July, 2006

• 26 July

  Bush, Iraqi PM agree to beef up Baghdad troops

  “Obviously the violence in Baghdad is still terrible,” Bush said during a joint White House news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Bush had

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• 26 July

  U.N.: Israeli airstrike hits U.N. observer post

  The U.N. initially reported that four peacekeepers were dead, but later said there were two dead and two missing.

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• 25 July

  Greek protesters topple Truman statue in anti-war

  ATHENS (Reuters) – In a move harking back to the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Greek leftists pulled down a statue of former U.S. President

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• 25 July

  Rice floats peace plan, sources say

  Rice pitched the plan Tuesday to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in Jerusalem, then traveled to

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• 25 July

  Germans split over taboo of Mideast deployment

  BERLIN (Reuters) – The prospect of German soldiers heading to the Israeli border region as part of an international force has sparked a

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• 25 July

  Sources: Rice proposes international forces in Lebanon

  The plan initially would involve putting an international force of up to 10,000 Turkish and Egyptian troops under a NATO or U.N. commander into southern Lebanon following a cease-fire.

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• 25 July

  Hezbollah rockets strike northern Israel

  One Katyusha rocket killed a 15-year-old girl in the village of Meghar in the Galilee region, Israeli police and medical service officials said.

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• 25 July

  Israeli forces close in on key Hizbollah stronghold

  JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli forces battled to take over a second Hizbollah stronghold in southern Lebanon on Tuesday

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• 25 July

  Rice says need to keep focus on Palestinian state

  RAMALLAH (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Tuesday there was a need to remain focused on establishing a Palestinian state alongside Israel despite the crisis in Lebanon.

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• 25 July

  “Russian roulette” with rockets in northern Israel

  SAFED, Israel (Reuters) – Eliezer Asulin lives alone in the remains of his home, half-destroyed by a direct hit from a Hizbollah rocket fired from Lebanon.

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