AP Lebanon calls for cease-fire under U.N.

[rodeodance]

Lebanon calls for cease-fire under U.N.



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By SAM F. GHATTAS, Associated Press Writer 25 minutes ago

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora called for a cease-fire under U.N. auspices Saturday, as Israeli warplanes hit central Beirut for the first time and smashed the Hezbollah leadership's main strongholds. Strikes killed at least 18 Lebanese fleeing the onslaught, and Hezbollah rockets continued to pour into
Israel, where officials warned citizens that Tel Aviv could be hit.
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The deadly barrages came as Israel charged that
Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards have 100 troops in Lebanon providing Hezbollah key support — including helping fire a missile Friday that badly damaged an Israeli warship. Hezbollah denied it.

Neither side showed signs of backing down from the conflict, which erupted Wednesday when Hezbollah captured two Israeli soldiers in a cross-border raid. As civilian deaths mounted, diplomatic efforts to end the crisis had yet to get off the ground.

[Up2Late]

1. Here's a link to Reuters too...

Lebanese PM demands ceasefire

Sat Jul 15, 2006 01:31 PM ET


BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora called on Saturday for an immediate ceasefire, saying Israeli attacks had turned Lebanon into a disaster area in need of international aid.

"We call for an immediate ceasefire backed by the United Nations," Siniora told a news conference in Beirut. "I declare today that Lebanon is a disaster zone in need of a comprehensive and speedy Arab plan ... and (it) pleads to its friends in the world to rush to its aid."

© Reuters 2006. All Rights Reserved.

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<http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=12852592&src=rss/topNews>

[jseankil]

7. Israel has rejected it.

Israel has stated kidnapped soldiers must be released first.

Unreal the U.S. has not called for soem type of plan, unreal how weak the U.S. administration is.

[janx]

2. Is there a transcipt of this speech anywhere?

CNN International was covering it, but the translator's voice got cut off right at an crucial moment.

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. I can't believe the world sits by

and allows this to continue.

[VegasWolf]

4. The only thing Bush is qualified to talk about is the barbeque pig. nt

:nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke:

[Up2Late]

5. Update: Israel kills 34 civilians in strikes (Reuters)

Israel kills 34 civilians in strikes

Sat Jul 15, 2006 03:40 PM ET

By Laila Bassam

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Israel killed at least 34 civilians on Saturday, including 15 children, in air strikes meant to punish Lebanon for letting Hizbollah guerrillas menace the Jewish state's northern border.

Israel's bombing of Lebanese roads, bridges, ports and airports, as well as Hizbollah targets, is its most destructive onslaught since a 1982 invasion to expel Palestinian forces. For the first time, ports in Christian areas were bombarded and a helicopter missile hit a lighthouse on Beirut's seafront.

Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora demanded an immediate U.N.-backed ceasefire, denouncing Israel for turning his country into a "disaster zone." He appealed for foreign aid.

An Israeli missile incinerated a van in southern Lebanon, killing 20 people, among them 15 children, in the deadliest single attack of the campaign launched by Israel after Hizbollah captured two of its soldiers and killed eight on Wednesday.

(more at link) <http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=12852828§ion=news>

[daleo]

6. They may need peacekeepers along the border

I don't know which country would supply them - Canada is tied up in Afghanistan right now.

[Up2Late]

8. Don't forget Poland!

Didn't they just pull out of Iraq?

[NaturalHigh]

9. "Lebanon calls for cease-fire under U.N."

Naturally. Never mind that Hezbollah fired the first shots and is holding two Israelis hostage. Lebanon is like a schoolyard bully who runs to the teachers whenever he starts getting his ass kicked.