Israel Hits Southern Lebanon; NATO in Afghanistan

To the Point

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🗓️ 31 July 2006

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Segment #1: Israel Hit Southern Lebanon, Despite Agreement to Suspend Air AttacksIsrael struck from the air again today in Southern Lebanon, despite yesterday's promise of a 48-hour suspension. Prime Minister Olmert says there will be no cease-fire and that operations will be expanded. Israel has apologized for yesterday's strike in Qana, where 56 civilians were killed when a bombed house collapsed into the basement. Meantime, two Hezbollah rockets hit near Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel. After canceling her trip to Beirut, Secretary of State Rice is returning to Washington, where President Bush has again called for a multi-nation force to support the Lebanese government in Hezbollah strongholds. We get updates from Jerusalem, Beirut, Washington and the United Nations. Segment #2: NATO Peacekeepers Take Over in Southern AfghanistanIn Afghanistan today, NATO took on its biggest assignment since its founding to oppose the Soviet Union in 1949. NATO's International Security Assistance Force has been assigned to the relatively peaceful north and west of the country for three years. Now British, Dutch and Canadian troops are the main force going south to provide security for Afghans plagued by attacks from Taliban forces and unprotected by a weak central government. With US forces still chasing Osama bin Laden, Mullah Omar and Taliban leaders, and different nations giving their troops different missions, can they work together to provide security against the resurgent Taliban?

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0:00.0	From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point.
0:07.9	A suspension is not a ceasefire.
0:13.6	Hello again, I'm Mormon Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International,
0:17.3	a daily look at the issues. Americans care about most.
0:19.9	Israel struck from the air
0:21.1	again today in southern Lebanon, despite yesterday's promise of a 48-hour suspension. Prime Minister
0:26.3	Ehud Olmerd says there will be no ceasefire and that operations will be expanded. Meantime,
0:31.9	to Hezbollah rockets hit northern Israel. On to the point, we'll have updates from Jerusalem,
0:36.6	Beirut, Washington, and the United Nations.
0:39.5	Also today, British, Canadian, and Dutch forces will lead the most challenging mission ever for NATO,
0:44.6	the massive job of providing security in southern Afghanistan.
0:48.7	Different nations have given their troops different missions.
0:51.5	Can they work together against drug lords and the resurgent Taliban?
0:55.6	First up, here's the news.
0:59.9	Support for To the Point comes from subscribers of KCRW Santa Monica and from the Public Radio
1:05.7	International Program Fund, whose contributors include the Ford Foundation and the John
1:10.3	D. and Catherine T. McArthur Foundation. Hello again, Mormon Alney, back Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
1:11.7	Foundation. Hello again, Mormon-Aulney, back with To the Point. There have been more Israeli
1:15.6	airstrikes today in southern Lebanon and a UN Security Council meeting has been postponed.
1:20.6	On To the Point, we'll hear from Jerusalem, Beirut, Washington, and the UN, as hopes dim for
1:25.7	an early ceasefire. Later today, we'll go to southern Afghanistan,
1:29.4	where one of the biggest challenges in the history of NATO has just gotten underway. First, this
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