there were no reports of fresh incidents and the truce held into a seventh day.
Residents in the mountains east of Beirut, however, reported continued Israeli overflights. And the Lebanese army issued a statement accusing Israel of not abiding by the cease-fire because of the airspace violations, which were a prelude the Bekaa Valley commando raid.
Defense Minister Elias Murr's strong warning to rogue rocket teams indicated concern that Syrian-backed Palestinian militants might try to restart the fighting by drawing retaliation from Israel. He insisted Hezbollah would hold its fire.
"We consider that when the resistance (Hezbollah) is committed not to fire rockets, then any rocket that is fired from the Lebanese territory would be considered collaboration with Israel to provide a pretext (for Israel) to strike," he said.
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See all 53 Commentsit is very clear that they are supporting this
terrist group.The IDF should have finished the job
in wiping out the Hizbullah instead of agreeing
to the ceasefire sponsored by ab inutile organizationm thr UN.
here's the facts - the west will NEVER be able to "spread" democracy to any of these regions... why, because with democracy comes "true" peace and the true desire for peace, and these savages have never and will never know peace, not one of these countries has even the smallest ammount of ability to EVER have peace with anyone (it's called muslimism) they have shown this FACT for more then a thousand years and will continue to show it for a thousand more, so..... let's push for natural fuels and lesser dependence on these idiots and leave these dumb ***'s alone to KILL them selves off, eventually dipstick next door willl get his bomb and undouptedly bomb his neighbor and vice versa and hopefully the wind will be blowing his direction as he does and he will in turn wipe out his entire country then if they each just take turns blowing each other up they will eventually be GONE and WE the rest of the peace loving world can finally live in peace......
A typical chickenhawk comment. The IDF was defeated soundly by Hezbollah. They, unlike dumb Texas-America, understood very quickly they weren't winning and withdrew. They weren't willing to take causulaties. Makes you kind of sick when you realize that Texas-America is still sacrificing our men in a lost cause in Iraq just to feed their ego. We take 3,000 dead and countless wounded for Isreal, and they don't want to take a few 100's of causualties when its their turn. I guess no one is as loyal and self-sacrificing as the American soldier.
I always used to wonder if a few of those ones who died in Vietnam had only lived, and some of today's chickenhawks had taken their place instead of avoiding the draft, who might be our leaders today. Maybe patriots instead of cowards. Maybe honorable soldiers instead of liars. Maybe instead of starting endless wars with other's children, we would be avoiding wars, or have the kind of leaders who take burdens on themselves instead of placing burdens on the public. Telling us to be calm and doing their job to protect us, like they did in 'Nam and died for it, rather than telling us to be afraid, very afraid, while they laugh and play on their luxury ranches. We lost our best and brightest in Vietnam, and we kept our cowardly knaves. We've been paying for this unequal trade for 30 years.
Who did we lose today in Iraq?
If the United States would stop shipping the latest war machines and weapons to Israel, they would be gone in the blink of an eye. But of course, we cannot do that because the U.S. has been commandeered by the Neo Cons and the CEO's of large American corporations who are dedicated to the continued survival of the Zionist state....at any cost.
We are facing WW-III, while carrying out illegal invasions of sovereign nations and overthrowing their governments, in the name of Good against Evil. The only evil that exists in this world is in the minds of holier than thou politicians employing Cowboy diplomacy. Is that "tiny" nation worth entering WW-III for. Absolutely NOT!
No one has the right to invade and subjugate a people simply because their ideology conflicts with theirs. While I am not a traditional religious person, I pray for the day that the Creator puts a end to these crimes against the human race.
Irregardless of how terrible or different a culture maybe from our own, we have no right whatsoever to interfere.
We will answer from our crimes and we will do so with our Immortal Souls.
P.S. ReturntToEden... Sigh... Irregardless is not a word.
One can be silly enough to distort the genral view of reality. 'By Way of Deception' is the title of a book written by a former Mossad/IDF thing. He decided to write what his heart suggested to asy. U still say it's justly earned land. So be it if it were true. Look at the eloquent number of violations of rules and attacks on other lands the Zionist state has done since only decembre 2005.
