Monday, July 17, 2006
WARNING: SMH AHEAD
The SMH’s Ed O’Loughlin, in deep Fisk mode, reports from Beirut:
The bombs come without warning, day and night, ripping through buildings, roads, offices, homes and refugee convoys.
Without warning? From the same article:
On Thursday Israel dropped leaflets telling its people to flee. Bombs swiftly followed.
(Via reader R.B.)
UPDATE. The Daily Telegraph’s Anton La Guardia:
After bombarding Lebanon for five days, and causing pain to ordinary civilians unseen since the civil war ended 15 years ago, the international outcry is surprisingly muted. If anything, as the conflict has intensified and the regional stakes have risen, Israel has found a degree of international sympathy, or at least understanding.
Lebanon has become the battleground between pro-western and radical Islamic forces. Few governments, even Arab states, want to see Hizbollah win the contest.
The French are on board:
France joined voices with the United States on Sunday in asserting that Israel has the right of self-defense in the face of ceaseless terror and rocket attacks.
“Israel must defend itself,” said French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, “and it had the right to do so.”