Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 2, 2006, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press wednesday August 2, 2006 world a9 fight against Hezbollah Israel sends in 10,000 troops commandos capture guerillas in pitched Battles b Beirut a ? Israel poured up to 10,000 armoured troops into Southern Lebanon yesterday and sent commando forces deep into the Eastern Bekaan Valley where they raided a Hezbollah run Hospital and captured guerrillas during pitched Battles a major escalation of the three week old War. The israeli military confirmed the attack on the ancient City Baalbek about 130 Kilometres North of Israel. It said troops ferried in by helicopter captured an unspecified number guerrillas and All soldiers returned unharmed. The statement gave no other details. The Baalbek raid was the deepest ground attack on Lebanon since fight ing began 21 Days ago. The ferocity of the Battles in the Bekaan Valley and across Southern Lebanon and the determination of the israelis to keep fighting quelled expect about 15 Kilometres from Lebanon Spital raged for More than four hours Ity the Imam Khomeini charitable nations for an Early ceasefire although Border with Syria. And planes dropped flares Over the City society which is close to Hezbollah. . Secretary of state condole Ezza a group of israeli commandos was during the clashes witnesses said. The Hospital is also run by people close Rice said an agreement on How to end brought to the Hospital by a helicopter. They said at least seven people were to the militant group the residents said the conflict is possible within Days not they entered the Hospital and Are killed As israeli planes staged More on condition of anonymity. Weeks. Trapped inside As our fighters opened than 10 bombing runs around the hos Baalbek is a City with spectacular Hezbollah a rocket attacks into fire on them and fierce fighting is still Pital As Well As on Hills in Eastern and roman ruins As Well As the Barracks of Israel meanwhile diminished. He Bol raging Rahal said Early in the opera Northern Baalbek where Hezbollah a the iranian revolutionary guards Lah fired just 10 rockets across the Bor Tion. Supporters live. When they trained Hezbollah guerrillas Der yesterday Well below an average Rahal dismissed As untrue reports witnesses said the Hospital was hit in in the 1980s. Of about 100 a Day since fighting began. The israelis managed to snatch some an israeli air strike and was burning. One of a series of air raids also Early today Hezbollah a chief patients from the Hospital and spirit the fighting ended at about 4 . Struck the Village of Al Jamalyieh spokesman Hussein Rahal said israeli them away in helicopters. Local time. About one Kilometre from the Baalbek troops landed near the Hezbollah run fighting Between israelis and residents said the Dar Al Hikma Hospital. Dar Al Hikma Hospital in Baalbek Hezbollah guerrillas around the hos Hospital is financed by an iranian Char ? associated press Hezbollah cold blooded killers Mackay Chance to Grill the government Over its singing the israeli Anthem in hebrew. By sue Bailey debut performance in an International inside Mackay repeatedly crisis. Expressed dismay Over the deaths of Ottawa ? foreign affairs minister witnesses were also invited to speak hundreds of lebanese civilians ? Many Peter Mackay struck Back at critics about the evacuation of canadians from of them children ? in retaliatory israeli yesterday calling Hezbollah a cancer Lebanon but Arab critics and oppose airstrikes. Like group of cold blooded killers that Tion maps said the selection process was Lebanon a being held hostage by provoked the chaos and carnage in the stacked in the governments favour. Hezbollah he said noting the group Middle East. Prime minister Stephen Harper has was declared a terrorist body by a for there can be no peace in the Region faced withering criticism since he Mer Liberal government. Until the militant group and Israel agree described Israel a air strikes on he called Hezbollah a cancer on to uphold a lasting ceasefire with Clear Lebanon As a measured response for Lebanon that a destroying democracy conditions he told a packed special repeated Hezbollah rocket assaults and and stability in the country. Meeting of the commons foreign attacks on israeli soldiers. Mackay cast the situation As a no affairs committee. On the sweltering Lawn of parliament brainer Choice to support a democratic this has to be a lasting peace he about 150 placard waving supporters nation ? Israel ? As it defends itself said. It cannot be simply a temporary of Lebanon yelled shame shame against unprovoked attacks by he Bol solution to allow for the rearmament of Harper Lah a group of cold blooded the terrorist body and simply begin the nearby several Montreal teenagers violence visiting Ottawa As part of a jewish sum ? Canadian press it was the oppositions first official Mer program taunted the protesters by around the world 3 British soldiers killed Kandahar Afghanistan ? insurgents killed three British soldiers patrolling in Southern Afghanistan yesterday a Day after nato took com Mand of the insurgency wracked Region officials said. A fourth Soldier was seriously wounded. The British military initially reported that two soldiers had been killed and a third unaccounted for but presumed dead following the ambush in volatile Helmand province. Chris Heads for islands Miami ? tropical storm Chris the Castro recovering from surgery third named storm of the 2006 Atlantic Hurricane season developed Early yesterday