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Saturday, July 22, 2006

 

Bombs for Lebanon With Love From Uncle Sam


The New Barbarians


All of them are not on the Lebanese side of the border.
  • WASHINGTON, July 21 -- The Bush administration is rushing a delivery of precision-guided bombs to Israel, which requested the expedited shipment last week after beginning its air campaign against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, American officials said Friday.
  • The decision to quickly ship the weapons to Israel was made with relatively little debate within the Bush administration, the officials said. Its disclosure threatens to anger Arab governments and others because of the appearance that the United States is actively aiding the Israeli bombing campaign in a way that could be compared to Iran'’s efforts to arm and resupply Hezbollah.
  • The munitions that the United States is sending to Israel are part of a multimillion-dollar arms sale package approved last year that Israel is able to draw on as needed, the officials said. But Israel'’s request for expedited delivery of the satellite and laser-guided bombs was described as unusual by some military officers, and as an indication that Israel still had a long list of targets in Lebanon to strike.
The numbers speak.

Yesterday's casualties

Lebanese

Yesterday:
Deaths 8

Since outbreak:
Military 66
Civilians 345
Wounded +1000

Israeli

Yesterday:
Military 4
Wounded Civilians 15

Since outbreak:
Military 15
Civilians 19
Wounded 300+

Refugees in Lebanon. The images of faces without names cry out.

An Israeli human rights organization presents a view from the other side.
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