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To: steve harris who wrote (296839)	7/25/2006 9:15:32 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572953

What the f? Your buddies are killing UN observers... deliberately? UN deaths pressure Rome talks By Alistair Lyon, Special Correspondent Reuters Tuesday, July 25, 2006 BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hizbollah vowed on Wednesday not to accept any "humiliating" conditions for a truce with Israel, as the Israeli killing of four U.N. observers piled pressure on an international conference in Rome to end the 15-day conflict. United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan demanded an Israeli investigation into the "apparently deliberate targeting" of a U.N. post in southern Lebanon where an Israeli air strike killed the four U.N. military observers on Tuesday. Israel agreed to Annan's demand and Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev said: "Israel sincerely regrets the tragic death of the U.N. personnel in south Lebanon." Lebanon and its Arab allies will plead at the Rome conference on Wednesday for an immediate ceasefire in Israel's war against Hizbollah guerrillas, but the United States will insist a lasting solution needs to be agreed first. Israel, with apparent U.S. approval, has said it would press on with its campaign against the guerrillas. It also said it planned to set up a "security strip" in Lebanon until international forces deploy. Arab leaders and Annan want the Rome meeting, due to start at 0800 GMT, to call a quick halt to the war, which has killed 418 people in Lebanon and 42 Israelis since July 12 when it was triggered by Hizbollah capturing two Israeli soldiers. But U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who arrived in Italy late on Tuesday after visiting Beirut and Jerusalem, says she prefers to get conditions right for "a durable solution." Hizbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said the conflict with Israel had entered a new phase and that Israeli incursions into southern Lebanon would not stop Hizbollah rocket fire into northern Israel. "We cannot accept any condition humiliating to our country, our people or our resistance," he said in a televised address. Hizbollah wants a ceasefire to be followed by negotiations on swapping the two Israeli soldiers it seized in a cross-border raid for Arab and Lebanese prisoners in Israel. The United States demands Hizbollah free the soldiers unconditionally and pull back from the border before disarming. ARAB STANCE Jordan's Foreign Minister Abdelelah al-Khatib spoke of a "clear Arab stance in Rome demanding an immediate ceasefire" and Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said Italy's priority for the talks was a ceasefire, followed by humanitarian assistance. Saudi Arabia, a key U.S. ally, has blamed Hizbollah for starting the fighting, but in outspoken new comments King Abdullah said Israel risked sparking a wider regional war. A spokesman for Prime Minister Tony Blair echoed Rice's line, saying diplomatic efforts should push for a ceasefire that "isn't just another sticking plaster." Israel has not been invited to the Rome talks and neither has Syria, Hizbollah's main ally along with Iran.