Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 27, 2006, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 Winnipeg free press thursday july 27, 2006 Lebanon in crisis observation Post tuesday. Rome yesterday which failed to find a always opposed to military action noting by Paul Samyn i am increasingly concerned about solution to end the fighting. He fully backed Canadas role in the 1999 Axworthy the View that the Only role that Canada Canada has a distinct role to play in Kosovo War. But Axworthy said Harper Ottawa Canadas decision to ape should play is to adhesively stick itself to certain areas without exaggerating the is making a mistake by believing in the . President George w. Bush a stance Bush administration policies and at the influence we can have said Axworthy. Religious Reliance on military Daggres on the Mideast crisis has Cost the coun very time when in fact those polices Are and what is really ironic is that at a Sion that Bush advocates. Says Canada try a Chance to play a diplomatic role in increasingly showing they Are not work time when increasingly the . Ability Axworthy also took a shot at win threw away peace role ending the increasingly bloody conflict former Liberal foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy says. Axworthy who now serves As the University of Winnipeg a president said prime minister Stephen harpers hard line defence of Israel a military strikes at Lebanon Are As misguided As the bomb which killed a Canadian Soldier at a in ing Axworthy said yesterday in an to influence events in the Middle East Nipges Asper family saying they Are interview. Has run aground because of its one sided using their Media Empire to advocate the morass in Iraq is such a Talisman which opens up space for countries like staunchly right Wing positions when it for everything that is going Canada to exercise that role we Are at comes to defending Israel. Axworthy said that by calling Israel a the very same time following that same the Aspers Are increasingly playing response to Hezbollah a kidnapping of a far More important role in shaping its soldiers measured Harper closed Axworthy said he is not denying Canadian foreign off any Chance for Canada to be an Hon Israel a the right to defend itself. est broker at the emergency talks in similarly Axworthy denies that he is Hezbollah kills 9 israeli soldiers failed ceasefire talks hint at lengthy conflict by Sam f. Ghattas b Beirut ? Hezbollah dealt Israel its heaviest losses in the Lebanon Campaign yesterday killing nine soldiers in fierce firefights. With key Mideast players failing to agree on a formula for a ceasefire an israeli general said the opera Tion could last weeks. Israel said it intends to damage Hezbollah and establish a Security zone that would be free of the guerrillas and extend two Kilometres into Lebanon from the israeli Border. Such a zone would prevent Hezbollah from carrying out Cross Border raids such As the one two weeks ago that triggered the israeli military response. Israel said it would maintain such a zone with firepower or other Means until the arrival of an International Force with muscle to be deployed in a wider Swath of Southern Lebanon ? As opposed to the in Force already there that has failed to pre vent the violence. The israeli bombardment has failed to Stop guerrilla rocket fire even while killing hundreds Dri ving up to 750,000 people from their Homes and causing billions of dollars in damage. Hezbollah fired another Large barrage into Northern Israel yesterday ? 151 rockets that wounded at least 31 people and damaged property from the suburbs of the port on Haifa on the Mediterranean sea to the Hula Valley above the sea of Galilee. Over the past two weeks the guerrillas have fired 1,436 rockets into Israel. Pushing Hezbollah Back with ground troops was proving to be bloody. Several thousand troops Are in Lebanon israeli military officials said ? mainly in a roughly 15.5-Square-Kilometre pocket around the town of Bint jail a Hezbollah stronghold just Over three Kilometres from the Border. The Hezbollah fighters Are heavily outnumbered with some 100 in Bint jail and several Hundred More in surrounding Fields bunkers and caves according to the officials. But they use classic guerrilla tactics choosing when to strike in the Hilly territory they know Well. They Are dug in with extensive Tunnel networks and Are stockpiling weapons including rockets with which they pelted israeli forces yesterday. Violence was also increasing on the other front of Israel a fight on islamic militants Gaza where Hamas linked militants Are holding an israeli sol Dier seized a month ago. A Force of 50 tanks and bulldozers entered the Northern Gaza strip to Battle Hamas gunmen. Israeli air and artillery attacks killed 24 palestini ans including at least 16 militants and three Young girls. Most of the victims were struck by israeli tank shells or missiles launched from israeli drones Fly ing overhead. The fighting made yesterday the deadliest Day in Gaza since Israel pulled out of the strip last year. Witnesses described pitched Battles in which palestinian gunmen fired ak-47 assault rifles and rocket propelled grenades at israeli forces which responded with tank fire and missiles. An israeli military spokeswoman said the incur Sion was part of Israel a continuing Campaign to Stop palestinian groups from launching homemade Assam rockets into Israel and to secure the release of an israeli Soldier captured by palestinian fight ers on june 25. ? associated press latest developments Western Arab leaders fail to negotiate ceasefire plan Rome ? ., european and Arab officials hold ing crisis talks on Lebanon failed to agree yester Day on an immediate plan to halt the fighting Between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas. Although most countries reportedly pressed for an immediate unconditional end to the fighting the United states backed by Britain refused to go along. . Secretary of state condole Ezza Rice insisted there could not be a return to a status quo of political uncertainty and instability in Lebanon and that any ceasefire must be in Secretary general Kofi Annan said the solution to the Mideast crisis should also involve Iran and Syria. He also called for the formation of a multinational Force to help Lebanon assert its authority and implement in resolutions that would see Hezbollah disarmed. The United states and Britain opposed the push for a Quick ceasefire saying any truce should ensure that Hezbollah no longer is a threat to Israel and should ensure a durable peace. Israel seeks 2-km Security zone Jerusalem ? Israel wants to establish a two Kilometre wide strip in South Lebanon that will be free of Hezbollah guerrillas israeli prime minis Ter Ehud Olmert said yesterday. We want a two Kilometre space from the Bor Der in which it will not be possible to fire rockets toward soldiers and civilians houses and in which there will not be Contact with military Border patrols Olmert was quoted As telling the Parlia ments defence and foreign affairs committee. Israelis collect bodies for Trade Jerusalem ? israeli troops Are collecting Bod ies of Hezbollah fighters killed in Lebanon and storing them in refrigerated containers in Israel the army said yesterday. Israel used bodies of Hezbollah fighters As a bargaining Chip in a pre Vious prisoner Swap with the lebanese guerrilla group and Security officials said bodies were being collected for the same reason this time. Commandos Back up Mission Warnaca Cyprus ? Canadian commandos and secret agents backed up a Mission to bring a handful of canadians to the safety of this Island Paradise Early today ending two weeks under constant israeli bombardment for some of them. As he stumbled off the ship evacuee Hassan Tohme painted a chilling portrait of the hell fac ing fellow citizens who remain trapped in the area. Sifting through rubble to find passports in flattened Homes is the first Roadblock for Many people wanting to flee along the nearly impassable roads to Tyre said Tohme. ? 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