July, 2006

• 22 July

  2 U.S. soldiers die in Iraq

  BAGHDAD — A U.S. soldier was killed when his convoy was hit by a roadside bomb in eastern Baghdad Saturday morning, the U.S. military said.

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• 22 July

  Airstrikes cut communications in north Lebanon

  BEIRUT (CNN) — Israel airstrikes disrupted television and phone service throughout north Lebanon Saturday, a Lebanese government official said.

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• 22 July

  Nearly 4,000 Americans expected in Cyprus from Lebanon

  LANARCA, Cyprus (CNN) — The U.S. ambassador to Cyprus expects nearly 4,000 Americans to be evacuated to the island nation from war-torn Lebanon on Saturday.

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• 22 July

  Iraqi PM intends to bring up Lebanon conflict on visit to U.S.

  BAGHDAD (CNN) — Iraq’s prime minister, whose country is mired in Sunni-Shiite sectarian fighting and a relentless insurgent violence, wants to put another conflict on his busy agenda next week when he meets with the Bush administration and other officials — Lebanon.

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• 22 July

  Lebanese TV network confirms employee death in Israeli airstrikes

  BEIRUT (CNN) — The Lebanese Broadcasting Corp. said on Saturday one of its employees was killed and another was wounded in the Israeli airstrikes on transmission towers. The LBC confirmed that Suleiman Shidiyaq was killed on the transmission tower in Fatqa and Charbel Aqiqi was injured in another air strike …

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• 22 July

  IDF: 70 rockets hit Israel so far on Saturday

  (CNN) — The Israel Defense Forces said about 70 rockets hit Israel on Saturday, projectiles fired by Hezbollah militants fighting the Jewish state.

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• 22 July

  Abandoning the Dead, and Living, in Lebanon

  As a carpenter labors in the sweltering noon heat to complete his melancholy task, his newly made coffins lie stacked up six high and stretch down the hospital courtyard.

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• 22 July

  Israeli tanks roll toward Lebanese village

  Troops are already on the ground in the area and the operation is considered a widening of limited Israeli action in southern Lebanon, not a signal that a full-scale ground invasion has begun.

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• 22 July

  Grim humanitarian conditions for Lebanese

  As families fled Lebanon’s southern city of Tyre, the regional manager of the agency Christian Aid said “the situation on the ground is grim and getting worse.”

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• 22 July

  Cyprus plea for help on evacuees

  The foreign minister, George Lillikas, asked for financial help from European countries to help the island cope with the influx.

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