17 July, 2006

Israel forces kill 17 in Lebanon attacks

More killing, more tension in the middle east, the United Nation was unable to do anything, one big, super power nation controls the whole United Nation, if not the whole world.

US President George W Bush said Israel had every rigths to defend itself. The American has had a destructive role in vetoing resolutions and hence increasing the Israeli crimes. Washington had use its Veto in the UN Security Council last Tuesday, to block a resolution calling for a halt to an Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip.

American, the super power nation, indirectly, encourage the Israeli to invade the neighbouring countries, and it was a just action ?

Annan appealed to Israel to spare civilian lives and infrastructure. The G-8 nations, who had struggled to reach a consensus on the escalating warfare between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon, have expressed concern on the "rising civilian casualties" and urged both sides to stop the violence.

Israeli planes and artillery guns killed 17 people and wounded at least 53 others in the overnight attacks, Lebanese security officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Israel said its planes and artillery struck 60 targets overnight. Its military sought to punish Lebanon for the barrage of 20 rockets on Haifa, the country's third-largest city and one that had not been hit before the current round of fighting began last Wednesday.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert vowed "far-reaching consequences" for the Haifa attack. The eight deaths made it Hezbollah's deadliest strike ever on Israel.

Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah said Sunday that despite Israel's attacks, the guerrillas were "in their full strength and power" and that their "missile stockpiles are still full."

"When the Zionists behave like there are no rules and no red lines and no limits to the confrontation, it is our right to behave in the same way," Nasrallah said in a televised address, looking tired. He said Hezbollah had hit Haifa because of Israel's strikes on Lebanese civilians.

The Israeli military warned residents of south Lebanon to flee, promising heavy retaliation after the Haifa assault.

UN, as a supreme organisation of the world bodies, has failed to resolve an emergency calling to end the conflicts. The American has more power than the United Nation.

The recent concluded world cup, the referee had red carded France's Zidane
for head butting Italy's defender Marca Materazzi. We need a global referee , to yellow card or red card a nation without fear or favour, but, could this be possible?


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