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31-07-2006, 01:29
Not welcome in Lebanon, Rice heads home Monday
Sun Jul 30, 4:07 PM ET
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Unwelcome in Lebanon after an Israeli bombing that killed dozens of children, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice cut short her peace mission on Sunday without calling for an immediate ceasefire to end the war.
Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said he did not want her to come to his country for planned meetings on Sunday, saying that after Israel's air strike, he could not hold any talks on resolving the crisis before an immediate ceasefire.
Rice's renewed push to end fighting between Israel and Hizbollah was derailed by the bombing in southern Lebanon, which killed at least 54 people sheltering in a basement, 37 of them children.
"In the wake of the tragedy that the people and the government of Lebanon are dealing with today, I have decided to postpone my discussions in Beirut. In any case, my work is here (in Israel) today," Rice told reporters of the canceled Beirut trip.
Rice, who will leave for Washington on Monday after a week of Middle East diplomacy, insisted she had canceled the Lebanon trip and not the other way round. U.S. officials said they were still in close contact with Siniora's office.
Sources: Reuters/OcceanNEWS©2006
my2Cents:
#1 LOL at Condomleeza Rice.
#2 she sounds like My ex-girlfried.. "I did break up.. not you." :D
#3 just Go home Condomleeza.. Go home.
Sun Jul 30, 4:07 PM ET
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Unwelcome in Lebanon after an Israeli bombing that killed dozens of children, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice cut short her peace mission on Sunday without calling for an immediate ceasefire to end the war.
Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said he did not want her to come to his country for planned meetings on Sunday, saying that after Israel's air strike, he could not hold any talks on resolving the crisis before an immediate ceasefire.
Rice's renewed push to end fighting between Israel and Hizbollah was derailed by the bombing in southern Lebanon, which killed at least 54 people sheltering in a basement, 37 of them children.
"In the wake of the tragedy that the people and the government of Lebanon are dealing with today, I have decided to postpone my discussions in Beirut. In any case, my work is here (in Israel) today," Rice told reporters of the canceled Beirut trip.
Rice, who will leave for Washington on Monday after a week of Middle East diplomacy, insisted she had canceled the Lebanon trip and not the other way round. U.S. officials said they were still in close contact with Siniora's office.
Sources: Reuters/OcceanNEWS©2006
my2Cents:
#1 LOL at Condomleeza Rice.
#2 she sounds like My ex-girlfried.. "I did break up.. not you." :D
#3 just Go home Condomleeza.. Go home.