Fact-Finding Delegation from U.S. Exposing U.S./Israeli War Crimes in Lebanon
September 12, 2006--A fact-finding delegation, organized by the Campaign for Accountability for U.S./Israeli war crimes, arrived in Lebanon yesterday on a week-long visit to the devastated country.LeiLani Dowell, a member of the delegation, reported from Beirut that, "Huge craters were all that remain of many buildings--craters created not by the excavation of the debris, but by the magnitude and force of the bombs dropped. The woman we are staying with told us that Israeli planes dropped flyers telling the people to flee their homes before the bombing began. When we asked her whether she had copies of the flyer, she said no--like others, she was too afraid to leave the house because Israel was randomly targeting people on the street."
The delegation is also meeting with politicians and community organizers throughout the country. Delegation member Sara Flounders said, "We have the right and the obligation to let people here know that the people of the U.S. do not support the foreign policy of George W. Bush. We will be meeting with the people of Lebanon to demonstrate our solidarity with their struggle. We cannot leave it to the State Department to determine what voices can be heard, and we cannot allow them to criminalize as 'terrorists' any group that defies the U.S. agenda in the region."
The delegation will be filing daily reports, including photos and audio recordings.
For more information, or to schedule an interview with the delegation, contact Larry Hales at 720-979-9491, or Dustin Langley at 646-354-8056.
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