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Hello, I received this from Beirut this morning. Feel free to distribute it but please remove attributes and signatures (including mine), as the author is anonymous. Regards Michael Davie >**************************** > >NATO TO BOMB ISRAELI TARGETS TOMORROW IN RETALIATION FOR MIDNIGHT RAID ON >BEIRUT: CLINTON ANNOUNCES A CONTINUATION OF THE HUMANITARIAN CRUSADE BEGUN >IN KOSOVO >> >>Brussels (Agencies): Shortly after the United Nations Security Council >>unanimously imposed a total embargo on Israel for its continuing >>occupation of southern Lebanon, NATO Secretary General Javier Solana >>announced that the alliance would begin an air campaign against Israeli >>targets. "Our aim," said Solana, "is to degrade the Israeli military's >>ability to sustain its occupation of Lebanon." According to sources close >>to NATO's high command, the alliance plans to start systematically bombing >>Israeli military targets in southern Lebanon as well as northern Israel. >>NATO has already sent several anti-aircraft missile batteries to Lebanon >>to protect Beirut and other civilian areas from further indiscriminate >>bombing. British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook suggested that the NATO >>campaign against Israel would continue until all objectives had been met. >>"This includes," Mr Cook insisted, "full reparations for the twenty years >>of Israeli occupation of Lebanon." Mr Cook also added that an upcoming G8 >>meeting in Bonn would consider measures to ensure a total Israeli >>withdrawal from all occupied territories by 2001, and the establishment of >>an independent Palestinian state. "The Labour government promised a clean >>and honest approach to international affairs, and this is our chance to >>demonstate our credibility," he said. >> Meanwhile, at a press briefing in Washington, President Clinton >>declared that the people of Lebanon have suffered long enough, and that >>last night's bombing of Beirut showed that the Israelis were insensitive >>to the rule of law. "Israel is a rogue nation, an outlaw state living >>beyond the norms of the family of nations," Clinton declared. He added, >>"our objective is to make sure that the leadership of the Zionist >>government understands that it must obey the will of the international >>community, as expressed in UN Security Council Resolution 425 of 1978." >>Mr Clinton met earlier with his Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, >>who bristled against the Israeli bombing of Beirut. "We cannot allow such >>actions to continue," Mrs Albright said, promising swift action against >>the government in Tel Aviv. Defense Secretary Cohen indicated that a long >>list of targets had been drawn up for US and NATO airstrikes, including >>several sensitive targets in Tel Aviv itself. >> In a separate development, the US State Department announced a >>reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and >>capture of Ariel Sharon, Benjamin Netanyahu, and other Israeli war >>criminals indicted by a UN human rights and war crimes tribunal meeting in >>the Hague. The tribunal had issued indictments for a further 342,131 >>Israelis for various crimes against humanity. "This," said Mr Clinton, >>"shows how far the family of nations will go in its effort to rid the >>world of crimes against humanity. The Israelis have been on a rampage for >>far too long, and the international community has now decided that it must >>stop." His announcement came just after the UN declared its total air, >>sea and land embargo on Israel. >> >>(sighs....) >> *@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@@*@*@* Michael F. DAVIE [log in to unmask] Professeur Directeur du DEA "Espaces, Societes et Villes dans le Monde Arabe" UMR 6592 URBAMA (Urbanisation dans le Monde Arabe) Universite Francois-Rabelais 23 rue de la Loire, B.P. 7521, 37075 Tours Cedex 2 (France) Tel : (+33) 02 47 36 84 67 Fax : (+33) 02 47 36 84 71 *@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@*@@*@*@* %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%