Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 10, 2006, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press thursday August 10, 2006 Mideast in crisis winnipegfreepress.coma9 Canadian Impact. Montreal ? some members of Canadas largest lebanese Community Are outraged after a Borough Council refused requests for a moment of silence to recognize the deaths of a Montreal family killed in the israeli bombardment of Southern Lebanon. The mayor and Council in Cote Des Neiges notre Dame de Grace rejected two requests from the Public to recognize the tragedy during their meeting earlier this week. Ottawa ? foreign affairs will Send two ships to Lebanon Early next week to resume the evacuation of canadians from the War wracked country. The vessels have the capacity to carry up to 2,400 people but the department says it does to know How Many people will take advantage of the offer. Between july 19 and aug. 3, chartered ships and planes Fer ried approximately 14,000 canadians out of Lebanon from Beirut and the Southern port City of Tyre to Cyprus and Turkey. They were then flown Home. Ottawa ? the vice president of a Nai brith Canada says his organization wants police forces and the Federal government to crack Down on pro Hezbollah demonstrations. Frank Dimant says the streets of Canada should not be taken Over by extremists supporting a known terrorist group. He said his group has been talking to police forces and government officials to target the rallies. ? compiled from news services Jacob Silberberg / associated press israeli soldiers carry a wounded Comrade off an armoured personnel Carrier to a waiting ambulance after crossing the Border from Lebanon into Northern Israel yesterday. Israel oks massive ground offensive French president Jacques Chirac appealed for by Ravi Nessman rapid agreement. The most immoral of solutions would be to j Jerusalem ? Israel approved a massive accept the current situation and give up on an new ground offensive into Southern Lebanon immediate ceasefire he said. In a gambit aimed at bringing Hezbollah to Nasrallah rejected a draft in Resolution that its Knees before the International Community would temporarily let israeli troops remain in South imposes a ceasefire. Fifteen soldiers were killed Lebanon and take defensive action. Yesterday the deadliest Day for israeli troops in the least we can describe this draft Resolution the War. Is As unfair and unjust. It has Given Israel More the plan to Force Hezbollah guerrillas and their Short Range rockets out of Southern Lebanon and past the Litany River would escalate the fierce fighting there and if successful leave Israel in control of a Security zone that it evacuated six years ago after a bloody 18-year occupation. A new israeli offensive would also put tremendous pressure on the United nations to agree quickly on a ceasefire to end the fighting that has killed at least 829 people caused widespread destruction across Southern Lebanon and forced hundreds of thousands of israelis into bomb shelters. Israeli officials implied they would halt the new offensive if a ceasefire agreement removes Hezbollah from the Border. In a televised speech Hezbollah a Leader taunted the israelis. If you enter our land we will throw you out by Force and we will turn the land of our invaluable South into your graveyard Sheik Hassan Nasrallah said. We will be waiting for you at every Vil Lage at every Valley. Thousands of courageous holy warriors Are waiting for the White House said neither Israel nor Hezbollah should escalate their War. Although White House press Secretary Tony Snow said the message was for both sides the Crit than it wanted and More than it was looking for he said. He also signalled Hezbollah a intention to step up attacks calling on israeli arabs to leave the Northern City of Haifa so Hezbollah could Pound it with rockets and not worry about killing fellow muslims. Israeli officials said their new offensive was meant to run parallel to the ceasefire talks. Israel is still working for a diplomatic solution preferably in the Security Council said Isaac her zog a member of Israel a Security Cabinet which voted yesterday to approve the new ground Offen Sive. We cannot wait forever we have a million civilians living in bomb shelters and we have to protect other officials said privately that the offensive was aimed at pushing the Security Council to take fast action As Well As to Clear Hezbollah from South Lebanon. The israeli decision today is taken in absence of Concrete Steps by the International Community to Deal with the situation in Lebanon. Such Steps would of course make an israeli military operation superfluous foreign ministry spokesman Mark Regev said. Israel understands fully that the real Solu Tion is a minister in Israel a Security Cabinet said the thursday aug 10 ? 9-8 scism was among the . Administrations offensive might not begin for two or three Days to strongest concerning longtime ally Israel since the give More time to ceasefire talks but senior Mili fighting began. Tary officials said the operation could begin very diplomatic efforts to reach a Quick in Resolution quickly. Faltered Over differences Between Washington and soon after the Cabinet decision a column of Paris on an israeli withdrawal from Southern israeli tanks and armoured vehicles crossed into Lebanon. France backed Lebanon Scall for israeli Southern Lebanon and took up positions inside troops to pull out once hostilities end while the lebanese territory witnesses said. 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