Dweik was the most senior of more than sixty cabinet ministers, lawmakers, mayors and politicians kidnapped by Israeli forces. RAMALLAH — Israeli occupation forces abducted Sunday night Palestinian Legislative Council Speaker Aziz Dweik after raiding his home in Ramallah and killed five Palestinians, including three children, in the Gaza Strip.
"We were sitting home peacefully, normally. Then we heard knocking on the door, which surprised and shocked us because the knocking was so loud," his wife told Reuters after the night-time arrest.
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"We were sitting home peacefully, normally. Then we heard knocking on the door, which surprised and shocked us because the knocking was so loud," his wife told Reuters after the night-time arrest.
http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2006-08/06/02.shtml
Please also see:
Lebanon: 3 UN troops lightly wounded when mortar from Hizbollah side hits their area http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=19421&Cr=Leban&Cr1=
Vehicle just ahead of UN aid convoy in Lebanon hit during Israeli air strikehttp://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=19422&Cr=Leban&Cr1=
UN resolution on Lebanon: blueprint for intensified war and colonial occupation
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/aug2006/leba-a07.shtml
ALJAZEERA Coverage http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage
BBC Coverage http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/middle_east/2001/israel_and_the_palestinians/default.stm
International Herald Tribune Coverage
http://www.iht.com/pages/africa/index.php
US Iraq Strategy Failed: Experts
http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2006-08/06/03.shtml
UN aid coordinator in Lebanon deplores Israeli attacks, condemns Hizbollah http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=19427&Cr=Leban&Cr1=
Amid heavy fighting in Lebanon, UN Force works to facilitate relief aid deliveries http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=19426&Cr=Leban&Cr1=
UN Sub-Commission voices ‘outrage’ at rights violations in Lebanon http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=19425&Cr=Leban&Cr1=