Date: 22 August 2006

Need for international force in Lebanon ‘urgent’, Bush says
Globe and Mail – Canada
WASHINGTON — US President George W. Bush on Monday called for quick deployment
of an international force to help uphold the fragile ceasefire in Lebanon.
…
www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.2006
0821.wBushLebanon0821/BNStory/International/home

Lebanon War II – questions and answers
Ha’aretz – Tel Aviv,Israel
By Moshe Arens. Many questions are being asked regarding the manner in
which the second Lebanon war was waged. Some have suggested …
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/753217.html

Calling in the marker in Lebanon
Ha’aretz – Tel Aviv,Israel
… of 15,000 Lebanese troops and a similar number of UNIFIL soldiers,
under an improved mandate, could undermine Hassan Nasrallah’s hegemony
in southern Lebanon. …
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/753219.html

World Bank to give $52m to rebuild Lebanon
Daily Telegraph – Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
THE World Bank would allocate $US40 million ($52.8 million) in previously
approved loans for rebuilding efforts in Lebanon, a senior bank official
said today. …
www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,20211779-5001028,00.html

Bush Calls for Quick Deployment of UN Force in Lebanon
Voice of America – USA
By Paula Wolfson. President Bush is calling for the quick deployment of
an international force in Lebanon. Mr. Bush is also substantially …
voanews.com/english/2006-08-21-voa24.cfm

Lebanon sees two-year reconstruction effort
ABC Online – Australia
… Senior government engineer Ramzi Ramadan says 110 of Lebanon’s 370
bridges have been destroyed or severely damaged during the month-long
war between Israel and …
www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200608/s1720583.htm

Lebanon sends out ceasefire warning
Mumbai Mirror – India
Beirut: Lebanon warned it would punish any group which violated the uneasy
truce ending the month-long war between Israel and Hizbullah, as Israel
vowed it was …
www.mumbaimirror.com/nmirror/mmpaper.asp?s
ectid=5&articleid=821200621855796821200621840609

Israeli force clashes with Hezbollah in Lebanon
International Herald Tribune – France
JERUSALEM The Israeli Army said that its troops had shot two Hezbollah
guerrillas during a clash Monday in southern Lebanon, underscoring the
fragility of a …
www.iht.com/articles/2006/08/21/news/mideast.php

Bush calls for UN troops to make haste to Lebanon
Times Online – UK
PRESIDENT BUSH called yesterday for the urgent deployment of international
troops to southern Lebanon to uphold the ceasefire between Israel and
Hezbollah …
www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2323104,00.html

Bush pledges $230m in Lebanon aid
BBC News – UK
President George W Bush has announced that the US is to boost its aid package
to Lebanon to $230m (£121m). The money would be used …
news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/1.0/-/2/hi/middle_east/5271810.stm

Italy offers to lead UN force in Lebanon
Malaysia Star – Malaysia
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said on Monday his
country was ready to lead a UN force in southern Lebanon, where the fragility
of a …
thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/8/22/worldupdates/2006-
08-22T040550Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-264358-2&sec=Worldupdates

Israeli: Europe should reach out to Syria
Jewish Telegraphic Agency – New York,NY,USA
Europe should lead efforts to lure Syria into the Western fold, an Israeli
Cabinet minister said. Tourism Minister Isaac Herzog …
jta.org/page_view_breaking_story.asp?intid=4315

No Talks With Syria As Long As It Supports Terror, Israel Says
CNSNews.com – Alexandria,VA,USA
Jerusalem (CNSNews.com ) – Israeli planes flew over the Mediterranean coastline
of Lebanon and its border with Syria on Monday, as Israeli Prime Minister
Ehud …
www.cnsnews.com/news/viewstory.asp?Page=/
ForeignBureaus/archive/200608/INT20060821e.html

Israeli minister calls for talks with Syria
Independent – London,England,UK
… Israeli minister suggested yesterday that, in the wake of its inconclusive
war with Hizbollah, Israel should consider resuming peace negotiations
with Syria. …
news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article1220838.ece

No conditions for dialogue with Syria now: Israeli DM
Xinhua – China
21 (Xinhua) — Israeli Defense Minister AmirPeretz said Monday evening
that the requisite conditions for talks with Syria don’t exist currently,
local …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-08/22/content_4990039.htm

Italy steps in with Lebanon offer
BBC News – UK
Italy has said it would be willing to lead a force to police the ceasefire
in southern Lebanon. France had been expected to shoulder …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5273188.stm

