Israel - An 'Act of War' Declared - Day Ten

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Israel - An 'Act of War' Declared
Day Ten

Today's top quote: I left Lebanon because I have three kids. I left Lebanon because I do not want them to live through wars and civil wars and death and destruction. I left Lebanon because I do not want them to hate. I left Lebanon because I do not want them to become me. I left Lebanon because I have three kids whom I love more than country and flag.
By Zadigvoltaire at Blog- Beirut Notes
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>>> 5:30am CDT
Fox Cable News Channel just reported the alarm system sirens just sounded over Haifa... with at least two Katyusha Rockets hitting in the city. Two possible injured.
AJ
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>>> 5:50am CDT
MSNBC Cable News is reporting it was four... no- five Katyusha Rockets that hit... at least six to 12 people were injured and the area hit was somewhere in the Port of Haifa.
AJ

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>>> 6:45am CDT
MSNBC and Fox News Channel are reporting another wave of rocket attacks in Haifa... Short read at jpost.com
AJ

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>>> 7:40am CDT
GrandForks.com gives us a good recap of the evacuation efforts going on in Lebanon. Goes in part like this... Americans desperate to flee the Israeli bombardment of Lebanon lined up near Beirut's port Friday for a third straight day as a massive evacuation operation picked up speed. Read this story in full HERE

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>>> 7:50am CDT
Mail & Guardian Online has a good report on earlier rocket attacks in Haifa today and more... Click it out HERE - Another good read can be found at jpost.com

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>>> 10:10am CDT
Fox News Channel is reporting a massive tank and troop buildup on boarder of Lebanon. They are showing live shots of them now and it’s a lot of them!
AJ

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>>> 12:20pm CDT
guardian.co.uk has a good report on tank buildup and such. It goes in part like this... As sunset approached, long lines of tanks, troops, armored personnel carriers and bulldozers lined up on a two-lane highway in northern Israel. In one area, the soldiers were close enough to see Lebanese villages and homes. Read this story in full HERE

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>>> 3:30pm CDT
TimesOnline.co.uk has this to report... Israel called up five battalions of army reservists today and dropped leaflets across southern Lebanon warning civilians to leave towns and villages and head north towards Beirut as it prepared for a major ground offensive against Hezbollah positions... The preparations for ground war came as Condoleezza Rice tonight warned that an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East would be a false promise unless... Read this story HERE

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U.S. Department of State
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(Current information - A message to American citizens in Lebanon)
More info can be found HERE
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