As of saturday July 22nd, 2006
Death toll and displacement
- at least 330 civilians killed by Israeli air strikes.
- the UN emergency relief coordinator estimates that nearly a third of the casualties are children.
- So far, Israeli bombardment has displaced over 500,000 residents in Lebanon, which has a total population of 4 million.
- Aid agencies are warning of a looming humanitarian crisis for those left behind.
Infrastructure Targeted by Israel
over the past week Israel has attacked more than 100 villages, towns, and cities across the country resulting in the destruction of:
- Beirut International Airport
- Roads
- 46 bridges
- The country's largest milk factory (Liban Lait)
- A major food storehouse (Transmed)
- Two pharmaceutical plants
- Water processing plants
- Power plants
- Grain silos
- A convoy of two trucks carrying medical supplies donated by the UAE
- Two ambulances carrying Lebanese soldiers who were injured in an Israeli attack on their base that had killed 11 soldiers.
- A greek orthodox church with civilians who had taken refuge inside. at least 10 people were injured.
- Airstrikes toppled at least six transmission towers north of Beirut, disrupting phone and television service throughout northern Lebanon
- A Lebanese Broadcasting Corp. employee was killed and two others were wounded during the strikes at Mount Lebanon
Cease fire
- Lebanon's PM issued an urgent appeal to the international community. He said his country has been torn to shreds.
- The Bush administration has openly rejected calls for cease fire. The NY times reports that the US and Israeli officials have agreed that the bombing will continue for another week, and the US is speeding up bomb delivery to the Israelis.
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kess emmon
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This is simply disgusting.
Every morning I wake up with new atrocities committed overnight.
and I wonder how stupid the world is to just sit back and enjoy the show.
I have always disliked hizbolla, and I still do, but with what the isrealis are doing, I am thinking twice. and I know it is wrong. confusion it is.
'kess emmon' and 'sharameet' sum it up real nice
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call me tom ASAP, i thought of smthg imp.
indeed. and we are counting our dead. and the world is watching...
but now they're really watching... now people like you Paul in the 'western' world who used to be 'uninformed' about what was going on in Lebanon before (or might not even know where it is on the map), are stopping and thinking twice.. not even their propaganda could hide the truth anymore.
chorus:
wittabil ydi'
The 'rush' shipment of more 'precision' weapons made me sick to my stomach.
They have effectively sold us and now we're being butchered. With precision.
pr, they sold us a long time ago
and we still get comments telling us it's all propaganda..
i'm not sad anymore, you reach a point where you cannot be sad. i'm too proud to be sad. the blood of these children does not lie and does not leave a place for pity or time for sadness and defeat. i'm full of anger and hate. angry at the world and that's why i don't feel we will recover, ever. i see it in the eyes of my palestinian friends when they talk about leblad..still..even after being here for so long...
we carry the burden of justice now and it's so bitter. we carry the burden of memory and a cut too deap. the scream of a nation, the images will not leave our memory and should not.
i pray for our soul..i fear the guilt that will follow..
Great post, I used it in one of the discussions here. Thank you.
Rush shipment eh. May God rush ship him out of this world.
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I am ashamed of my American countrymen
Actually, I am not ashamed..we just can't make generalizations, for there are many Americans who do not agree with American foreign policy
Please update you data or give the source... the list is 5 days old. Thanks.
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