Posted on January 8, 2009 by kaerb
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Israel intensified its airstrikes in Gaza last night, reports CNN, bombing about 60 targets across the Strip on the 13th day of the operation. One of the targets was a mosque that the Israeli military claims stored weapons and sheltered Hamas fighters. The airstrikes also targeted 10 Hamas tunnels used [...]
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Posted on January 8, 2009 by kaerb
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Israel continues to press its assault and Hamas continues to fire its rockets, but a sliver of hope emerged tonight toward an end to the Gaza hostilities, MSNBC reports. Representatives from Israel, Hamas, and the Palestinian Authority will meet—probably separately—with Egyptian officials in Cairo tomorrow to discuss a possible truce. Twelve days of fighting [...]
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Posted on January 7, 2009 by kaerb
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“My Muslim brothers and mujahedeens in Gaza and all over Palestine, with the help of God we are with you in the battle, we will direct our strikes against the crusader Jewish coalition wherever we can,” said Zawahiri. Obama, who said today he was “deeply concerned” about the loss of life in Gaza, [...]
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Posted on January 6, 2009 by kaerb
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Israel says its military offensive in Gaza has dealt Hamas a heavy blow, but that’s not how the leaders of the radical Palestinian group see it. Their view is based more on a kind of jujitsu that uses Israel’s military momentum against its own political objectives than on any serious belief in [...]
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Posted on January 6, 2009 by kaerb
The Presidential Medal of Freedom will be awarded by George W. Bush to Tony Blair, in his last week in office.
The ceremony will take place at the White House on 13 January.
A spokesman for Tony Blair said the award reflected:
the true courage of the men and women of the British armed forces who, through their [...]
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