"Analysis: Bush Admin. Gives Israel Room"

[GreenPartyVoter]

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration is trying to hold off international pressure for an immediate halt to the Israeli assault in southern Lebanon, apparently to allow Israel a short window to do as much damage as possible to the Hezbollah guerrillas.

That puts Washington at odds with some allies and others who want a quick end to cross-border rocket attacks that have claimed more than 200 lives in a week and sent a tide of refugees fleeing Lebanon.

"I want the world to address the root causes of the problem, and the root cause of the problem is Hezbollah," President Bush said Tuesday.

The administration is "giving some latitude for some period of time to try to damage Hezbollah," said Samuel Berger, former White House national security adviser to President Clinton.

http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20060719/D8IUOECG0.html

[leftchick]

1. At Least 270 Dead in Lebanon

but then it is just a number... :(

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At least 270 Lebanese - mostly civilians - have been killed since then.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5193662.stm