Friday, July 28, 2006

7/28/06

Tide of Arab Opinion Turns to Support for Hezbollah At the onset of the Lebanese crisis, Arab governments, starting with Saudi Arabia, slammed Hezbollah for recklessly provoking a war.

Hezbollah leader said to be hiding in Iranian Embassy Intelligence reports indicate the leader of Hezbollah is hiding in a foreign mission in Beirut, possibly the Iranian Embassy.

Rice to go back to Middle East; EU offers peacekeepers Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday in Malaysia she will be returning to the Middle East to continue work to bring about a sustainable cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel.

Blair to press Bush on Mideast British Prime Minister Tony Blair headed to Washington Friday where he was expected to press President George W. Bush on a swift solution to the Middle East crisis.

EU says Israel "totally wrong" on ceasefire message The Finnish presidency of the EU has denied giving Israel a green light to continue its operations in Lebanon.

Hizbullah launches five Iranian-made missiles at Afula After a number of Katyusha barrages hit northern Israel over the course of the morning, five Iranian-made Fajr-5 missiles landed in and around Afula shortly after 3:30 p.m. Friday.

Israel ends deadly Gaza operation The Israeli army has pulled out of the Gaza Strip after a two-day operation in which at least 29 Palestinians were killed, many of them civilians.

Iran denies giving aid to Hizbullah Iran's foreign ministry on Friday denied allegations that Teheran has provided military support to Hizbullah in its fight against Israel.

Somali government minister killed A minister in Somalia's transitional government has been shot dead.

Iraqi Shia leader rejects role for US reinforcements One of Iraq's most influential Shia leaders rejected Friday the use of US forces to stabilize Iraq's security situation.