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Thursday, July 27, 2006

International war journalist Kevin Sites is one of the best on the web. His coverage is fresh and unique and his stories are meaningful. Consider these haunting pictures of an elderly woman and baby who survived Israel's missile attacks on the city of Tyre yesterday.  Read his coverage of the bombing of Tyre in his piece called Precise Destruction.

In the beginning, I supported Israel. They had every right to go after Hezbollah in Lebanon. However, Israel has taken this too far, continuing to attack civilian areas and displacing tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of civilians by now, and creating a humanitarian crisis.  The purpose of the war is quickly losing its legitimacy.       


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