US, France agree UN resolution on ceasefire in Lebanon

[Owais]

Diplomatic battle speeds up to save ceasefire plan as Israel presses Lebanon offensive UNITED NATIONS: France and the United States battled to revive a desperately needed UN Security Council resolution on the Middle East conflict as Israel pressed its four-week-old military offensive against Hezbollah.

France said a new draft resolution was being prepared while an Arab League delegation warned the Security Council there would be civil war in Lebanon if Israel's troops did not leave Lebanon after any halt to the fighting.

Talking to journalists after a special council meeting on the conflict, France's UN ambassador Jean-Marc de La Sabliere said: "The question for us is to produce the best possible text and take into account all concerns, so there will be a new text."

"It is most saddening that this council stands idly by, crippled and unable to stop the bloodbath, which has become the bitter daily lot of the unarmed Lebanese people," Qatar's foreign minister told the special meeting.

"If we adopt a resolution without fully considering the reality of Lebanon we will face a civil war and, instead of helping Lebanon, we will destroy Lebanon," added the minister, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani.

He said the current French-US proposition -- which calls for a "full cessation of hostilities" but no Israeli withdrawal -- was unenforceable and would have "grave ramifications for Lebanon and all the countries in the region."

The new US-French talks have focused on a Lebanese plan to deploy 15,000 troops in the south -- a Hezbollah stronghold that has been out of the control of the Beirut authorities -- when Israeli
troops leave.

The French UN ambassador said he now expected a resolution to be drawn up and passed before the weekend. But a vote has already been delayed from the start of the week and there was growing
international impatience

 

[melb4aust]

Israel had the perfect right to attack and bring Lebonon to its knees after the corss border act by Hizbullah.
Hizbullah attacked and this is the way Israel retalioates,like it or not.

Perhaps you did'nt watch the interview of George Galloway.

It's not lebanone or Hizbullah who has invaded, its Israel who invaded Lebanone, think million times before considering Isarel's right to attack or invade lebanone.

Next time Hizbullah shud think a hundred times, if they luv their women and children- thats the message.

They still love their people and are fighting for them, remind they are still trying to free those prisners when Israel invaded sth-lebanone and captured hundereds of Labonese .

 

[parihaka]

The simple axiom is: if a neighbour country sent soldiers into yours, attacked your soldiers and took some hostage, and then when you tried to get them back fired rockets into your cities, what would you do?

 

[Owais]

Jordan's King Abdullah expresses fear for Mideast future
LONDON (updated on: August 09, 2006, 02:04 PST): Jordan's King Abdullah II expressed his fears about the future of the Middle East amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the h Hizbullah militia, in an interview with the BBC on Tuesday.

"Each time we have a crisis it gets far more unstable and the end game or where we're going to be leading a region is dim," he told the broadcaster.

"I can't read the political map of the Middle East anymore because I see all the heavy clouds over our shoulders at this stage.

"I fear for the future of the Middle East."

The king, after reiterating his calls for an "immediate cease-fire" in the conflict, said that if Arabs and Israelis did not sit down and "declare a new future" for the region, countries in the region "will continually be sucked into the abyss."

While stating his hopes for a United Nations Security Council resolution bringing an end to the conflict "today as opposed to tomorrow", the king said: "You can't destroy Hizbullah".

Lebanon, which he described as having been "knocked back to the Stone Age", has been crippled by what is now the fourth week of an Israeli aerial bombing campaign.

The king also said that the longer the conflict continued, the less confident moderate countries would become to "stick their neck out", and the "more radical" the region would become.

Very quick comment .huh!

 

[melb4aust]

The simple axiom is: if a neighbour country sent soldiers into yours, attacked your soldiers and took some hostage, and then when you tried to get them back fired rockets into your cities, what would you do?

But the question is who invaded first and captured the people or soldiers or politiceans or whatever. Who broke the rules, who is killing innocent people...

Hizbullah leader has already offered Israel to come and fight with them leave the civilians out.

 

[melb4aust]

Jordan's King Abdullah expresses fear for Mideast future
LONDON (updated on: August 09, 2006, 02:04 PST): Jordan's King Abdullah II expressed his fears about the future of the Middle East amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the h Hizbullah militia, in an interview with the BBC on Tuesday.

"Each time we have a crisis it gets far more unstable and the end game or where we're going to be leading a region is dim," he told the broadcaster.

"I can't read the political map of the Middle East anymore because I see all the heavy clouds over our shoulders at this stage.

"I fear for the future of the Middle East."

The king, after reiterating his calls for an "immediate cease-fire" in the conflict, said that if Arabs and Israelis did not sit down and "declare a new future" for the region, countries in the region "will continually be sucked into the abyss."

While stating his hopes for a United Nations Security Council resolution bringing an end to the conflict "today as opposed to tomorrow", the king said: "You can't destroy Hizbullah".

