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To: Alan Smithee who wrote (176146)8/11/2006 11:33:56 AM
From: John Carragher  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793955
 
didn't we have some senators and congressmen complain that too much money was going to airport security which will perhaps never be a way Al Q would strike again. Rather we should be spending money on trains, buses , ports?



To: Alan Smithee who wrote (176146)8/12/2006 3:52:26 AM
From: KLP  Respond to of 793955
 
Doesn't the leader of Hezbollah have to sign the agreement as well before it would take effect? Plus this is the first of two Resolutions, per Ms. Rice this afternoon...Why aren't the news services reporting that as well???

U.N. Council Backs Measure to Halt War in Lebanon
By WARREN HOGE and STEVEN ERLANGER
Published: August 12, 2006
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will wait until Sunday to obtain his cabinet’s approval of the resolution. Until then, the Israeli offensive will continue (Con't )

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Israel pushes deeper into Lebanon after U.N. vote

By Tom Perry
Reuters
Saturday, August 12, 2006; 3:10 AM

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Israeli forces thrust deeper into Lebanon against fierce Hizbollah resistance on Saturday and air strikes killed up to 19 people, hours after the U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution to end the month-old war.
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