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To: steve harris who wrote (193916)	7/30/2006 10:50:09 PM
From: sylvester80	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I posted the EXACT QUOTE!!! So don't freaking tell me. Israelis are a bunch of war criminals and should be tried as such.

To: steve harris who wrote (193916)	7/30/2006 10:52:56 PM
From: sylvester80	Respond to of 281500

NEWS: WORLD CONDEMNS ISRAELI WAR CRIMES!!!! July 31, 2006 - 7:39AM theage.com.au World leaders have condemned an Israeli attack on Lebanon on Sunday that killed at least 60 civilians, but the United States and Britain again refrained from joining calls for an immediate ceasefire. France, China, Jordan, Egypt, the European Union, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Nations were among many to say the attack on the village of Qana showed the need for an immediate end to fighting between Israel and Hizbollah guerrillas. However, the US and British positions highlighted international divisions as the UN Security Council met to discuss the 19-day-old war. "France condemns this unjustified action which demonstrates more than ever the need for an immediate ceasefire without which there will only be other such incidents," French President Jacques Chirac's office said in a statement. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao warned of "an even greater disaster" if the fighting carried on. Egypt said it an a statement it had summoned Israel's ambassador to Cairo to express its "severe anger" about the attack. Iraqi President Jalal Talabani called the bombing a "crime" and urged swift action to stop the fighting. "We strongly condemn the targeting of civilians and renew our full solidarity with the Lebanese people in their ordeal," Talabani said in a statement. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert expressed sorrow about the deaths, most of them children, but he said rocket attacks on Israel came from the area. He wants another 10 to 14 days to finish the offensive. Hizbollah vowed to retaliate. Lebanon says 750 people have been killed since the fighting began. Fifty-one Israelis have also been killed. The United States said Israel must avoid civilian casualties but stopped short of calling for an immediate ceasefire. A White House statement said US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in Jerusalem, was working to arrange the conditions for a "sustainable" ceasefire soon. A US official said she had had strong words with Olmert. "We are making clear to the Israelis our distress at this," said one official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. British Prime Minister Tony Blair said the fighting must stop once a UN resolution has been passed. In Beirut, several thousand protesters chanted "Death to Israel, Death to America" outside the UN offices and some smashed their way into the building. Several hundred protesters, some carrying banners calling for "Freedom for Palestine and Lebanon", gathered in London's Trafalgar Square. The United States faces criticism around the world for refusing to call for an immediate ceasefire and for seeming to give Israel the green light to continue its attacks. Israel and the United States want to ensure Hizbollah is eventually disarmed under a UN resolution. French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said France and the United States agreed on this aim but said there were "deep divisions" between the countries, which fell out over the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, over how to achieve it. Later, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a statement deploring the loss of life in Qana but did not call for an immediate truce. The policy statement, read at a public meeting, expressed the "extreme shock and distress" at the shellings by the Israeli army and asked Secretary-General Kofi Annan to report within a week "on the circumstances of this tragic incident." However, it did not call for an immediate end to violence because of opposition from the United States, despite Annan's impassioned plea to the council. Rather, it stressed "the urgency of securing a lasting,permanent and sustainable cease-fire" and affirmed thecouncil's determination to work "without any further delay" to adopt a resolution "for a lasting settlement of the crisis." Council statements need the consent of all 15 members. The council did not mention a US announcement thatIsrael would stop aerial bombing for 48 hours, presumablybecause Israel had not confirmed it.