Posted by seumasach on January 15, 2009
January 14, 2009 (LPAC)–“It appears that, out of a combination of stupidity and outside manipulation, the Israeli government has made a strategic blunder, in invading Gaza. This blunder may prove fatal,” Lyndon LaRouche warned today, after being updated on the ongoing Israeli invasion of Gaza.
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Posted by seumasach on January 15, 2009
Jan. 10, 2009 (LPAC)–Lyndon LaRouche today issued the following strategic assessment, based on recent discussions with sources in Washington and in Southwest Asia.
“Based on a series of recent reports, it is our assessment that Vice President Dick Cheney, with backing from London, is pressing for a broader confrontation in Southwest Asia, that would extend the already ongoing, disastrous Gaza incursion, into a multi-front war, engulfing Lebanon, Syria and Iran. This effort, which has reached a critical threshold in the past 48 hours, is part of the same London-directed global showdown that we see with the recent Ukrainian actions, aimed at creating a major European wide energy and security crisis, that could lead to a new Eurasian war.
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Posted by seumasach on January 15, 2009
Iran calls on Israelis to take to the streets in protest at the war on Gaza, saying soldiers should also refrain from following orders.
“I call on all those who live in the occupied territories, including Jews, Christians and Muslims to pour into the streets,” said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a Thursday message.
He added that Israelis should show their support for the Palestinian nation by joining the world in demonstrating against the crimes committed by Tel Aviv.
“To the people who live under Israeli repression in the occupied territories, you are human beings no matter your religion, race for faith. It is time that you ponder and ask the leaders of the Zionist regime why it is that the people of Gaza are being treated in this way,” said the Iranian president.
Nearly 1,100 Palestinians — many of whom are women and children — have been killed and 4,700 have been wounded since Israel launched its offensive against the Palestinian territory on December 27.
“Why is it that the people of Lebanon have to be treated in this way? Why are they carrying out a massacre? Why are they treating people, who are dear to God, in this way? Why are they killing children and blowing them to pieces?” he added.
Ahmadinejad also urged Israeli soldiers to disobey their commanders when ordered to fire upon the women and children of Gaza.
“Ask yourself why you have to kill women and children and innocent civilians? It is time that you protest over orders given by your commanders. Disobey their orders to massacre and refrain from killing innocent civilians,” he added.
Ahmadinejad urged protests to continue until “the thoughts that fuel disrespect, abuse and racism dry up”.
Since the beginning of the Gaza onslaught, Israel has targeted schools, hospitals, UN relief centers, journalists, media offices, mosques and relief workers, drawing condemnation from international organizations and aid agencies, such as Human Rights Watch, the Red Cross and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).
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Posted by seumasach on January 15, 2009
15th January, 2009
Lebanon rejects Hezbollah involvement in a recent rocket attack on Israel, suggesting that the launch may have been a ploy by Tel Aviv.
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Posted by seumasach on January 15, 2009
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15th January, 2009
Despite intensifying its military campaign and mobilizing its forces closer to the heart of Gaza, Israel has failed to break the resistance.
On Thursday, Israeli tanks and troops advanced to within 2 km of Gaza City, where they were met with fierce resistance by Palestinian fighters.
Palestinian fighters hit two Israeli tanks with RPG shells, Hamas affiliated al-Manar reported. Since yesterday 33 Israeli soldiers have been wounded during the fighting.
The Palestinians who have the upper hand in knowing the battleground are preventing Israel’s military troops and convoys from advancing further.
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Posted by seumasach on January 15, 2009
15th January, 2009
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) – Witnesses and United Nations officials say Israeli shells have struck the U.N. headquarters in the Gaza Strip.
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Posted by seumasach on January 15, 2009
STRASBOURG – European deputies stepped up the pressure on the executive EU Commission to bring an end to Israel’s military offensive in Gaza, urging it to halt developing EU-Israeli relations.
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Posted by seumasach on January 15, 2009
14th January, 2009
Iran has criticized oil-rich Arab countries for accepting Israeli cash in the face of Tel Aviv’s continuous ‘war crimes’ in the Gaza Strip.
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Posted by seumasach on January 15, 2009
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The president of the UN General Assembly has condemned Israel’s killings of Palestinians in its Gaza offensive as “genocide”. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann also told Al Jazeera he had never believed that the UN Security Council would be able to stop the violence in Gaza and that Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister, had practically told the UN to “mind their own business” by continuing the offensive. “The number of victims in Gaza is increasing by the day… The situation is untenable. It’s genocide,” d’Escoto said at the UN in New York. About 970 Palestinians have been killed and 4,300 injured since Israel began its Gaza offensive on December 27, which it says is to stop Palestinian fighters attacking Israel with rockets. |
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Posted by seumasach on January 15, 2009
Several residents of south Lebanon on Wednesday received recorded telephone messages from the “state of Israel” warning them against cooperating with Ahmed Jibril’s Palestinian organization and al-Qaida.
The recorded message said: “To the citizens of south Lebanon. Do not deal with the Palestinians. Do not allow al-Qaida or the General Command to launch rockets at Israel from pads deployed between your houses.
“Remember the catastrophe and destruction you suffered in 1982 because of the Palestinian presence in the south.”
The messages were received shortly after three rockets were fired on Israel from south Lebanon.
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Posted by seumasach on January 15, 2009
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| Israel Threatens to Destroy South Lebanon Several residents of south Lebanon on Wednesday received recorded telephone messages from the “state of Israel” warning them against cooperating with Ahmed Jibril’s Palestinian organization and al-Qaida.The recorded message said: “To the citizens of south Lebanon. Do not deal with the Palestinians. Do not allow al-Qaida or the General Command to launch rockets at Israel from pads deployed between your houses. “Remember the catastrophe and destruction you suffered in 1982 because of the Palestinian presence in the south.” The messages were received shortly after three rockets were fired on Israel from south Lebanon. |
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