Toll of a war that shames the world

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29 Lebanese Army soldiers have been killed. 3,293 Lebanese have been wounded. 45 per cent of the casualties have been children. 913,000 Lebanese have been displaced (300,000 of whom are children). 94 Israelis have been killed and 1,867 wounded.

10,000 Israeli soldiers are currently fighting Hizbollah in southern Lebanon. 3,000 rockets have been fired at Israel by Hizbollah. The average number of rockets fired daily by Hizbollah in the first week of the conflict was 90. Over the past five days, it has been 169.

Israel has flown 8,700 bombing sorties, destroying 146 bridges and 72 roads. Damage caused to Lebanon's infrastructure is estimated at $2bn. Up to 30,000 tons of oil have spilled into the Mediterranean since an Israeli air strike on Jieh power station.

The international community (apart from Britain and the US) has called for an immediate ceasefire. As yet, the number of UN resolutions: 0

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article1217588.ece

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1. Anyone who believes this is over 2 captured/kidnapped soldiers are

STUPID IN THE EXTREME!

[sweetheart]

2. toll of war shamed so much again

I did not recall as i left the villiage
for the army camp where we fought with pride
that i would be learning to rape and pilliage
to cut the tepid throat that cursed bride.

Antique brass inherits from our fathers,
a thousand navy ships to sail on every tide,
and while the pampered pets irrelevantly bother,
time yet cuts ye short, thar indulging in pride.

Too many shames and nobody living life
making innocent love under a dirty sheet
sweaty and unwashed with our own strife
wretched with mercy the corrupted greets.
No longer happy ness or in its pursuit,
begets no justice yes, lies dressed in a suit.

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3. In the same time period, we have killed over twice as my civilians in Iraq

This log in my eye has become a bit too uncomfortable for me to remain engrossed in events in the Levant. The world was *truly* shamed in March of 2003, and there's no end in sight.