Bush 'GAVE GREEN LIGHT' for limited attack, say Israeli and UK sources

kpete

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Wed Jul-19-06 07:50 AM
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Bush 'GAVE GREEN LIGHT' for limited attack, say Israeli and UK sources

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Civilian death toll in Lebanon nears 270, Bush sits on hands
United States to Israel: you have one more week to blast Hizbullah

Bush 'gave green light' for limited attack, say Israeli and UK sources

Ewen MacAskill, Simon Tisdall and Patrick Wintour
Wednesday July 19, 2006
The Guardian

The US is giving Israel a window of a week to inflict maximum damage on Hizbullah before weighing in behind international calls for a ceasefire in Lebanon, according to British, European and Israeli sources.

The Bush administration, backed by Britain, has blocked efforts for an immediate halt to the fighting initiated at the UN security council, the G8 summit in St Petersburg and the European foreign ministers' meeting in Brussels.

"It's clear the Americans have given the Israelis the green light. They will be allowed to go on longer, perhaps for another week," a senior European official said yesterday. Diplomatic sources said there was a clear time limit, partly dictated by fears that a prolonged conflict could spin out of control.

US strategy in allowing Israel this freedom for a limited period has several objectives, one of which is delivering a slap to Iran and Syria, who Washington claims are directing Hizbullah and Hamas militants from behind the scenes.

more at:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1823817,00.html

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burythehatchet

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Wed Jul-19-06 07:51 AM
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1. but CNN told me that Condi was asked to "back off"

I'm so confused.

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bdamomma

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Wed Jul-19-06 07:54 AM
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3. this is the reason why she is not going

she is getting her orders from the decider.

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bdamomma

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Wed Jul-19-06 07:53 AM
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2. this just does it

how much more criminal activity can we take from this crime family, where's the ICC now. This regime is clearly committing war crimes. I can't stand it, they bitch about Stem Cell Research, and blast and kill people, I just can't stand the hypocrisy.

This is being done in our name.

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babylonsister

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Wed Jul-19-06 07:56 AM
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7. "In our name." Too bad that no longer holds weight; obviously

no one gives a shit that they're tarnishing our name in the process, and that pisses me off the most. :grr:

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mmonk

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Wed Jul-19-06 07:55 AM
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4. As if they need his ok? What a joke. He just wants people

Edited on Wed Jul-19-06 07:56 AM by mmonk

to know his view and to fool people that he is in control of everything. Again, there are other more intelligent ways of expressing support.

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pooja

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Wed Jul-19-06 07:55 AM
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5. They need Israel to weaken Lebanon, so they can go into Iran

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chimpymustgo

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Wed Jul-19-06 07:57 AM
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8. Yep. Just destroy Lebanon. Whatever it takes.

GWB is salivating. We MUST denounce this slaughter.

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DoYouEverWonder

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Wed Jul-19-06 07:55 AM
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6. So the US is running Israel?

Then the US is responsible for the targeting of civilians in Lebanon. Chalk one more up for the War Crimes Trials.

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malaise

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Wed Jul-19-06 07:57 AM
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9. I watched an interview

on BBC this morning. Bush is promoting war crimes.

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