Bush designates emergency funds for Lebanon
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
US President George W. Bush designated on Monday some 13.5 million US dollars
as emergency relief funds for Lebanon. The decision …
english.people.com.cn/200608/22/eng20060822_295593.html

Italy may lead UN force for Lebanon
ABS CBN News – Philippines
BEIRUT – Italy has offered to lead a UN force for Lebanon, but a week after
a truce calmed Israel’s war with Hezbollah guerrillas, few other countries
with …
www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryID=48064

Germany says Lebanon provided key bomb tip
Independent Online – Cape Town,South Africa
… Public television network ARD reported Monday that the suspect had
called his family in Lebanon when he saw his image and asked for advice.
…
www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=3&art_id=qw1156194541415B265&set_id=

Bush says US to seek another UN resolution on Lebanon
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
= US President George W. Bush said on Monday that the United States will
seek another UN Security Council resolution on Lebanon to specify the
role of the …
english.people.com.cn/200608/22/eng20060822_295584.html

Greece says not to send land troops to Lebanon
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
… government said on Monday that Athens was not contemplating the deployment
of land forces in the proposed NATO peacekeeping force in Lebanon, but
possibly a …
english.people.com.cn/200608/22/eng20060822_295597.html

INTERVIEW – World Bank moves to help Lebanon rebuild
Reuters India – Mumbai,India
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The World Bank will reallocate $40 million in previously
approved loans for post-war rebuilding in Lebanon and will help verify
…
in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=businessNews&story
ID=2006-08-22T081322Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-264387-1.xml

SYRIA VERSUS IRAN
American Chronicle – Beverly Hills,CA,USA
The Bush administration’s strategy of treating Syria and Iran as if they
are evil twins is fundamentally flawed. Although Damascus …
www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=12703

Turkish FM to visit Syria on Lebanese, Palestinian issues
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul will pay a working visit to neighboring
Syria on Tuesday for talks on issues related to Lebanon and the Palestinian
…
english.people.com.cn/200608/22/eng20060822_295380.html

Olmert says no talks with Syria unless it stops backing terror
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday that his country will
not negotiate with Syria unless it stops sponsoring terrorist groups,
the Ha’aretz …
english.people.com.cn/200608/22/eng20060822_295397.html

Olmert, Minister in Clash Over Returning the Golan to Syria
New York Sun – New York,NY,USA
… open yesterday with the country’s minister for internal security defying
an order from Prime Minister Olmert and publicly saying that if Syria
was interested …
www.nysun.com/article/38316

PM rules out negotiations with Syria
Jerusalem Post – Israel
… Minister Avi Dichter (Kadima) on Monday that he was in favor of a withdrawing
from the Golan Heights in exchange for true peace with Syria caused waves
across …
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?c=JPArticle&cid=1154
525914354&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Assad’s Syria isolated after speech judged insulting to Arab …
Judeoscope.ca – Québec,Canada
… Of late Syria has had no relations with the international community
except some Arab countries which had good ties with Al-Assad’s regime.
…
www.judeoscope.ca/breve.php3?id_breve=2397

Israeli leader rules out talks with Syria
Bradenton Herald – FL, United States
JERUSALEM – Rejecting suggestions that Israel open channels to Syria, a
backer of Hezbollah, after the recent war in Lebanon, Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert said …
www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/world/15327753.htm

War Lingers in the South of Lebanon
New York Times – United States
SHAMAA, Lebanon, Aug. 21 — Israeli soldiers in the hilltops watch as
Hezbollah men on dirt bikes patrol the valleys, barely a mile away. …
www.nytimes.com/2006/08/22/world/middleeast/22lebanon.html?ref=middleeast

Lebanon Expands Deployment; Italy to Lead UN Force (Update1)
Bloomberg – USA
… 22 (Bloomberg) — Lebanese soldiers expanded their deployment in southern
Lebanon as Italy said it will lead a United Nations force overseeing the
cease-fire …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aYq7Pqkdz6Qk&refer=home

Lebanon begins mammoth re-building task
ABC Online – Australia
Violence continues to strain the ceasefire in south Lebanon, with Israel
claiming to have killed two Hezbollah fighters in the latest incident.
…
www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2006/s1721129.htm

UNESCO team tours Lebanon
NDTV.com – New Delhi,India
UNESCO has sent a team of four experts to Lebanon to examine how the UN
cultural body can help rebuild the country. The experts …
www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?template=Lebanon
conflict&slug=UNESCO+team+tours+Lebanon&id=91919&callid=1

Italy offers to lead UN Lebanon force
EUobserver.com – Brussels,Belgium
Italy has formally offered to lead a UN international peacekeeping force
in Lebanon and has said it will provide 2000 soldiers. …
euobserver.com/9/22251

