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.
- The New York Times
- July 22, 2006
- Weapons
- U.S. Speeds Up Bomb Delivery for the Israelis
- By DAVID S. CLOUD and HELENE COOPER
- 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.
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+
An Israeli human rights organization presents a view from the other side.
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