Noncombatant Evacuation Operations
July 16, 2006 | Leave a Comment
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Two Marine Corps helicopters evacuated 21 Americans from Lebanon to Cyprus on Sunday, and U.S. officials urged others to wait for a formal evacuation plan before they try to leave. The U.S. citizens evacuated Sunday included a family of four with a sick child and four students, said Maura Harty, assistant secretary [...]
Stormy Weather
July 15, 2006 | Leave a Comment
JERUSALEM — Elite Iranian troops helped Hezbollah fire a sophisticated radar-guided missile at an Israeli warship, Israeli officials said Saturday, describing an apparent surprise blow by militants who had been using only low-tech weapons. Iran denied that it had any troops in Lebanon. Israel initially believed that an aerial drone armed with explosives hit the [...]
A Bit of Good News…
July 4, 2006 | Leave a Comment
The legal battle over the Mount Soledad cross took another turn yesterday when a U.S. Supreme Court justice temporarily blocked a court order in which the city of San Diego must remove the La Jolla landmark by Aug. 1 or face a $5,000 daily fine. Both sides of the bitter debate predictably disagreed over the [...]