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"The failure of Israel to subdue Hezbollah demonstrates the many weaknesses of the war-on-terror concept. One of those weaknesses is that even if the targets are terrorists," writes George Soros, "the victims are often innocent civilians, and their suffering reinforces the terrorist cause."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/083106M.shtml

Antikriegstag: Gegen Bundeswehreinsatz im Nahen Osten

Erklärung des Bundesausschusses Friedensratschlag vom 29.08.2006 http://www.friedenskooperative.de/netzwerk/akt06-15.htm

Erklärung des Deutschen Gewerkschaftsbundes zum Antikriegstag am 1. September 2006 vom 22.08.2006 http://www.dgb.de/presse/pressemeldungen/pmdb/pressemeldung_single?pmid=2811

Infos (Reden/Kundgebungsbeiträge/Aufrufe/Aktionshinweise) zum Antikriegstag 2006 beim Netzwerk Friedenskooperative http://www.friedenskooperative.de/netzwerk/akt06-00.htm

"Antikriegstag-Überblick" mit einer kleinen Textsammlung zur Geschichte des Antikriegstags beim Netzwerk Friedenskooperative http://www.friedenskooperative.de/themen/aktag-00.htm

Termine zum Antikriegstag 2006 http://www.friedenskooperative.de/akt06ter.htm


Abschied von der Friedensstaatlichkeit? Der Entwurf des neuen Weißbuchs der Bundeswehr

Artikel von Martin Kutscha in Mitteilungen der Humanistischen Union Nr. 194, S. 1-5 http://www.humanistische-union.de/publikationen/mitteilungen/online_artikel/2006/mitteilungen_2006_detail/back/mitteilungen-2006/article/mitteilungen-nr194-s1-6/


Aus: LabourNet, 31. August 2006

UN: UN humanitarian chief Jan Egeland said Wednesday that thousands of civilians were at risk in south Lebanon from unexploded cluster bombs dropped by Israeli forces in the last three days of the war against Hezbollah guerrillas.

http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=139936


From Information Clearing House

Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said Wednesday that he refused to have any direct contact with Israel, and that Lebanon would be the last Arab country to ever sign a peace deal with it.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/756716.html


From Information Clearing House

Clean up of the fuel oil spilled by an Israeli air strike has barely begun. Experts are calling it the worst environmental disaster ever in the eastern Mediterranean. Health effects of the spill could be dire. Thousands of families on the Lebanese coast depend on fishing for their primary food supply, but surviving fish may contain hydrocarbons and other carcinogens.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/083006EB.shtml