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Cindy Sheehan Watch: Sheehan and Entourage Disrupt Karl Rove At GOP Reception
Anti-war protester Cindy Sheehan, center, and her sister Dede Miller, left, are caught in the middle as police arrest Tiffany Burns during a protest outside the doors of the ballroom where President Bush ‘s top advisor Karl Rove was speaking at an Associated Republicans of Texas dinner Saturday, Aug. 19, 2006, in Austin, Texas. Sheehan and more than 50 other war protesters ambushed the reception chanting ‘Try Rove for treason.’
AP: Sheehan’s rally disrupts Rove reception
Chanting “Try Rove for treason,” Cindy Sheehan and more than 50 other war protesters disrupted a reception before President Bush’s top adviser Karl Rove spoke at a fundraiser Saturday.
One woman was arrested during a scuffle with police after Sheehan and the anti-war demonstrators rushed toward the closed doors and kept chanting loudly after the guests went into the dinner.
Rove was speaking to the Associated Republicans of Texas, and ticket prices started at $200. He was not in the Renaissance Hotel lobby during the reception.
Flap supposes it was boring in Crawford for Cindy Sheehan et. al. since the President left Texas last Sunday. But, Karl Rove?
“I want him arrested. He planned the war that killed my son,” Sheehan told officers guarding the door. Sheehan’s oldest son Casey was killed in Iraq in 2004.
Police then ordered the group to leave, but some protesters had paid for rooms for the night. Those protesters went upstairs, including Sheehan.
Karl Rove is the President’s political advisor not a foreign policy staffer. Karl Rove has nothing to do with American Iraq War policy.
Anti-war protesters unveil a large banner protesting in the lobby where President Bush ‘s top advisor Karl Rove was speaking at an Associated Republicans of Texas dinner Saturday, Aug. 19, 2006, in Austin, Texas.
Earlier, wearing shorts and T-shirts while guests of the lobby reception walked past in sequined dresses and expensive suits, anti-war demonstrators carried American flags and signs, including one that read “Check your conscience.” A few protesters unfurled a large banner from a sixth-floor hotel balcony that read “Rove v. Truth: No Contest. Pink slip Rove.”
Those at the reception sipped their drinks and largely ignored the protesters before they started chanting. One man looked at the group and said, “Go Bush!”
Cindy Sheehan is such a MORON. She is protesting against a Bush Administrative official that has NOTHING to do with the foreign policy side of the White House.
But, Rove WAS close-by and in Texas.
Dede Miller, sister of anti-war protester Cindy Sheehan, is knocked to the ground after being caught in the middle of a scuffle with police as they arrested Tiffany Burns during a protest outside the doors of the ballroom where President Bush’s top advisor Karl Rove was speaking at an Associated Republicans of Texas dinner Saturday, Aug. 19, 2006, in Austin, Texas.
Stay tuned…..
Anti-war protester Cindy Sheehan, center, is caught in the middle as police arrest Tiffany Burns.
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Cindy Sheehan Watch: She’s BACK
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Cindy Sheehan Watch: Sheehan Heads to the Middle East for Peace Talks?
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Israel at War Watch: Kofi Annan – Israel Raid Violates Cease-Fire
Israeli soldiers prepare their weapons before entering southern Lebanon, in northern Israel Saturday, Aug. 19, 2006. Israel on Saturday warned that a raid against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, its first since a cease-fire went into effect, may not be its last.
AP: Annan: Israeli raid violates cease-fire
Israeli commandos raided a Hezbollah stronghold deep in Lebanon on Saturday, engaging in a fierce gunbattle, and the Lebanese government threatened to halt further troop deployments to protest what U.N. officials called a violation of the 6-day-old cease-fire.
Israel said the raid was launched to stop arms smuggling from Iran and Syria to the militant Shiite fighters. An Israeli officer was killed during the raid, and two soldiers were wounded, one seriously.
There were no signs of further clashes, but the flare-up underlined worries about the fragility of the cease-fire as the U.N. pleaded for nations to send troops to an international force in southern Lebanon that is to separate Israeli and Hezbollah fighters.
The office of Secretary-General Kofi Annan issued a statement later Saturday labeling the operation a violation of the U.N. truce.
So, what is Israel to do? Allow Hezbollah to rearm and resupply itself with Iranian arms (including shoulder held anti-tank rockets) transported though Syria?
French soldiers from an engineering unit arrive to join the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on the border with Israel at the Lebanese port of Naqura, near the southern city of Tyre (Soure), August 19, 2006.
The UNIFIL troops are sure as hell not policing the situation. President Jacques Chirac of France is still MOANING about the rules of engagement and chain of command. And what is Kofi Annan doing?
NOTHING.
The Lebanese Army refuses to disarm Hezbollah and has arranged some “DEAL” that Hezbollah can keep their existing weapons but just not show them publically. This is a violation of UNSCR 1701. What is Kofi Annan saying about this “deal?”
NOTHING
The credibility of the United Nations is WORTHLESS. The permanent members of the UNSC must order the Secretary General to demand enforcement of UNSCR 1701 or Annan MUST resign.
Stay tuned……Israel will NOT await the UNIFIL police keeping force which is weeks or months away from deployment.