Lebanon, which he described as having been "knocked back to the Stone Age", has been crippled by what is now the fourth week of an Israeli aerial bombing campaign.

The king also said that the longer the conflict continued, the less confident moderate countries would become to "stick their neck out", and the "more radical" the region would become.


Very quick comment .huh!

Just comments, what about the appeal from lebonese wise president. Did they take any notice of that.

This is all silly drama these arabs are doing, "Striking the hammer on their own foot"

 

[parihaka]

Hizbullah leader has already offered Israel to come and fight with them leave the civilians out.

ROFLMAO, what do you think Israel is doing? And who is still hiding behind civilian skirts?

 

[melb4aust]

This is a part of their strategy they have to hide, as they lack equipment to counter Air force.

Israel dont have any idea where they are hiding and thats why they are targeting innocent people to make them to come out, humanity is becoming the victim in this Israel's strategic bloodshed blackmailing.



But again this not the question, question is who is responsible for all that, who started all this in 1st place, who is willing to kill humanity?

 

[parihaka]

This is a part of their strategy they have to hide, as they lack equipment to counter Air force.

So they're not serious about

Hizbullah leader has already offered Israel to come and fight with them leave the civilians out

then?

Israel dont have any idea where they are hiding and thats why they are targeting innocent people to make them to come out, humanity is becoming the victim in this Israel's strategic bloodshed blackmailing.

As opposed to Hizbullah who make no bones about targetting civilians with their rockets?

 

[parihaka]

But again this not the question, question is who is responsible for all that, who started all this in 1st place, who is willing to kill humanity?

Ummm, Hizbullah who deliberately targets civilians with their rockets?

 

[Bull]

Perhaps you did'nt watch the interview of George Galloway.

i did watched i enjoyed it cmpletely. :thumbsup:

It's not lebanone or Hizbullah who has invaded, its Israel who invaded Lebanone, think million times before considering Isarel's right to attack or invade lebanone.

listen Mel,

It doesnt matter who started it,but what matters is how it is fought. If LA had come south when the conflict started,things would have been different.

Now Israel terms it as a war on terror as they are claiming to "be fighting hismullah",if they had to fight the LA in south their argument of a vaccum arising in south lebonon and the call for intl force wont have materialised.

The arab hands are tied bcoz the victims ( the leboneese) arnt doing anything abt it.Now how can a Arab league stand up and fight when the leboneese themselves arnt.The PM is seen crying all over the forums,is that what a leader does.

They are numbered to have 50,000 soldiers ( and not hardware at all other than there guns),if these soldiers had come down to fight the israeli incursion IDF woudnt have had so much time flattening the suburbs of Beirut and Tyre.

Isnt the LA the cuplrit here along with the Leb govt.

With the world almost agreed on sending the intl force,we are just setting the clock backwards and the disaster of the 90's and 00's are set to repeat.

 

[melb4aust]

Ummm, Hizbullah who deliberately targets civilians with their rockets?

So you're blind too, or just wanna remain blind or cant face the reality or may be a bit weak in middle-east history. Plenty of factors.......

 

[parihaka]

So you're blind too, or just wanna remain blind or cant face the reality or may be a bit weak in middle-east history. Plenty of factors.......

No to all of the above.
Hizbullah is a terrorist organisation set up as a mercenary army by Iran and Syria to continue their stated aim of destroying the nation of Israel.
If you wish Israel to be destroyed, well that's your choice.
If you think hiding behind civilians as you attack the Israelis is a good thing, well that's your choice too.
If you have a problem with Israel killing civilians but not Hizbollah, who deliberately targets civilians, then it's a funny old moral code that you follow.

 

[melb4aust]

i did watched i enjoyed it cmpletely. :thumbsup:



It With the world almost agreed on sending the intl force,we are just setting the clock backwards and the disaster of the 90's and 00's are set to repeat.

Yes there are some valid points in your post, you cant neglect that it was Israel who invaded 1st and started all this.

The presence of International force is what Israel actually want, that would silent things, would stop Isreal worrying about loosing the lives of their own soldier. They would'nt have to worry about Lebanone and syria then.

 

[melb4aust]

No to all of the above.
Hizbullah is a terrorist organisation set up as a mercenary army by Iran and Syria to continue their stated aim of destroying the nation of Israel.
If you wish Israel to be destroyed, well that's your choice.
If you think hiding behind civilians as you attack the Israelis is a good thing, well that's your choice too.
If you have a problem with Israel killing civilians but not Hizbollah, who deliberately targets civilians, then it's a funny old moral code that you follow.

Its not a funny moral code, there are people dying out there............calling the freedom fighters terrorists are not gonna solve any problems, infact its israel who is doing the terrorist acts. Go and ask any labonese people what they say, whether the hizbullah is hiding among them. Those people have lost their loved ones and they are still urging there are no hizbullah persons living among them.

Again its Israel commuting terrorist activities by killing innocent civilians to make hizbullah weak.