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Monday, August 21, 2006
Some headlines and summaries from JTA
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Turkey halts Iranian and Syrian planes
Turkey prevented five Iranian airplanes and a Syrian aircraft from flying into Lebanon because of suspicions they were carrying weapons for Hezbollah.
The Turkish newspaper Hurriyet reported Monday that one of the planes forced to land belongs to a private Iranian airline.
The newspaper said the plane was not allowed to leave after American intelligence reports said it might be carrying three missile launchers and containers.
Analysts believe Turkey has agreed to American and Israeli requests to impose stricter surveillance on the passage of Iranian and Syrian aircraft and their cargo.
Anti-Olmert protests grow
Dozens of Israeli reservists marched to Jerusalem demanding the Israeli prime minister’s resignation because of his management of the war.
The reservists said Monday they wanted to see Ehud Olmert, his defense minister, Amir Peretz, and the Israeli army’s chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz, resign.
“In the end it was just a mess, and it all starts at the top,” said Roni Zweigenboim, one of the reservists. The march was one of a growing number of actions in recent days by citizens and reservists upset with how the establishment handled the war.
Olmert received a critical welcome in the northern city of Kiryat Shmona, with some city council members calling for a state commission of inquiry.
One suggested that residents had been stranded by the government, comparing their situation to residents of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.
Politician wants Hezbollah dropped from terror list
A Canadian legislator suggested that the government drop Hezbollah from its list of terrorist organizations.
The Liberal Party’s Borys Wrzesnewskyj told the Toronto-based National Post newspaper that the terrorist label makes it harder to negotiate with Hezbollah.
Comparing the group to the IRA, he said there would still be bombings if London hadn’t opened negotiations with the IRA.
Wrzesnewskyj is part of a delegation of parliamentarians currently on a weeklong fact-finding mission to Syria, Lebanon and Egypt organized by the National Council on Canada-Arab Relations.
The Liberal Party’s interim leader, Bill Graham, reaffirmed the party’s belief that Hezbollah belongs on the terrorist list, and Canada’s public safety minister, Stockwell Day, said the government had no intention of dropping Hezbollah from the list.
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