Kwtia

Rolling Stone has an exclusive worth reading...It starts like something out of a spy film and ends like Revelations...

You might need something strong to sip on while you read it.

If you want to round off the story: Mother Jones' "Three Days in Rome" is an article to look at.

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The T-shirt seller of Beirut

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Is it possible to be this stupid? For Rummy to uncork some stale insipid philosophical tripe when faced with a question as grave as whether a bloody civil war is raging as a result of his decisions and under his drenched-in-blood watch, is unbelieveble.

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Regarding the UN observers that were killed by the Israeli forces when they fired on their base 21 times, let me say that again, 21 Times:

Khiyam: Accidentally on Purpose - by Ian Williams

You'll hit us, warned UN staff -Martin Chulov, Beirut

UN observers' plea ignored -By Anna Claridge

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One of the UN peacekeepers was Canadian...the other from Finland..another from China and the fourth from Austria...What do those countries think of this?

"BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) -- The U.N. observers killed when an Israeli bomb hit their bunker in Lebanon Tuesday called an Israeli military liaison about 10 times in the six hours before they died to warn that aerial attacks were getting close to their position, a U.N. officer said."

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Take a look at Martin Rowson's cartoon in the Guardian