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Saturday, July 22, 2006

Is Israel running out of Bombs?


The Replenishing of Israeli WMD stockpiles points to escalation both within and beyond the borders of Lebanon
Michel Chossudovsky, Globalresearch.ca

The aerial attacks on Lebanon have contributed to fuellng the US military industrial complex in what essentially constitutes a "profit driven war". The Israeli air force confirms that it has led 3000 sorties hitting some 1,800 targets since the beginning of the bombing campaign (BBC, 22, July 2006). According to UN sources, close to one million people have been displaced out of a total population of 3.8 million. The country's civilian infrastructure has been destroyed. In contrast to the "shock and awe" March 2003 blitzkrieg over Iraq, the Israelis have aimed almost exclusively civilian targets. Moreover, Lebanon is defenseless. It does not possess an air defense system and the Israelis know it. The number of declared targets is staggering, even when compared, for instance, to the 300 selected strategic targets identified in the 1991 Gulf war...

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