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Israel suffers highest 1-day toll of war
Aug 12 2006 11:05PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - More Israeli troops surged into southern Lebanon on Saturday, reaching the Litani River and engaging in some of the heaviest combat of the monthlong war just hours after the U.N. Security Council adopted a cease-fire plan. Israel lost 19 soldiers _ its highest one-day toll.
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Hezbollah shoots down Israeli helicopter
Aug 12 2006 10:59PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Nineteen Israeli soldiers were killed Saturday during an expanded offensive in Lebanon, the army said, making it the highest one-day toll for the Jewish state since the war against Hezbollah erupted.
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Forces to target 4 'hotspots' in Baghdad
Aug 12 2006 10:22PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The new push by U.S. and Iraqi forces to reverse a rising tide of violence in Baghdad will target four violent "hotspots" in the city, the American general in charge of the plan said Saturday.
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Hezbollah shoots down Israeli helicopter
Aug 12 2006 10:05PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Nineteen Israeli soldiers were killed Saturday during an expanded offensive in Lebanon, the army said, making it the highest one-day toll for the Jewish state since the war against Hezbollah erupted.
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U.S. troops among nearly 50 dead in Iraq
Aug 12 2006 9:37PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Police found a dozen bodies trapped in a grate in the Tigris River, and a roadside bomb killed two U.S. soldiers on a foot patrol south of Baghdad Saturday as nearly 50 violent deaths were reported across Iraq.
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Annan: Mideast cease-fire starts Monday
Aug 12 2006 8:47PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced that a cease-fire in the Hezbollah-Israel fighting will take effect at 8 a.m. Lebanese time (1 a.m. EDT) Monday.
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Analysis: For Israel, an imperfect deal
Aug 12 2006 6:18PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - For Israel, the U.N. cease-fire deal is far from perfect. A U.N. force deploying in south Lebanon as part of the truce will have trouble keeping Hezbollah at bay for long or prevent the Iranian-supplied guerrillas from rearming, critics said, pointing to past failures of international peacekeepers.
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Hospital treats most U.S. troops in Iraq
Aug 12 2006 5:30PM (CT)
BALAD, Iraq (AP) - Maj. Stephen Barnes has three things he tells every injured American trooper who comes through the doors of the busy military hospital where he works.
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Dozens of Israeli soldiers wounded
Aug 12 2006 4:12PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Nearly 100 Israeli soldiers were wounded in heavy fighting in Lebanon on Saturday, the highest one-day injury toll of the monthlong war, Israel Radio reported.
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Israel surges into Lebanon, despite vote
Aug 12 2006 3:49PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - More Israeli tanks and soldiers surged into southern Lebanon on Saturday, reaching the Litani River and engaging in some of the heaviest ground combat of the monthlong war just hours after the U.N. Security Council adopted a cease-fire plan.
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Tyre hospital treats Hezbollah fighters
Aug 12 2006 2:42PM (CT)
TYRE, Lebanon (AP) - The chairman of Jabal Amal Hospital says his staff has treated wounded Hezbollah guerrillas at its emergency unit _ but never lets them stay, fearing their presence would make the facility a target for Israeli attack.
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Lebanese Cabinet approves cease-fire
Aug 12 2006 2:22PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Lebanon's Cabinet accepted the U.N. cease-fire plan to halt fighting between Israel and Hezbollah fighters on Saturday, moving the deal a step closer to implementation, the prime minister said.
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Nations offer to send troops to Mideast
Aug 12 2006 7:00AM (CT)
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - France, New Zealand and Italy said Saturday they are ready to send peacekeeping troops to help Lebanon regain control of its south, as governments around the world welcomed a U.N. resolution calling for an end to hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah.
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Israel triples troop levels in Lebanon
Aug 12 2006 5:38AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel has nearly tripled the number of forces in Lebanon as part of its expanded ground war in Lebanon and expects to fight for another week despite a U.N. cease-fire deal, the Israeli army chief said Saturday.
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Sectarian slurs on the rise in Baghdad
Aug 12 2006 3:22AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Shiite doctor Aqeel Abdul Hussein has lived in a Sunni neighborhood for 15 years. Now he's feeling like an outcast after someone left a poster on his door a month ago calling him a "rafida" _ a rejectionist.
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Liquid weapons not a new terrorist tool
Aug 12 2006 2:44AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Airports have the technology to detect liquid explosives, but it's a time-consuming process and must be coupled with passenger profiling to narrow the pool of suspects, Israeli aviation security experts said.
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