Public marks from user ravi with tag middle-east Public marks from user ravi with tag middle-east http://blogmarks.net/user/ravi/marks/tag/middle-east Guardian | FO's human rights report omits attacks on Lebanon http://www.guardian.co.uk/syria/story/0,,1921258,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=1 Margaret Beckett, the foreign secretary, told a press conference the omission was because the timing was "a little bit tight" for publication. She said she anticipated the war being dealt with more fully in next year's report. But the authors did find sufficient time to include criticism of the Lebanese-based guerrilla group Hizbullah, and one of its backers, Syria, over attacks on Israel and to provide a figure for Israeli, but not Lebanese, casualties. 2006-10-15T02:56:03Z ravi israel, human-rights, hypocrisy, middle-east

Guardian | FO's human rights report omits attacks on Lebanon

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Margaret Beckett, the foreign secretary, told a press conference the omission was because the timing was "a little bit tight" for publication. She said she anticipated the war being dealt with more fully in next year's report. But the authors did find sufficient time to include criticism of the Lebanese-based guerrilla group Hizbullah, and one of its backers, Syria, over attacks on Israel and to provide a figure for Israeli, but not Lebanese, casualties.

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]]> [NYT] Inquiry Opened Into Israeli Use of U.S. Bombs - New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/25/world/middleeast/25cluster.html?ex=1157169600&en=5b2fb7575062794b&ei=5065&partner=MYWAY The State Department is investigating whether Israel’s use of American-made cluster bombs in southern Lebanon violated secret agreements with the United States that restrict when it can employ such weapons... 2006-08-26T02:58:19Z ravi news, israel, terrorism, middle-east

[NYT] Inquiry Opened Into Israeli Use of U.S. Bombs - New York Times

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The State Department is investigating whether Israel’s use of American-made cluster bombs in southern Lebanon violated secret agreements with the United States that restrict when it can employ such weapons...

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]]> Syria warns on peacekeepers http://www.guardian.co.uk/syria/story/0,,1856719,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=1 [Guardian] The Syrian president, Bashar Assad, today warned he would consider the deployment of international troops along the Lebanon-Syria border a hostile move towards his country. 2006-08-23T19:46:49Z ravi middle-east, news, israel

Syria warns on peacekeepers

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[Guardian] The Syrian president, Bashar Assad, today warned he would consider the deployment of international troops along the Lebanon-Syria border a hostile move towards his country.

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