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"I don't want to die. I want to go to school," says Jamal, a four-year-old Lebanese boy scarred by the Israeli bombing of his country. Home for Jamal is now a "displacement center" in the southern town of Jezzine, where his family fled in fear for their lives.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/080406C.shtml

Down And Out In DC And Tel Aviv
http://www.tompaine.com/uncommonsense/

Since the war started, there has been much discussion concerning the use of (US) cluster bombs, bunker-busting bombs and chemical weapons – all illegal - presently being used in Lebanon. Some have also said illegal bombs are also being used in Palestine.

http://indexresearch.blogspot.com/2006/07/index-on-illegal-us-weapons-in-lebanon.html


From Information Clearing House

An extended family came under Israeli fire as they were fleeing Marwahin in south Lebanon on 15 July. Of the 27 people in the truck, 23 died. Maya Abdallah, 18, lost many family members in the attack.

http://tinyurl.com/gqaqv



Little respite in Lebanon even for the dead

From a refrigerator truck, soldiers and civil defence workers removed the bodies of 80 civilians and laid them out in the car park.

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/08/03/1154198268168.html



US will not stop operation in Lebanon

Israeli ambassador to US says that American government not intending to pressure Israel to stop military operation. US secretary of state declares in interview with Fox News that Hizbullah will surrender.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3285123,00.html



Blair signals no objection to arms flights

Prime Minister Tony Blair signalled on Thursday that he did not object to the United States using British airports to depatch weapons to Israel, provided procedures were obeyed.

http://tinyurl.com/rnyag


From Information Clearing House

By Thalif Deen

The United States says it stands ready to provide food, medicine and humanitarian assistance to the thousands of internally displaced Lebanese caught in the crossfire. But Washington has also decided to accelerate the supply of lethal weapons to Israel -- "perhaps intended to kill the very Lebanese the United States is planning to feed and shelter," says one Arab diplomat at the United Nations.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14348.htm

By Professor Steve Trevillion

The deliberate and systematic destruction of Lebanon's social infrastructure by the Israeli air force was also a war crime, designed to reduce that country to the status of an Israeli-US protectorate. The attempt has backfired.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14355.htm



Human Rights Watch Accuses Israel of War Crimes

By Jim Lobe

The 50-page report, "Fatal Strikes: Israel's Indiscriminate Attacks Against Civilians in Lebanon," detailed nearly two dozen cases of IDF attacks in which a total of 153 civilians, including 63 children, were killed in homes or motor vehicles.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14343.htm

Some Israeli Attacks Amount to War Crimes: Full report.

The pattern of attacks in more than 20 cases investigated by Human Rights Watch researchers in Lebanon indicates that the failures cannot be dismissed as mere accidents and cannot be blamed on wrongful Hezbollah practices. In some cases, these attacks constitute war crimes.

http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/08/02/lebano13902.htm


From Information Clearing House



No Peace Without Justice, No Justice Without Truth
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14354.htm

Ambulances hit by Israeli forces

Another challenging report from ITN, this time on ITV. This one on the Israeli attack on ambulances in Tyre Lebanon.

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http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14352.htm