Indonesia insists on sending troops to Lebanon
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
The Indonesian government said Tuesday it would continue with the plan
to send peacekeeping troops to Lebanon despite calls from Israel that
it cannot accept …
english.people.com.cn/200608/22/eng20060822_295718.html

Nepal to decide issue of sending peacekeepers to Lebanon
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
The Nepali government will decide in a few days on the issue of sending
peacekeeping troops to Lebanon. “The issue of sending peacekeeping …
english.people.com.cn/200608/22/eng20060822_295618.html

Flights to and from Lebanon required to first stop in Jordan
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
… On Monday, Lebanon’s national carrier Middle East Airlines (MEA) announced
that it has resumed flights to all international destinations. …
english.people.com.cn/200608/22/eng20060822_295691.html

Italy to send troops to Lebanon if truce holds
Reuters – USA
ROME (Reuters) – Italy, which is expected to lead a UN peacekeeping force
in Lebanon, said on Tuesday it would provide 2,000 to 3,000 troops for
the force …
today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-
08-22T071852Z_01_L21911270_RTRUKOC_0_US-MIDEAST-ITALY.xml

Olmert rejects Syria talks, deflects soldiers’ criticism
Seattle Times – United States
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday ruled out peace
negotiations with Syria and rejected criticisms of the Lebanon war as
reserve …
seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003216190_lebanon22.html

Peretz reneges on proposal for talks with Syria
Ha’aretz – Tel Aviv,Israel
Defense Minister Amir Peretz backtracked Monday on a proposal to negotiate
with Syria. “At present, conditions are not ripe for …
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/753182.html

Turkish FM heads to Syria to discuss Lebanon
Jerusalem Post – Israel
Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul left for Syria on Tuesday to discuss
the cease-fire between Israel and Lebanon and Turkey’s possible contribution
to a …
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=115452592
2062&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Israel Suspends Review of Lebanon War
Forbes – USA
… “It is right to insist that the Hezbollah (Lebanese guerrillas) put
down their arms, but we cannot send our soldiers into Lebanon if the IDF
(Israel Defense …
www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2006/08/22/ap2964422.html

FACTBOX-Details of aid to Lebanon
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
Aug 22 (Reuters) – US President George W. Bush has announced a $230 million
aid package to Lebanon. Here are some details of major …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L221847.htm

Lebanon: returnee situation
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
UNHCR teams are still doing field assessments of the returnee situation
in Lebanon but some facts are already clear. While the vast …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/UNHCR/9fbfb98e662efe54b9d78fe8365eca08.htm

LEBANON: CASTAGNETTI, WITHOUT FRANCE NO DEPARTURE
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia – Italy
(AGI) – Rome, Aug 22 – “Without France we cannot go to Lebanon”. If Paris
needs more time to decide about the entity of its participation …
www.agi.it/english/news.pl?doc=200608221307-1072-RT
1-CRO-0-NF11&page=0&id=agionline-eng.oggitalia

Italy offers to lead Lebanon peacekeeping force
Irish Independent – Dublin,Ireland
Italy has offered to take the lead role in the UN peacekeeping for currently
being assembled for deployment in south Lebanon. Italian …
www.unison.ie/breakingnews/index.php3?ca=27&si=97140

Dutch troops not needed in Lebanon security mission
Expatica – Netherlands
AMSTERDAM — Foreign Affairs Minister Bernard Bot was not asked by Israeli
politicians to add a Dutch presence to the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon
when he …
www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=19&story_i
d=32447&name=Dutch+troops+not+needed+in+Lebanon+security+mission

Troop Dispatch to Lebanon Discussed
Korea Times – South Korea
SEOUL (Yonhap) _ South Korea has yet to decide whether to contribute troops
to the proposed United Nations peacekeeping force for southern Lebanon,
Seoul’s …
times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200608/kt2006082221240211990.htm

Ask bombed-out residents in Lebanon
BBC News – UK
Al-Khiyam is one of many towns and villages in southern Lebanon that was
heavily bombed in Israel’s recent military campaign against the Hezbollah
militant …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5273772.stm

Italy Says It Will Send Troops to Lebanon
Voice of America – USA
Italy’s prime minister says his country is willing to assume leadership
of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon and will provide about
2,000 troops …
www.voanews.com/english/2006-08-22-voa4.cfm

Syria Approves 600 Million US Dollars for New Projects
Asharq Alawsat – London,UK
Syria, Asharq Al-Awsat – Syria has approved 52 industrial and transport
projects worth 600 million US dollars for Syrian, Arab and foreign investors,
Syria’s …
aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=6&id=6091

