After a much needed break yesterday, I return to this news: The Israeli army dropped phosphorous bombs against Hizbollah guerrilla targets in Lebanon during the war in August, an Israeli minister said yesterday, confirming Lebanese allegations for the first time. Phosphorus weapons can cause severe burns and are banned for use in civilian areas, but […]
I just read the following headline and rolled my eyes: Bush wants UN resolution on Lebanon conflict fast We are almost a month into this conflict and now Bush wants a resolution “fast”. What about our veto at the U.N. last month or our constant screwing around with the resolution so it says what the […]
This Morning, Karen Hughes was on CNN saying that the whole world agrees on a cease fire for Israel/Lebanon. This afternoon, Tony Snow echoed that statement in his press conference. It seems this may not actually be the case: U.S., European and Arab officials holding crisis talks on Lebanon failed to agree Wednesday on an […]
This is very, very bad: Israeli tanks and troops today invaded southern Lebanon after Hizbullah captured two soldiers and killed several others. The Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, described the capture of the soldiers an “act of war” by Lebanon, with today’s developments compounding the ongoing political crisis over an abducted Israeli soldier being held […]