Zionist State is known for its rich history of violation of UN resolutions, let the numbers speak.
Checking periodical reports submitted to the Secretary-General and the General, the Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the United Nations reported 529 %u201Cviolations of Lebanese sovereignty committed by Zionist State%u201D for the period between December 1, 2005, and May 31, 2006:
- December, 2005: 96 violations reported
- January, 2006: 61 violations reported
- February, 2006: 72 violations reported
- March, 2006: 110 violations reported
- April, 2006: 51 violations reported
- May, 2006: 139 violations reported
So can you still pretend a just Land. It's only what you wish it were.
All of them. I'm tired of you people thinking you can do no wrong. You are human and not god like people. Islam is not the only religion in the world, however it is the only one that talks about holy war and killing off all other religions. I think you are all a bunch of fanatics that need to crawl back in your caves and stay there. This will make the world a better place.
good luck - hopefully the wind will be heading the right direction upon detonation.....
GO NATURAL FUELS!!!!!!!!! - down with oil...
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/18/earlyshow/main1910319.shtml
You would be right at home on The Texas Ranch. Your ignorance is appalling.
Have you ever been to Baghdad or any place beyond Waco? Iran, Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Ethiopia and other Middle-Eastern and African countries are the cradle of civilization.
Their engineering, scientific and mathematical contributions from thousands of years ago, still astounds the so called civilized world.
In your comment saying jews being expelled from the arab countries. Let's rectify this pretension: Morroco being an arab country, its jewish community is flourishing, and living well. One can say, they are in the governing class and over-represented despite their small number in the population. Same situation in Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon... This is the case in EVERY arab country. Maybe you don't know, but there are still Jews in IRAQ and IRAN, pretty well respected, I'd say and they don't want to leave...
Zionism was the major cause that brought Jews out of Arab countries and heading in Israel. NOT EXPELLED. NO arab countries expelled them, No arab countries KILLED 6,000,000 of them. Please stop distorting facts.
The best way to solve this problem, is to sit and negotiate. Give justice a way to settle the problem with the Palestinian authority and the palestinian newly democratically ELECTED government, without labelling them as terrorists and acting upon them accordingly (Jimmy Carter was an observer in the election Process). Give the road map a chance without negating it every five days, and building walls of shame.
Force and Power are the weapons of the past. Things have changed in the Middle-East, the distribution of Power has shifted toward a more radical regimes, because of the intransigence of Israeli Adminstrations and their Bully attitude.
I'm sure this day will come soon. It only needed an first show of resolve in front of Israel. Hezballah just did it.
It doesn't matter if we've never lived in the Middle East. There are other ways of learning other than being there. What a stupid argument that is. Shall I become a drug addict so I can KNOW what it is like to stick a needle in my arm or live with holes in my arms? NUTS!!?
Who would want to live in the Mid East hell hole just to find out what we already know that arabs are vindictive, hateful and mean? I care not for the Middle Eastern countries at all-except for Israel.
It doesn't matter if we've never lived in the Middle East. There are other ways of learning other than being there. What a stupid argument that is. Shall I become a drug addict so I can KNOW what it is like to stick a needle in my arm or live with holes in my arms? NUTS!!?
Who would want to live in the Mid East hell hole just to find out what we already know that arabs are vindictive, hateful and mean? I care not for the Middle Eastern countries at all-except for Israel.
YOU GO!
Let me be clear. I don't think that all muslims (not even a very substantial percentage of them) are extremist or fanatical. Far from that. I know the vast majority are decent people who care for their own and their families well being, thru hard and honest work, like anyone else in the world. Just look at the scenes in the streets of Bagdad... The problem is, the small minority of fanatics are, by their own nature, quite noisy and brutal.
It's a shame that a substantial part of the media seems to be willing to "sell" their message without much regard for the factual truth.
Case in point: It's obvious and logical to anyone, with no need to be in Lebanon, that Israel (or any other democratic nation) would very much prefer live in peace rather than at war. If Israel has anything good is their intelligence services. And it doesn't take a genious to realize that this last raid to the norwest of Beirut could only have been to intercept yet another shipment of arms and ammunition from Syria/Iran.
