August 2 in Lebanon

Read this article in Turkish here or here.

Here's a story you won't see on CNN. Yesterday afternoon, while Israeli commandos were ridding Lebanon of its terrorists (!), a family of five ran for shelter into the open fields so that Israeli jet planes and helicopters could see the innocent children.

Unfortunately, it seems that this was exactly what the Israeli warmongers wanted to see. An Israeli jet plane fired a missile into the shade where the family stood, shredding two of them into pieces. Lebanese television has more gruesome footage to show than the above picture.

Meanwhile, the US is still as slow as ever in pressing its Israeli allies to stop the barbaric assault on Lebanon. Last night was hell not only in Beirut, but also all over the country. Israeli war planes attacked areas in the south, north and center of the country. Yet again, the attacks seem to be simply for the sake of attacking. Yesterday's commando landing in the eastern plateau resulted in the capture of five civilians, one of whom was later released because he was 14 years old. Did the Israeli commandos not see that he was 14 when they picked him up in broad day light? Or are Arabs terrorists until proven terrorists?

The death toll in Lebanon rose to 841. This number represents dead civilians. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

Today's Thank You goes out to Suzan Mubarak, wife of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who was elected last September for his fifth 6-year term! She's so sweet, the way she expresses her care for the Lebanese children, many of whom are dead now. Suzan, who has an MA degree in social education, sleeps in the same bed with the man who said: "Egypt will not go to war for the sake of Lebanon."

No one asked Hosni Monarch (oops) to go to war. Do Egyptian soldiers remember how to fight, or have they forgotten how to after the liberation of the Suez Canal? After all, has Egypt done anything more than regurgitate the Suez victory while at the same time signing a peace treaty with Israel?

In an interview with BBC Arabic yesterday at 4 pm (Beirut time), an Arab thinker suggested, "All Mubarak should do is shut up." Above all other matters, keeping shut should be Mubarak's top priority at the moment.