The Rice delegation also hinted that it was exploring actions against outside governments subverting Lebanon's sovereignty, Welch said. The United States strongly believes that Iran in particular facilitated and encouraged the July 12 Hezbollah cross-border raid that seized two Israeli soldiers and sparked the crisis. The administration also holds Syria responsible for abetting the radical Shiite Muslim group."
The "amusing" part is that Condi does not see Israel's actions as "subverting Lebanon's sovereignty", as of course the US did not subvert Iraq's sovereignty. From a different perspective, see At the heart of the Lebanon crisis lie the lethal mistakes of George Bush:
As for complaints from Britain and Europe about the 390 civilians killed in Lebanon, those are a reminder of the more than 3,000 civilians killed in the 2001 onslaught against Afghanistan: how was that proportionate exactly? Kim Howells was right to be appalled by what he saw in Beirut. But he surely would have been just as shocked had he visited the Iraqi city of Falluja after the Americans had turned it to rubble.
Interesting too that the New York Times uses this title Israel to Occupy Area of Lebanon as Security Zone to inform us of the killing of UN observers by Israeli forces.
The BBC reports:
Israel troops 'ignored' UN plea
UN peacekeepers in south Lebanon contacted Israeli troops 10 times before an Israeli bomb killed four of them, an initial UN report says.
but does not neglect to carry a long piece informing us how Israel is behaving completely correctly.
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