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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

Ann Jones writes: "Remember when peaceful, democratic, reconstructed Afghanistan was advertised as the exemplar for the extreme makeover of Iraq? In August 2002, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was already proclaiming the new Afghanistan 'a breathtaking accomplishment' and 'a successful model of what could happen to Iraq.' As everybody now knows, the model isn't working in Iraq. So we shouldn't be surprised to learn that it's not working in Afghanistan either."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/082806F.shtml

By James Petras

An analysis of the current state of the investigation raises a series of questions regarding the governments’ claims of a bomb plot concocted by 24 Brits of Pakistani origin.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14709.htm

NATO pilots have been accused of killing 13 Afghan civilians, including nine children, during an attack close to the British base at Musa Kala in Helmand province.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/082606X.shtml

A new prime minister who wants to defuse domestic extremism will need to rethink the relationship with Washington.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1857775,00.html


From Information Clearing House

Afghan President Hamid Karzai ordered an investigation Friday into the deaths of eight people in eastern Afghanistan during a raid that U.S. forces claimed targeted al Qaeda members, according to a government statement.

http://tinyurl.com/ge57y


From Information Clearing House

Figures from the Lebanese military show that eight people, including several children, have been killed and a further 38 wounded by cluster bomb explosions since the start of a ceasefire on August 14 to end a month-long conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.

http://tinyurl.com/hq7z7



Report: US probing Israel use of cluster bombs

"We have heard the allegations that these munitions were used, and we are seeking more information," said Gonzalo Gallegos, a State Department spokesperson.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/1,7340,L-3295547,00.html



Amnesty accuses Israel of war crimes

Israel committed war crimes by targeting Lebanese civilian infrastructure during the conflict with the Shiite Hezbollah militia, Amnesty International claimed Wednesday.

http://tinyurl.com/ms54g


From Information Clearing House



US rabbis urge change in IDF war code

"All types of Christian morality weaken the spirit of our army and our nation and cost us the lives of our soldiers and citizens."

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14684.htm



The Rabbinical Council of America missed these reports from Qana Massacre: Elderly, women and children were among those killed in the raid, which wrought destruction over a wide area.

http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=+Qana+



Lebanon's 9/11: Picture Album

What exactly do our politicians mean when the say we support Israel in its action against Lebanon? What is it that they support? Surely not this carnage? - WARNING - Graphic images depicting the reality and horror of Israel's Invasion and destruction of Lebanon.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14069.htm



Israel’s Foes as Beasts and Insects

“But They’re Not Human Beings, They are Not People, They are Arabs!”

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14687.htm



Dr. César Chelala: Amnesty International's SeverCritism Of Israel's Tactics

Many of the actions described are war crimes, and those responsible are subject to criminal accountability anywhere in the world through the doctrine of universal jurisdiction.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14696.htm



Jewish People Cry Out Against Israeli War Crimes

Video

From Iraq To Palestine, Occupation Is a crime
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14697.htm

Here locals held them off, firing out of windows, shop fronts and doorways. The buildings along the central street are punctured by thousands of bullet holes, rockets and heavy machine gun fire.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14685.htm

The briefing that follows summarizes Amnesty International’s initial assessment and concerns on the massive destruction of civilian infrastructure in Lebanon that has taken place during the conflict. It is based on first-hand information from a field mission which has visited Lebanon.

http://web.amnesty.org/library/print/ENGMDE180072006


From Information Clearing House

A 16-year old Christian girl screaming "I want my Daddy" as her father's mutilated body lay a few metres away from her; the town mukhtar discovering that his wife, Collette, had been decapitated by one of the Israeli missiles; the Lebanese Red Cross volunteer who went into the darkness of wartime Lebanon to give water and sandwiches to the refugees and was cut down by another missile, and whose friends could not reach him to save his life.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14661.htm

By Saad Eddin Ibrahim

President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice may be quite right about a new Middle East being born. In fact, their policies in support of the actions of their closest regional ally, Israel, have helped midwife the newborn. But it will not be exactly the baby they have longed for. For one thing, it will be neither secular nor friendly to the United States. For another, it is going to be a rough birth.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14670.htm

The New York Times writes: "Reclaiming Afghanistan from the Taliban remains a crucial element in America's global struggle against terrorism. So it should be setting off alarm bells in Washington that Afghans are becoming disenchanted with the performance of the country's pro-American president, Hamid Karzai."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/082406I.shtml

(24.08.06)

Der Islamrat für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland hat die Kritik von Bundesinnenminister Wolfgang Schäuble (CDU) an Muslimen in Deutschland entschieden zurückgewiesen. "Terrorismus ist ein Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit. Wenn Herr Schäuble bis heute nicht gesehen hat, dass sich die islamischen Verbände gegen den Terrorismus wenden, dann bedaure ich das", sagte der Vorsitzende des Islamrates, Ali Kizilkaya, am Donnerstag in Köln.

Die ganze Nachricht im Internet: http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?Nr=14284

AntiWar.Com
by Leon Hadar

08/24/06

Since the start of the current Middle East crisis, analysts have been trying to figure out who is responsible for this mess. Who made the crucial decisions that triggered the fighting between the Israeli military and the Hezbollah guerrillas, which has resulted in death of many Israeli and Lebanese civilians and the destruction of villages and urban centers in both countries? And why were these decisions made in the first place? Or to put it in more stark terms: Cui bono? Who benefits from what seems to be, to anyone watching the horrifying images on television, an unwinnable war as well as a major humanitarian crisis?

http://www.antiwar.com/hadar/?articleid=9599


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/753674.html


Informant: Lew Rockwell