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Israel at War Watch: Lebanon Warns Israel After Israeli Raid Against Hezbollah
Israel at War Watch: Lebanese Army Reaches Southern Border with Israel
Israel at War Watch: Lebanese Army Moves Below Latani River
Israel At War Watch: Israel Defense Forces To Withdraw Despite Plans To Leave Hezbollah Armed
Michael Ramirez on Israel-Hezbollah War
Israel at War Watch: Israel to STOP Pullout If Lebanese Army Fails to Deploy Timely
Israel At War Watch: Israel Threatens To Resume War If Hezbollah Refuses to Disarm
Israel At War Watch: Hassan Nasrallah – The Disarmament of Hezbollah Should NOT Be Discussed Now
Israel at War Watch: The Arab Street Rejoices – Mocks Israel And United States
Israel at War Watch: Conversation With Benjamin Netanyahu – Hezbollah Will NOT Disarm
Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran Cleric Ahmad Khatami Warns Israel of Missile Attack
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The Ryskind Sketchbook: Re-post
The Ryskind Sketchbook: Re-post
But, the election is NOT over………
So, don’t count your Lamonts while there is JoeMentum……
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Israel at War Watch: Lebanon Warns Israel After Israeli Raid Against Hezbollah
AP: Lebanon gives warning after Israeli raid
Israeli commandos raided a Hezbollah stronghold deep inside Lebanon Saturday, sparking a fierce clash with militants that killed one Israeli. Lebanon called the raid a “flagrant violation” of the U.N.-brokered cease-fire, while Israel said it was aimed at disrupting arms shipments from
Iran and Syria.Witnesses said Israeli missiles also destroyed a bridge during the raid in what would be the first such airstrike since the cease-fire took effect Monday, ending 34 days of warfare between the two sides.
The fighting did not appear to be escalating, but it highlighted the fragility of the truce as the
United Nations pleaded for nations to contribute to an international peacekeeping force due to patrol southern Lebanon.Under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 Israel is within its rights to defend itself and to prevent the resupply of arms and military materials for Hezbollah. The text of the resolution is here.
Lebanon has NOT diarmed Hezbollah and has made NO attempt to interdict the resupply of arms to Hezbollah.
And where is the United Nations and UNIFIL?
French soldiers from an engineering unit arrive to join the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on the border with Israel at the Lebanese port of Naqura, near the southern city of Tyre (Soure), August 19, 2006.
Well, UNIFIL is not policing Hezbollah and NOT enforcing UNSCR 1701.
Is this a surprise?
NOPE
Why the Israeli government of Prime Minister Olmert EVER thought 1701 would work is anyone’s guess.
Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr threatened to halt the army’s deployment in south Lebanon if the United Nations does not take up the issue of the raid. A stop to the deployment would deeply damage efforts to move in the U.N. force to strengthen the cease-fire.
“If there are no clear answers forthcoming on this issue, I might be forced to recommend to the Cabinet early next week the halt of the army deployment in the south,” Murr told reporters after a meeting with U.N. representatives.
Israel’s response:
In Jerusalem, Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev defended the raid as a response to “a violation of the cease-fire.”
“The U.N. Security Council resolution on Lebanon is very explicit: It says that Hezbollah cannot use the cease-fire to rearm, to receive more missiles and more rockets from Syria and Iran. That was happening, and Israel acted to prevent that from happening,” he said.
Regev indicated Israel could conduct further raids until Lebanese and international troops take up positions to prevent Hezbollah from rebuilding its arsenal — a goal that the U.N. resolution sets as part of a long-term end to the conflict but does not immediately require.
“If the Syrians and Iran continue to arm Hezbollah in violation of the resolution, Israel is entitled to act to defend the principle of the arms embargo,” Regev said. “Once the Lebanese army and the international forces are active … then such Israeli activity will become superfluous.”
UNSCR 1701 is a disaster and it will take months to deploy enough UNIFIL troops to stop the rearming of Hezbollah. And Hezbollah has been allowed by the Lebanese government to keep its existing weapons – in direct violation of 1701.
So, what does Hezbollah plan prior to the full deployment of UNIFIL?
REARM from Iran and Syria.
Israeli soldiers load a tank on a transport truck as they leave northern Israel, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2006. Hezbollah fighters battled Israeli commandos who launched a raid near the militants’ stronghold deep inside Lebanon early Saturday, killing one soldier, in what Lebanon called the first large-scale violation of the U.N.-brokered cease-fire between the sides.
This cease-fire has been a disaster for Israel since its inception. There will be NO compliance by Lebanon, Hezbollah, Syria or Iran.
Get ready for round two of this war…….
Stay tuned……
Captain Ed has Israel Attacks Resupply Convoy
If the Lebanese want to restart the war, they will find the Israelis more than willing to do so. Israel may count on precisely that reaction, as well as the inability of Siniora to enforce his end of the cease-fire agreement. If this cease-fire fails, the Israelis will have no further constraints by the UN and can take all the time necessary to complete their overall mission, and Siniora will have no way to stop it. All the crying in the world will not cover the fact that he had an opportunity to rid himself of Hezbollah and chose to endorse it instead.
And further illustrate the weakness and futility of the United Nations to enforce any of its resolutions. The discussion in the UNSC will be heated as the war starts anew.
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Day By Day by Chris Muir August 19, 2006