Rice Arrives in Battle-Scarred Middle East

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Rice Arrives in Battle-Scarred Middle East

SHANNON, Ireland (AP) - As Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in the battle-scarred Middle East, she has tried to walk delicately between supporting the democratic government of Lebanon while not dictating to Israel how it should handle its own security.

"We all want to urgently end the fighting. We have absolutely the same goal," Rice told reporters traveling with her.

The stopover in Lebanon's capital comes before she traveled to Israel.

Rice told reporters that if the violence between Israel and Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon ends only to restart within weeks, "then all of the carnage that Hezbollah launched by its illegal activities - abducting the soldiers and then launching rocket attacks - we will have gotten nothing from that."

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060724/D8J2A5IG5.html

[Ghost Dog]

1. Umm, Sorry but Shannon, Co. Clare, Eire is not Lebanon's capital"

Jul 24, 6:35 AM (ET)
By KATHERINE SHRADER

SHANNON, Ireland (AP) - As Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in the battle-scarred Middle East...

"We all want to urgently end the fighting. We have absolutely the same goal," Rice told reporters traveling with her.

The stopover in Lebanon's capital comes before she traveled to Israel. :WTF:

Rice's words to reporters on a flight from Washington to a refueling stop in Ireland...

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Rice plans stops in Israel and then Rome, where she will join a high-level conference of key players of the Middle East and the international community to focus on the political underpinnings of a potential cease-fire. She's also focused on humanitarian aid for war-torn Lebanon.

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[Prisoner_Number_Six]

2. "Now, where's this shoe store I've been hearing so much about?"

I've got me some diplomattin' to do!