Aug. 12 mass march in Los Angeles

Saturday, August 12, 1 pm Olympic & Broadway, downtown Los Angeles

Bush’s sham “ceasefire” resolution is a plan for more war and aggression

Detailed logistics and information for the LA demo online now.

There will also be protests in Washington D.C., San Francisco and Seattle.

Lebanon blogs and sites

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Sanayeh Relief Center

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U.S.-French resolution demands Lebanon’s surrender

‘Opens the door to never-ending war,’ says Lebanese government.

The U.S.-French “ceasefire” agreement is in reality a brazen demand that Lebanon and the Lebanese resistance surrender and accept the re-occupation of their country. It attempts to win at the negotiating table what the U.S.-Israel military alliance has been unable to win on the battlefield, despite [...]

Momentum builds for August 12

To hear it from organizers of the recent protests against Israel’s offensives against Lebanon and Gaza, there is a familiar feeling in the air. Brian Becker, the national coordinator for the ANSWER Coalition, an antiwar umbrella group, has observed it while leafleting in the street. Leaders of Arab-American organizations such as the American Arab Anti-Discrimination [...]

Hezbollah wages new generation of warfare

“I think that there is, perhaps for the first time, a very real possibility that the fourth-generation non-state force will win at the tactical and physical levels…”

– William Lind, director of the Center for Cultural Conservatism at the Free Congress Foundation, a Washington, D.C., think tank.

He’s talking about Hezbollah, and the article contains [...]

The UN resolution

The resolution calls for Hezbollah to disarm. Why should they? Especially when the resolution grants Israel to right to attack. This is a completely one-sided ‘agreement’ that was made without even consulting Hezbollah, much less allowing them at the negotiating table. It’s guaranteed to fail, which of course is the point. The neocon’s real target [...]

Huge anti-war march in London

Lenin’s Tomb has multiple photos and video plus lots of coverage of the massive demo on Saturday in Britain.

Craig Murray in particular made a brilliant speech. He took particular care to slam those who were busily assisting the bombing of Israel while denouncing Hezbollah for what little retaliatory strikes it could muster. And, like [...]

Clueless

US, France nears Mideast cease-fire resolution

Nowhere in the story does it indicate that Lebanon, Israel, or Hezbollah were even consulted about the resolution, much less had any input.

Mideast fight ramps up despite U.N. deal

Well, duh.

Hezbollah’s new supporters

BlairWatch on BBC reports that Maronite Christians are supporting Hezbollah.

That is one of the most incredible things I have ever heard. Throughout the civil war, the Christians and Hezbollah were the bitterest of enemies. This is on a par with Ian Paisley joining Sinn Fein.

Iraq moves toward civil war

An impeding civil war in Iraq is news? Has not this been obvious for months? Well, to all but neocons and Pentagon generals, apparently. Their stupidity and cluelessness would almost be comical were it not for all the dead bodies piled up in mounds.

Hezbollah is just NOT doing what Israel and US requests. I [...]