"Nonstop battles between Israel and Hezbollah have wreaked a massive humanitarian crisis in Lebanon, driving as many as 500,000 people from their homes, according to United Nations estimates.
The frazzled refugees who have flooded Beirut are struggling to find food, water and medicine. They sleep chockablock in city parks, abandoned basements and sweltering schools in the capital."
So reports the LA Times in this disturbing and distressing "picture" of what is happening "on the ground" in Beirut. Read the full article here.
One does have to ask what Israel hopes to achieve in causing the upheaval it has for ordinary women, men and children in Lebanon rather than pursuing its objective - Hezbollah.
In another development or aspect of the cuurent Israeli attacks, Guardian Unlimited reports:
"The US is giving Israel a window of a week to inflict maximum damage on Hizbullah before weighing in behind international calls for a ceasefire in Lebanon, according to British, European and Israeli sources.
The Bush administration, backed by Britain, has blocked efforts for an immediate halt to the fighting initiated at the UN security council, the G8 summit in St Petersburg and the European foreign ministers' meeting in Brussels."
Assuming the report to be correct this should do wonders for the USA and its allies with Middle East countries specifically and Muslims, generally, around the world. Read the full article here.
The frazzled refugees who have flooded Beirut are struggling to find food, water and medicine. They sleep chockablock in city parks, abandoned basements and sweltering schools in the capital."
So reports the LA Times in this disturbing and distressing "picture" of what is happening "on the ground" in Beirut. Read the full article here.
One does have to ask what Israel hopes to achieve in causing the upheaval it has for ordinary women, men and children in Lebanon rather than pursuing its objective - Hezbollah.
In another development or aspect of the cuurent Israeli attacks, Guardian Unlimited reports:
"The US is giving Israel a window of a week to inflict maximum damage on Hizbullah before weighing in behind international calls for a ceasefire in Lebanon, according to British, European and Israeli sources.
The Bush administration, backed by Britain, has blocked efforts for an immediate halt to the fighting initiated at the UN security council, the G8 summit in St Petersburg and the European foreign ministers' meeting in Brussels."
Assuming the report to be correct this should do wonders for the USA and its allies with Middle East countries specifically and Muslims, generally, around the world. Read the full article here.
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