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Now, to claim this action as a flagrant violation of the cease-fire agreement, when the same agreement was never fully accepted by the Lebanese government and by the hezbolah who, in the first place, refused to disarm this terrorist movement (it would suffice, as they declared, that they would not exhibit their guns in public, can you imagine? Well, these were not the terms of the resolution!) and when the UN force is taking forever to assemble and take over the space left by the IDF, what the hack are we talking about?
Attitudes like these just reinforce in many people's minds the idea that the UN cannot or will not provide viable solutions and that nations will be forced to take upon their hands to defend themselves and their interests against a growing hysteria of extremist fanaticism covered, in part, by a very politically correct media, incapable of putting out factual and unbiased information, no matter who likes it or dislikes it.
It's just sad.
Either which way, yes, it is by no means a bad thing to fight terrorism, but what our government and media had hoped was that Hizbollah would be viewed in the same league as Al Qaida, which consquently it didn't. This was a PR disaster. Not only that but the majority of the world, especially if you watch other news networks such as the BBC, will tell you that the way in which we and the Isrealis conducted ourselves has created us more enemies than we in the first place. It is undeniably this sort of conduct that hampers our progress n the War on Terror. It is this sort of foreign policy that makes the terrorist's recruitment even easier.
No-one likes them, but we played right into their hands on this one.
Olmert has not emeged from this in the way in which he had hoped. People now hope at if Israel is dragged into another war that he will not be at the helm, and rightfully so.
This war was a disgrace, they even managed to have a statement released by Kofi Annan claimin that they had intentionally attacked a UN base.What a complete and utter shambles. With a reputation of a strong and professional millitary that in 6 days managed o defeat both Syria and Egypt, could not conclude a victory in 30days, and were politically forced into a ceasefire. With the outcomes as truly dismal as they are, why is it that people are bewildered as to why the terrorists are claiming a istric victory. Sure if you look at it from an Isael versus Lebanon perspective, that is one thing, but Israel versus Hizbollah is quite another. Dont put yourself under any illusions, a ceasefire is not a comprehensive victory.
Unless you don't care about the law of International Bodies such as Uited Nations, which seems to be the case, and then why The Lebanese Resistence would care to, since it has no value for Israel. So face to face and the belligerents fight again and see who wins. Zionists have just tasted the will and resolute of the lebanese resistence. They (zionists) are now stealing and abducting people belonging to Lebanese resistence in order to exchange them. That is agood sign of frightness and cowardise of the most powerful army in the middle east.
The truth is most jews I know, would go so far as to support Israel were it to launch a pre-emptive strike on Malawi, if there was a suspicion it harboured terrorists.That is the truth of the matter. They harbour the view that Israel is the holy land, so if it were to attack the White house, it would be justified. They fail to comprehend that just because a government is fighting, it is justified. How more nonsensical can you get. Soon it will dawn on people that a terrorism is the destruction and killing of innocent civillains and their infrastructure. Just because all of a sudden you are democratically elected, it doesnt give you license to do that.
Arabs are victims of poor governance that fails to address their problems, that fail to stand up to monster states, and hence these people take matters into their own hands. They are seen as vigilantes.
If you think this war was the correct decision read my preious two comments, id be interested in a response. Its strange, I am a jew, though im not religious what i stand for is a just and moral. When i do not see it i say it. People are probably going o brand me a supporter of terrorism now, and i say to them in advance:YOU ARE IN DENIAL
If humans came to a comprehensive undertanding of each's needs, then there is no war (Which has been done by writing the United Nations charter of rights. I consider this is a God Revelation, at the exception of not having the sacred stamp we find in the old Holy Books). If Prophets and old-time Kings were alive, they would like this kind of charters and they'd certainly rectify their old versions. They would qualify it of innovative and profitable to humans, so they'd stamp ((DEVINE)) on it... Proof to this is the relative growth stability of the total population of the earth. It increased from hardly two billion in the 1950's to the actual 6 billions + in less than two generations. That is quite an acheivement.
