Tuesday, August 22, 2006

The Arab world’s silence has left the last word to those we call extremists

The Arab world’s silence has left the last word to those we call extremists
Alain Gresh
The Guardian
22 Aug 2006

Killers slaughter dozens of civilians in Iraq every day just because they are Sunni Muslims. Suicide attacks are increasingly common in Afghanistan, where they used to be unknown. On the Gaza Strip, 1.5 million Palestinians are caught in a trap, hemmed... read more...

Monday, August 21, 2006

What went wrong: How plans to curb Hezbollah backfired

What went wrong: How plans to curb Hezbollah backfired

The Wall Street Journal Europe
21 Aug 2006

WHEN ITS BOMBS began falling on southern Lebanon 41 days ago, Israel had high hopes that it could severely damage or even destroy Hezbollah, the militant Islamist group rooted there. Crippling it, Israeli officials and their Washington allies hoped,... read more...

Monday, August 14, 2006

Fragile ceasefire in danger amid ferocious fighting

Fragile ceasefire in danger amid ferocious fighting
Julian Borger Jerusalem Conal Urquhart Metulla Brian Whitaker
The Guardian
14 Aug 2006

Lebanon staggered towards a UN ceasefire deadline set for this morning with a ferocious increase in fighting between Israel and Hizbullah and little sign that peace was at hand. With 14 hours left before the dawn truce was due to take hold, the... read more...

Friday, August 11, 2006

Palestinian Authority is urged to dismantle

Palestinian Authority is urged to dismantle
By Guy Chazan
The Wall Street Journal Europe
11 Aug 2006

RAMALLAH, West Bank—Israel’s war with Hezbollah has overshadowed a looming crisis in the West Bank and Gaza, where conditions have deteriorated to the point that some in the Palestinian government are exploring the prospect of its... read more...

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Warning of aid crisis after Israelis hit highway

Warning of aid crisis after Israelis hit highway
Rory McCarthy Metula Will Woodward Duncan Campbell
The Guardian
05 Aug 2006

Israeli aircraft struck deep into Lebanon yesterday killing at least 33 Syrian Kurdish farm workers and destroying four bridges on a key aid route leading north from Beirut. The attack on the farm workers, who were loading peaches and plums on to... read more...



Friday, August 04, 2006

Top US generals and British diplomat warn Iraq could slide into civil war

Top US generals and British diplomat warn Iraq could slide into civil war
Julian Borger Washington Ewen MacAskill Richard Norton-Taylor General Peter Pace
The Guardian
04 Aug 2006

Two senior US generals yesterday publicly agreed with a warning by Britain’s outgoing ambassador to Iraq, William Patey, that the country is slipping towards civil war and partition. “I believe that the sectarian violence is probably as bad as I’ve... read more...



Wednesday, August 02, 2006

EU rejects ceasefire call and UN fails to act as disunity prevails

EU rejects ceasefire call and UN fails to act as disunity prevails
Nicholas Watt Brussels Ewen MacAskill Simon Tisdall Oliver Burkeman New York
The Guardian
02 Aug 2006

Efforts to secure an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon collapsed again yesterday after a divided European Union issued a watered-down statement and the United Nations postponed a full security council discussion promised by Tony Blair and Condoleezza... read more...

Israel ready for massive invasion

Israel ready for massive invasion
Rory McCarthy Metula Ewen MacAskill Clancy Chassay Beirut
The Guardian
02 Aug 2006

Israeli forces yesterday geared up for an expected major ground invasion of southern Lebanon, with troops in fierce clashes and artillery pounding targets across the area. The military called in air strikes despite a previous commitment to a “partial”... read more...

Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Air strikes shatter pause as Israel starts new ground assault

Air strikes shatter pause as Israel starts new ground assault
Rory McCarthy Metula Peter Beaumont Kfar Kila
The Guardian
01 Aug 2006

The 48-hour pause in bombardment announced by Israel to allow civilians to leave southern Lebanon was interrupted within hours of its start yesterday when the Israeli military launched three air strikes at targets near the border. Israeli troops also... read more...

‘There is no ceasefire. There will not be any ceasefire’



‘There is no ceasefire. There will not be any ceasefire’
Ewen MacAskill Simon Tisdall Clancy Chassay Beirut
The Guardian
01 Aug 2006

An international drive for a Lebanon ceasefire ground to a halt yesterday amid sharp differences at the UN security council, Israel’s rejection of any truce in the near future and a Hizbullah warning that it would oppose the deployment of a... read more...