Syria is symbol of religious coexistence, Information Minister …
SANA – Syrian Arab News Agency – Damascus,Syria
Information Minister Dr. Mohsen Bilal on Tuesday said “Syria poses as a
symbol for religious coexistence among various holy religions and constitutes
a base …
www.sana.org/eng/21/2006/08/22/59690.htm

LEBANON: SERENI, ITALY CANNOT STEP BACK FROM COMMITMENT
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia – Italy
(AGI) – Rome, Aug 22 – “It is crucial that the international community
finds modalities and instruments to grant the fragile ceasefire in Lebanon
as soon as …
www.agi.it/english/news.pl?doc=200608221449-1107-
RT1-CRO-0-NF11&page=0&id=agionline-eng.oggitalia

Confusion over Dutch role in Lebanon security mission
Expatica – Netherlands
AMSTERDAM — The Netherlands will contribute troops to the UN peacekeeping
force in Lebanon, according to reports on Tuesday. According …
www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=19&story_id
=32447&name=Confusion+over+Dutch+role+in+Lebanon+security+mission

UN warns of prolonged “security vacuum” in Lebanon
Reuters – USA
BEIRUT (Reuters) – It could take three months to fill the post-war “security
vacuum” in southern Lebanon and even unintended breaches of a truce could
restart …
today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=200
6-08-22T141935Z_01_L13492527_RTRUKOC_0_US-MIDEAST.xml&archived=False

Turkey says Lebanon war could lead to peace
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
DAMASCUS, Aug 22 (Reuters) – The recent war in Lebanon could help create
the conditions for Middle East peace, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Abdullah
Gul said on …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L22330818.htm

Risking another war in Lebanon
San Francisco Chronicle – CA, USA
THE SLOW progress in implementing the UN resolution intended to establish
a 15,000 member peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon is depressingly
predictable …
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicl
e/archive/2006/08/22/EDG2GKMHLR1.DTL

Lebanon asks the Netherlands for UN naval support
Jerusalem Post – Israel
The Lebanese government has asked the Netherlands to contribute naval support
to an expanded UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, the Dutch Foreign
…
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=115452592
4040&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

No need for Russian troops in Lebanon yet – MP
RIA Novosti – Moscow,Russia
MOSCOW, August 22 (RIA Novosti) – Russia could join a peacekeeping mission
in Lebanon to enforce a ceasfire after hostilities between Hizbollah militants
and …
en.rian.ru/russia/20060822/52997285.html

Lebanon may attempt to break blockade
Jerusalem Post – Israel
A Hizbullah Cabinet minister on Tuesday said the government may attempt
to break the Israeli naval and air blockade of Lebanon by calling on ships
and aircraft …
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=11545259234
56&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

UN sees Lebanon security vacuum for 2 to 3 months
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
… envoy said on Tuesday it could take the Lebanese army and international
troops two to three months to fill a “security vacuum” in southern Lebanon
and warned …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L212123431.htm

Olmert rejects talking to Syria
Baltimore Sun – United States
JERUSALEM // Rejecting suggestions that Israel open channels to Syria,
a backer of Hezbollah, after the recent war in Lebanon, Prime Minister
Ehud Olmert said …
www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-te.mideast2
2aug22001517,0,797987.story?coll=bal-nationworld-headlines

Israel: No peace talks with Syria
Carlsbad Current Argus – Carlsbad,NM,USA
Jerusalem – Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday ruled out peace
negotiations with Syria and rejected criticisms of the Lebanon war as
reserve soldiers …
www.currentargus.com/ci_4216778

Peretz reneges on Syria-talks proposal
Ha’aretz – Tel Aviv,Israel
Defense Minister Amir Peretz backtracked yesterday on a proposal to negotiate
with Syria. “At present, conditions are not ripe for …
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/753202.html

Everybody got a bloody nose, except Iran and Syria
Sydney Morning Herald – Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
… won? Who lost? Hezbollah? Israel? Lebanon, Syria, Iran, the US? Moderate
Islam or Jihadist Islam? Shiite Islam or Sunni? In this …
www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/everybody-got-a-bloody-n
ose-except-iran-and-syria/2006/08/22/1156012539517.html

Gul to Ask Syria ‘to Contribute to Solution’
Zaman Online – Istanbul,Turkey
… The region needs stability. A small spark may turn things upside down,”
regarding recent comments by Syria that increased tension in the region.
…
www.zaman.com/?bl=international&alt=&hn=35915

