Rice in Beirut – Did Our Bunker Busters Arrive On Time?

Condoleezza Rice Visits Beirut and Jerusalem

Just checking if the arms and bombs arrived on time?

A senior IAF officer revealed to the Jerusalem Post that the IDF was using bunker-buster bombs to strike at senior Hizbullah officials in hiding throughout Beirut and Lebanon.

A Lebanese boy stands outside a damaged
building in southern Beirut, a Hizbollah
stronghold. Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

U.S. Speeds Up Bomb Delivery for the Israelis

WASHINGTON D.C. (NYT) July 21 — The Bush administration is rushing a delivery of precision-guided bombs to Israel, which requested the expedited shipment last week after beginning its air campaign against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, American officials said.

The decision to quickly ship the weapons to Israel was made with relatively little debate within the Bush administration, the officials said.

Its disclosure threatens to anger Arab governments and others because of the appearance that the United States is actively aiding the Israeli bombing campaign in a way that could be compared to Iran’s efforts to arm and resupply Hezbollah.

[The New York Times writes “the appearance of actively aiding the Israeli bombing campaign” where hard facts proof U.S. active support in Israel’s war effort in Lebanon. – Oui]

Another shameful performance by Tony Blair, whose evil policy cannot be hidden by the innocence of his Shakespearean grimace.

Blowback in Iraq – Press Conference in London

Iraq may sink deeper into chaos and instability if the conflict between Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah is not halted immediately, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki warned Monday.

The Israeli offensive in southern Lebanon was a “war crime” that was escalating tensions in the region and furthering the cause of extremists, he cautioned at a London press conference with British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki
- meanwhile in Iraq ... (AFP)

Calling for an immediate cease-fire by both sides, Maliki said the killing of Lebanese civilians and the destruction of infrastructure was “a violation of all the laws of war” which must not be accepted by the international community.

But Blair once again resisted such entreaties, insisting that while “anyone with any sense of humanity wants what is happening to stop,” a cease-fire would not be successful unless the conditions were right.

Don’t forget Israeli armed forces in Gaza ::
● Palestinians Urge Rice to Stop Israel  

Indonesian Muslim protesters burn Israeli and U.S. flags during a protest against recent Israeli attacks on Lebanon in Makassar, South Sulawesi. REUTERS/Ahmed Tawil