NPR's report. On now.

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"Every day the human cost of this is becoming more and more apparent. Israel says it picks its targets, but the overwhelming number of victims are civilians."

[joemurphy]

1. Excerpts from Rice's press conference on now.

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2. Israel used saturation bombing with missiles and tanks

...the objective has been to terrorize the civilian population of Lebanon and Beirut and to create panic and mass confusion. Infrastructure targets like roads, bridges, airport make it nearly impossible for 300,000 refugees to escape, (much like New Orleans destruction following Katrina), so now the slaughter will begin.