Damon: What happened to my Lebanon?
CNN – USA
By Arwa Damon. BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) — The smell of rotting, putrid bodies
is overpowering in the southern Beirut neighborhood of Haret Hreik. …
www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/21/damon.lebanon.btsc/

ANALYSIS-Lebanon war tarnishes Egypt diplomatic prowess
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
… captured by Hizbollah and another soldier captured earlier by Palestinian
militants in Gaza, and Mubarak’s pleas for an early ceasefire in Lebanon
were ignored …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L22859382.htm

Lebanon condemns Israeli blockade
NDTV.com – New Delhi,India
A Hezbollah Cabinet minister has said the government may attempt to break
the Israeli naval and air blockade of Lebanon by calling on ships and
aircraft to …
www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?template=Lebanonconflic
t&slug=Lebanon+condemns+Israeli+blockade&id=91953&callid=1

Finland urges EU states to help Lebanon oil clean-up
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
HELSINKI, Aug 22 (Reuters) – European Union president Finland called on
Tuesday on fellow bloc members to help Lebanon to clear up an oil slick
that has spread …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L22566189.htm

Rome asks for EU meeting on Lebanon
ANSA – Rome,Italy
… called for an urgent meeting of European Union foreign ministers to
discuss the participation of EU countries in a United Nations peacekeeping
force in Lebanon …
ansa.it/main/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2006-08-22_1227415.html

LEBANON: FERRANDO TELLS FAR LEFT NOT TO SUPPORT UN MISSION
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia – Italy
(AGI) – Rome, Aug 22 – Marco Ferrando, from the Labourers’ Communist Party
Movement called to the far left not to support the UN mission in Lebanon
and asked …
www.agi.it/english/news.pl?doc=200608221814-11
91-RT1-CRO-0-NF51&page=0&id=agionline-eng.arab

Israeli reservists criticize Lebanon war leadership
International Herald Tribune – France
JERUSALEM A group of Israeli reservist soldiers who served during the recent
fighting in Lebanon, angry about the conduct of the war, have demanded
the …
www.iht.com/articles/2006/08/22/news/protest.php

UN warns of prolonged “security vacuum” in Lebanon
Reuters – USA
BEIRUT, Aug 22 (Reuters) – It could take three months to fill the post-war
“security vacuum” in southern Lebanon and even unintended breaches of
the truce …
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nL2246963&imageid=top-news-view-2006-08-22-114313-RTR1GL5B_
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202006.%20REUTERS/Jamal%20Saidi

Weak UN mandate stalls Lebanon peacekeepers
Christian Science Monitor – Boston,MA,USA
… That is the landscape in Lebanon, and those are some of the reasons
why it is proving so difficult to get a beefed-up United Nations peacekeeping
force on the …
www.csmonitor.com/2006/0823/p01s03-wome.html

Lebanon’s recovery ‘annihilated’
News24 – South Africa
Geneva – Lebanon’s 15-year economic and social recovery from civil war
was wiped out in the recent Israeli offensive against Hezbollah, the UN
development …
www.news24.com/News24/World/Middle_East/0,,2-10-2075_1986659,00.html

Lebanon truce increasingly tenuous
The Australian – Sydney,Australia
A NINE-day-old truce in Lebanon appeared increasingly tenuous as the United
Nations struggled to find European countries willing to commit forces
to keep the …
www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20224316-1702,00.html
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No UN troops on Lebanon-Syria border, says Assad
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
… uneasy truce. Israel wants UN troops to police border crossings between
Lebanon and Syria to prevent weapons smuggling. Israeli …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L22212569.htm

In Bashar Assad’s Syria, a growing passion for war
Daily Star – Lebanon – Beirut,Lebanon
The rise of President Bashar Assad to power in Syria in 2000, which coincided
with the collapse of the peace process and the rise of Ariel Sharon as
Israeli …
www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=74940
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Outside View: Syria versus Iran
United Press International – USA
By ALON BEN-MEIR. NEW YORK, Aug. 22 (UPI) — The Bush administration’s
strategy of treating Syria and Iran as if they are evil twins is fundamentally
flawed. …
www.upi.com/InternationalIntelligence/view.php?StoryID=20060821-025533-8803r

Bolton tells UN: Time to address Iran, Syria over Hezbollah
Raw Story – Cambridge,MA,USA
US ambassador to the UN John Bolton told a monthly meeting of the UN today
that alleged involvement of Iran and Syria in arming Hezbollah must be
addressed …
www.rawstory.com/news/2006/UN_Ambassador_speaks_on_Iran_nuclear_0822.html