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The Destroyed Factory - Sat 19th Aug - Photo Report

23-08-2006 10:46

I am being shown around what is left of the Leban Lait Dairy plant by Deeb Mounzer, a mechanical engineer and one of the union reps. It was one of the biggest diary producers in the Middle East. On the 5th day of the war it was attacked by fighter jets in a strike whose precision was matched only by its ferocity. The factory is a twisted pile of metal drenched in millions of gallons of dairy that has been fermenting in the sun for weeks. The stench is unbearable and clouds of flies swarm around the wreckage. Deeb tells me that 270 people are now unemployed and no one is insured for war. The present estimate for getting even part of the factory operational is 1-2 years. The cows in the nearby supply farm are weak and neglected and no longer able to produce milk. Israel’s excuse for this outrage was that the factory was a possible weapons storage and funded Hizbollah. This allegation was repeated by all the corporate media in the west.

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Dhayiya, Lebanon - Fri 18th Aug - Photo Report

23-08-2006 10:43

Never let it be said that Hizbollah are not media savvy. Quickly produced banners placed around the ruins of Dhayiya make their views of Israel’s sponsors very clear. ‘The New Middle Beast’ proclaims one, taking the piss out of George Bush’s recent statement. ‘Made in USA’ says another. ‘Extremely Accurate Targeting’ attacks Israel’s claims that their bombings were somehow precise; the banner in question being sat in the middle of a completely demolished street.

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A Powerful Portrayal of the Destruction of the Lebanon

22-08-2006 22:03

Last Friday, at a StWC public meeting, Lebanese journalist Omar Nachabe displayed a welter of evidence of the full scale of destruction by Israeli forces. This report documents this calm presentation of horrific events.

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Dershowitz infuriated over Latuff/Finkelstein duo

22-08-2006 18:46

Copyleft cartoon by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff.

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Sack Parliament - October 9th 2006

22-08-2006 16:52

Sack Parliament * Stop their wars
9th October - 1pm - Houses of Parliament

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The Battle of Aita Al-Shabb - Thurs 17th Aug - Photo Report

22-08-2006 14:31

The border town of Aita Al-Shabb saw some of the fiercest fighting of the war. The town is destroyed having been hit with shells, missiles, bombs and heavy machinegun fire. Shortly after we arrive, an elderly woman approaches and asks us to come and see her home. Haji Mariam Srour is 82 and slept for thirty days under her bed. This was a smart move when you consider that every window in her house has been shattered, showering the place with glass. After half her house (the other side from the bedroom) was hit directly by a shell she spent three days sheltering in a neighbour’s bathroom with three other elderly women and no food. Had the ceasefire not happened they could all be dead.

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The Unexploded Bombs of Jbah - Wed 16th Aug - Photo Report

22-08-2006 14:19

I am shown around the southern village of Jbah by Abir Ghamloush, a local woman who lives and works in Beirut. This is her first opportunity to return here since the Monday ceasefire. Until now, her Beirut house, which she shares with her mother, has been home to 30 refugees from fives families, three of which were from here. Jbah is home to around 8,000 local people of middle incomes and acts as a hub for a further 7,000 people from local rural communities. The schools and nursery are based in the village along with a few workshops and small businesses. Until now the place had been deserted by all but five families who stayed during the war. Looking around the village it is not hard to see why the people fled in such numbers.

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Lebanon - Driving South - Wed 16th Aug - Photo Report

22-08-2006 14:14

South of Beirut the mother of all traffic jams stretches for miles. Every bridge big and small has been bombed and engineers are working around the clock to clear the way around or to put in temporary ones.

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Playing Favourites; or a Vicious Sight of Reality

22-08-2006 07:07

There is people who still believes that Israel has a right over the rest of the people, to jill or condemnd to prevent sometihng that they are building

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FOREIGN OFFICE BLOCKADE REPORT: Monday 21st August

21-08-2006 21:18

Anti-war activists blocked entrance to the Foreign Office for two hours Monday morning in a protest against British foreign policy.

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quick early report on foreign office blockade this morning

21-08-2006 08:56

clowns, samba and lebanese dancers took part in a blockade of the foreign office in king charles street this morning. their theme was 'bringing the war home" and they were hoping to disrupt the workings of the war machine for a while

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Reminder: Blockade of the Foreign Office 21st August

20-08-2006 17:19

When: August 21st
Where: Whitehall - Foreign and Commonwealth Office - King Charles St London SW1, next door to Downing Street
Time: 8am

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Boycott Starbucks!

20-08-2006 11:44

Starbucks are about to open in Egypt - they already have nearly 10,000 branches around the world and as they themselves put it every cup of coffee helps `the close alliance between the United States and Israel`.

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Sheffield Protests: Israel out of Lebanon and Gaza – Don't Attack Syria or Iran

19-08-2006 21:34

Protestors gathered in front of Sheffield City Hall on Saturday 19th August 2006 for a demonstration called by the Sheffield StWC: Israel out of Lebanon and Gaza – Don't Attack Syria or Iran.

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Hollywood Supports Israeli Mass Murder

19-08-2006 15:59

85 high-profile Hollywood stars, directors, studio bosses and media moguls, has taken out a powerfully-worded full page advertisement in today’s Los Angeles Times newspaper. “We the undersigned are pained and devastated by the civilian casualties in Israel and Lebanon caused by terrorist actions initiated by terrorist organizations such as Hezbollah and Hamas,” the ad reads.

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Israel mounts new air raids on Lebanon

19-08-2006 13:37

Obviously having no intention of observing its own ceasefire, in an act of unparralled cynicism, Israeli warplanes and helicopters launched fresh raids in eastern Lebanon today.

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Poem for Lebanon

19-08-2006 10:57

This is a poem by Raja Chemayel

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Cambridge Stop the War Demonstration - Saturday 19th August

18-08-2006 10:20

Stop the War Demo in Cambridge on Saturday 19th August

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Lebanon: A Critical Battle for a New Middle East

18-08-2006 08:24

The fact of the matter is that the war on Lebanon was premeditated, with the hope that an easy war would bring an end to the resistance, coerce the country into an unwanted peace settlement, deliver a blow to Iran and Syria's regional ambitions, but most importantly downgrade Iran's regional import, perhaps as a stepping stone toward the long envisioned regime change.

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