near the Leeward islands fore casters at the National Hurricane cubans get Small taste enter said. A tropical storm warning was posted for islands of Antigua Barbuda of life without Fidel Anguilla St. Kitts Nevis Saba St. Eustacius and St. Martin. Havana Cuba ? cuban president Tro a condition. A tropical storm watch was issued Fidel Castro said his health is stable everything a Normal Here ? for the for puerto Rico the . Virgin islands after surgery and he is in Good spirits moment said Hospital worker Emilio and the British Virgin islands. At 8 yesterday As Cuba a government worked Garcia 41, waiting for a Friend at a . Edt Chris was centred about 217 to impose a sense of normalcy on the Havana hotel. Kilometres East of Antigua and about first Day in 47 years without the cuban but we be never experienced this2,333 pm East Southeast of Miami. Leader in charge. Before ? its like a Small test of How a statement by Castro read on state things could be without television began with Castro saying i the speaker of parliament Ricardo 70 die in Baghdad violence cannot make up positive Alarcon rejected the notion Castro a but he said his health is stable and condition could be critical. He told the Baghdad ? bombings and shoot As for my spirits i feel perfectly governments Prensa Latina news ser Ings killed More than 70 people in Iraq Castro expressed his gratitude for All vice the cuban Leader is known for fight yesterday in a surge of bloodshed As the Good wishes he a received from gov ing to the very end but said his ?finalu.s. Forces prepare to take Back Bagh Ern ment leaders and supporters around moment is still very far dads streets from gunmen. The dead the world and called on cubans to Alarcon also expressed disgust Over included 20 iraqi troops a . Soldier remain Calm and maintain their daily celebrations taking place in Miami a and a British Soldier. Routines. Cuban exile Community vomit Provok the american Soldier who was the country is prepared for its ing acts he said were being led by Mer assigned to the 1st armoured division defence he said in the statement. Canaries and died due to enemy action in Anbar everyone needs to struggle and he called on cubans to unite and Fol province West of Baghdad the . Low the example of Castro who watch command said. In a separate state earlier a senior cuban official insist is Over every detail and takes measurement the military said a . Soldiered Castro a final moment is very far to confront any enemy from the 16th corps support group away despite his handing Over Power to the main newscast on state run tidied the Day before in a Roadside his brother after surgery. Gave no details of the 79-year-old leaders bombing South of the capital. Raul Castro the islands acting presi condition but ran a string of Man on the in further violence officials con Dent was nowhere to be seen As cubans Street interviews with cubans Wishin firmed that about 45 shiite muslims began to worry about what comes next him Well and professing Confidence inhere kidnapped Over the last two and exiles in Miami celebrated a devel the revolutions staying Power. Weeks on the main Highway to Syria Ozment they hoped signalled the death of and Jordan. A dictator. Cuban dissidents kept a Low ? associated press profile while watching for signs of Cas suspects arrested in 39-year-old murder by Katie Fretland London ? detectives using Dan Evi Dence found in a police storeroom arrested two men in the 1967 murder of a 12-year-old boy stabbed with a Kitchen knife and abandoned beside a bridle path in Southern England police said yester Day. Police arrested a 55-year-old Man from the Northern City of Manchester and a 56-year-old from the Southern City of Brighton on suspicion of murder said sue heard a Sussex police spokes woman. The men were teenagers at the time. Police also want to Contact an English family who had a teenage son that abruptly emigrated to Canada soon after the murder said . Tim Nunn. Officials did not identify the family. I believe there Are people who know who committed this murder but have not had the Confidence to speak to the police about it Nunn said. Now is the time to do so so that Keith a remaining family can finally understand what the breakthrough in the investigation of the murder of Keith Lyon occurred when a Crew of workmen stumbled upon a locked storeroom at a Brighton police station and discovered key evidence and the murder weapon which had previously been misplaced heard said. The murder shocked Britain ? in part because police quickly suspected that teenagers probably committed the crime. Police launched one of the areas largest Ever investigations taking More than 5,000 fingerprints from youths. Keith left his Home in Brighton to buy a geometry set on a saturday afternoon in May 1967. He never returned. He was found Clad in his school uni form on a grass Bank near a Rural bridle path Between the nearby villages of Ovingdean and Wooding Dean about 90 Kilometres South of London. He had been stabbed 11 times in the Chest Back and Abdomen with a serrated Kitchen knife. Witnesses claimed there had been a scuffle Between an older group of schoolboys and Lyon but no arrests were made at the time. Police theorized that Lyon a student at the posh Brighton and Hove grammar school was targeted by local youths because of his uni form. Both men have been released under conditions that require them to return for additional questioning on nov. 14, police said in a statement. Neither Man has been charged with any offence. ? associated press ;