I also include the link to the page of United Nations related to the protection of civilian persons in time of war.
http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/civilianpersons.htm
It's rather fantastic. Everybody should read it and stick to it. I'd rather say that it should apply to in time of peace into some countries that don't provide the minimum to their subjects.
So peace on everybody, creatures of the God, now tomorrow and for ever... amen
http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/RESOLUTION/GEN/NR0/043/88/IMG/NR004388.pdf?OpenElement
It eliminates such pogroms in the name of difference, and it gives the right to all humans, (which are the CREATION OF THE CREATOR, pleases to some extreme semites or extreme Neo-Cons, or not...) because it grants the garantees to all with no distinction of religion, ***, color or minority origin. So there is something weird into auto-labelling best of the best... It's what Sigmund Freund called the Paranoia. Everybody wants to kill me and I'm a victim, so please help me. (please read continued...)
What you said in your little message was interesting, you mentioned 2 warring parties, this is how most people viewed the war(equally). Hence anyone who stood by and watching the US deliver weapons, has every right to watch Hizbollah recieve weapons.
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Then you go one step further, you really hit the epitomy of stupidy, i mean you really reach the summit. Most muslims hate non-muslims?? If i was to say most jews hate non-jews, you would scream anti-semitism at me.You are an islamophobe. Actually muslims have a population of 1.5 billion people worldwide, a very very small minority are terrorists, their religion condemns the killing of the innocent. Most of them, and this is the enlightening bit for you, so listen carefully, perhaps read over once more, to make sure this really hits home for you, most muslims love their families, work to earn for them and sincerely care for their well-being. You are either a radical jew, or anotther one of those ignorant folk who feel the outskirts of Nebraska need to be protected from terrorism. I truly feel sorry for people as ignorant as you going by some of the absurdities that have travelled from your brain to you fingertips and managed to pollute
No one talks about the IRA, or ETA, no one talks about the Israeli who killed Palestinian workers with a mindless gun rampage after the pullout of Gaza. Perhaps we should use him as an example. Perhaps people ought to recognize that he felt powerless, weak, and insufficient as his Government did not protect his interests, and the interests of his nation. It isnt wrong for middle-eastern muslims to feel the same way, a lot of them ought to feel that way. Al Qaeda is the scum of the earth in my opinion there is no lower being then those who are members or supporters.
At the same time however to put Hizbollah into this category is nonsensical. Perhaps people ought to look at it from another perspective, if you were lebanese, and it was your loved ones and neighbours that were dieing, would you be moderate? would you back Israel? Not a chance and rightly so.
People must realise,that all of a sudden if you are elected, it doesnt mean that if you bomb schools and hospitals and deny aid that you have moral high ground.
But I will say something in favour of the Israelis, at least they rape less and don't run prisons like Abu-Ghuraib!
What has been forgotten in the successive revelations is the nature and the environment. It seems that GOD has kind of forgotten or did HE do it on purpose. HE forgot to tell about the natural selection as a way of improving the creation. Albert Einstein who said time is relative and for someone who is out of the time is eternal. Since GOD created the time, He who is Eternal, can SEE the future and present and the past at the same moment. So what we humans see as past-present and future are in fact the same moment for the Creator. He can see how one looks like when young, teen, adult, elderly and why not dead, and why not after death... the soul...
Where in the holy books is said that The Creator has not chosen the natural selection His way of making humans good and better, more beautiful, more intelligent, (some more stubborn!).
Peace on yall and on every creature on earth, amen
By the way I'm not an Islamic expert, but I heard that Fundamental Islam is the naturel son of Fanatical Christianism and son of Fanatical Judaism. Seems that the Judaism is still closer to Isalm than Christianity. Some told me the five daily prayers in Islam and Judaism, the women in both religions who cover with scarves, the guys who get slicked when circumcised (Outch), the same Prophets and Kings, same books, no food but Halal or Kosher, no alcohol, no Pork... They say Islam is a softer version of Judaism. Is that true...? Because maybe they say Islam gave females the right of Ownership and the right to worship, whereas untill recently in the western hemisphere, they were still wondering if the female had a soul... the rest are details.
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