Israel Admits No Hizb'allah Rockets Fired From Qana

Haaretz
02/08/2006

The deaths of dozens of civilians in an Israel Air Force attack on the southern Lebanese village of Qana marked a significant diplomatic turning point against Israel, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said Tuesday.

The foreign minister said that following the events in Qana, Israel's scope for political maneuvering had been reduced, as was the amount of European support Israel is receiving for its operation in Lebanese soil.

Livni said this change was exemplified in the "problematic" Russian and French stance towards Israel.

She said that despite the pictures of civilian casualties coming from Qana of it was important not to stray from implementing UN decision 1559.

The Association for Civil Rights in Israel on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to establish a state commission of inquiry into the killings at Qana.

As the Israel Air Force continues to investigate the air strike, questions have been raised over military accounts of the incident.

It now appears that the military had no information on rockets launched from the site of the building, or the presence of Hezbollah men at the time.

The Israel Defense Forces had said after the deadly air-strike that many rockets had been launched from Qana. However, it changed its version on Monday.

Spot The Difference - IDF Rocket, Hizb'allah Rocket

(follow link to see picture)

Rumourmill News
02/08/2006

In the eyes of the Israeli and American media these images appear to be identical. But looks can be deceiving sometimes.

There are actually some differences between the images.

Can you spot them all?

Teacher's 9/11 views irk lawmakers

ED: More and more people are becoming aware that the 9/11 attacks were planned, orchestrated and executed by elements within the American and Israeli governments. Will enough people learn this truth before the entire Middle East is engaged in an all out war, with the planned and deliberate extermination of all Semetic peoples? Time will tell...

Legislators want U. of Wisconsin to fire instructor of class on Islam

By Jodi S. Cohen
Tribune higher education reporter
Published August 2, 2006

MADISON, Wis. -- University of Wisconsin lecturer Kevin Barrett knows a little about life outside the mainstream--indeed, he once penned a travel guide under the pseudonym Dr. Weirde.

But he never expected to find himself carrying the banner for one of the most controversial theories of our times, a hypothesis that more than a few critics think goes beyond strange.

Barrett believes the U.S. government orchestrated the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, to create support for a larger military budget and a long-term Middle East war. He believes the World Trade Center buildings fell after a controlled demolition and doubts that the hijacker believed to have flown the plane into the Pentagon had the skills to do it. He thinks Osama bin Laden is probably dead. [...]