WAYNE MADSEN REPORT: July 30, 2006 -- LATE EDITION -- WMR's sources in Lebanon report that civilian deaths in Lebanon from incessant Israeli attacks are far more than what is being reported by the corporate media. Over 850 civilians, forty percent of them children, have been killed by the Israelis. Many more are unaccounted for because Israeli forces attack any heavy equipment and rescue teams sent south to clear away rubble from destroyed buildings.
We have also been told by Lebanese intelligence sources that U.S. and Israeli agents are attempting to foment strife among displaced internal Lebanese refugees against the central Lebanese government in an attempt to further destabilize Lebanese society. Much of this U.S. and Israeli-sponsored provocation among the internal refugees is being carried out by ex-Lebanese Forces militias loyal to convicted right-wing Phalangist war criminal Samir Geagea, a follower of pro-Israeli Gen. Michel Aoun. Geagea was freed from prison last year after a general amnesty and he moved to the Lebanese mountains, where he reportedly is now receiving direct CIA and Mossad support in his efforts to stir up violence among refugees. Among other crimes, Geagea was jailed for his role in the assassinations of Lebanese Prime Minister Rashid Karami; Tony Franjieh, the son of Lebanese President Suleiman Franjieh; and former President Camille Chamoun's son Danny, his wife, and two young sons. The destabilization of Lebanon is designed to spill violence across the border into Syria, thus justifying an Israeli-U.S. strike on that country.
U.S. ambassador to Lebanon Jeffrey Feltman, a neo-con ally of John Bolton, was confined to his embassy today as angry crowds demonstrating the Israeli massacre in Qana demonstrated in front of the embassy. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice canceled her trip to Beirut since her safety could not be assured by either the U.S embassy or the Lebanese government.
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