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Today's lead stories:
Military Families Want an End to War in Iraq
Displaced Lebanese Head to Beirut; Brace for More Attacks
Peacekeeping Force Heading for Lebanon?
Chile Considers Taking Part in UN Stabilization Force on Lebanon-Israel
Border
Mumia Abu Jamal Commentary: "Disaster After Disaster"
Darfur Residents Protest Peace Deal
FSRN Headlines
Israeli Offensives Continue
The Israeli Military has begun a new ground and air operation
in southern Gaza. It says its there to make arrests and to
search for tunnels it claims is being used to transport arms.
Manar Jibrin reports.
Warnings of an Iraqi Civil War
A bomb explosion near a Baghdad shopping area today killed
at least 10 people and injured 29. The attack comes as Britain's
outgoing ambassador in Baghdad William Patey has warned Tony
Blair in a confidential memo that civil war is a more likely
outcome in Iraq than democracy, and he also predicted the
break-up of Iraq along ethnic lines. He did say that the situation
is not hopeless, but he said it would remain messy and difficult"
for the next five to ten years. US Commander General John
Abizaid echoed those sentiments today to a Congressional committee.
Attack in Kandahar
And at least 21 people were killed in a car bomb attack in
the southern Kandahar region of Afghanistan. Four NATO soldiers
were also killed near the area that is considered a stronghold
for Taleban fighters.
Sri Lanka Fighting Escalates
In Sri Lanka artillery fire hit three schools, killing 18
people in the town of Muttur as fighting between government
troops and the Tamil Tigers rages on. Hundreds have been reportedly
killed. Ponniah Manikavasagam has more.
Coke & Pepsi Full of Pesticides in India
A scientific study released in Delhi found high rate of pesticides
in Coke and Pepsi sold in India. Vinod K. José reports.
Heat Wave Misery
The heatwave that killed over 150 people in California last
week is now rolling through the Midwest and the East Coast,
where another dozen people have died due to the heat and where
electrical grids are struggling to remain on. Rebecca Myles
has more from New York.
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Military Families Want an End to War in Iraq
(3:56)
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld testified before a
Senate committee today. He admitted to an extremely high amount
of sectarian violence in Iraq, but maintained that US troops
must stay there to quell the spread of terrorism. Meanwhile,
military family members spent another day in Washington, attempting
to persuade lawmakers to put a stop to the war. Washington
Editor, Leigh Ann Caldwell reports.
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Displaced Lebanese Head to Beirut; Brace for More
Attacks (5:34)
Israel’s Army is pushing its offensive into northern
and eastern Lebanon today, as humanitarian aid to that country
becomes increasingly difficult, with a severe and water and
medicine shortage looming. As the violence continues, Lebanon’s
Prime Minister said that more than 900 Lebanese have been
killed and more than 3,000 have been injured – one-third
of these casualties are children under the age of 12. Additionally,
more than 1 million Lebanese have been displaced – that’s
one quarter of the population. We’re joined on the line
by our Lebanon correspondent Jackson Allers.
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Peacekeeping Force Heading for Lebanon?
(2:50)
Talks aimed to bring an international force to patrol Southern
Lebanon and stop the killing continued at the United Nations
today. French Ambassador to the United Nations Jean Marc de
la Sabliere said today that there is an informal agreement
among Security Council members on the sequence of events that
needs to take place to end the war in Lebanon.
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Chile Considers Taking Part in UN Stabilization Force
on Lebanon-Israel Border (2:37)
A television interview with Chile's Foreign Minister this
week indicated that the Chilean government has been sounded
off by European countries to possibly take part in a military
stabilization force on the Lebanon/Israel border. Foreign
Minister Alejandro Foxley says that Chile is studying the
possibility of taking part in a UN stabilization force. FSRN's
Jorge Garretón in Santiago has more.
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Mumia Abu Jamal Commentary: "Disaster After
Disaster" (2:42)
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Darfur Residents Protest Peace Deal (3:39)
Amnesty International says Darfur rebels who signed a peace
deal with the Sudanese government killed and raped civilians
to try to force them to support the unpopular pact. The African
Union-brokered deal was signed in May by only one of three
rebel factions - the Minni Arcua Minnawi group. FSRN’s
Emmanuel Okella reports that tens of thousands of Darfuris
have protested against the deal, and are demanding further
concessions from the Sudanese government.
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