Eurasia Press & News
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Not wanting to end its three-week blitz on Lebanon empty-handed, Israel scrambled to clear Hizbollah fighters from a large strip of the south Tuesday before a ceasefire is announced.
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August, 2006
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3 August
Iraq bombings, shootings kill 70
BAGHDAD (AP) — Bombings and shootings killed at least 70 people Tuesday — including a US and a British soldier — in a surge of violence as US troops prepare to take back Baghdad’s streets from the gunmen. The dead included 20 Iraqi troops killed in a bus attack in …
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3 August
Audit says USAID hid costs, failures of reconstruction
DUBAI — Pentagon auditors peering into US reconstruction programmes in Iraq found an accountant’s nightmare of mistakes, cloaked expenses and financial juggling that hid costs and delays, according to US reports released over the past week.
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3 August
Iran’s involvement to end conflict risky, but maybe inevitable
PARIS — France’s idea of involving Iran directly in talks to end the conflict between Israel and Hizbollah is a risky venture but may well prove inevitable, French analysts said Tuesday.
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3 August
Near-impossible job for Lebanese premier
BEIRUT — Faced with the worst Israeli military onslaught in more than two decades, Prime Minister Fuad Saniora has a near-impossible job as the leader of Lebanon.
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3 August
Annan seeks unity on Mideast
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) — UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan called together major powers on Tuesday in an effort to promote unity on the Middle East crisis and rescheduled a meeting of potential troop contributors for an international force.
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3 August
A glimpse into Hizbollah’s secretive world
SRIFA — They use three-digit numbers as code names, live off canned tuna, and tape over their jewelry so an accidental twinkle doesn’t give away their position to Israeli war planes.
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July, 2006
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31 July
Arab press: Israel guilty of new Holocaust in Qana
Arab papers splashed gory pictures of Lebanese children killed in Israel’s strike on Qana on their front pages Monday and warned that what some branded “a new Holocaust” could mark a turning point in the region. Â “The tragedies in Qana suggest to the Lebanese that the Israelis, who are
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31 July
Top Iran general hopes to avenge Muslim deaths
The head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Sunday he hoped the Islamic republic could one day “avenge the blood of innocent people in Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq and Afghanistan”. Â “We have to keep this sacred hatred of the enemies of
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31 July
Chavez, Vietnam eye energy deals
Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president, has arrived in Vietnam for talks on energy as part of a tour dominated by countries known for their often-hostile relations with the United States.
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