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Now get worried...

'Bij een luchtaanval op vrachtwagens met fruit aan de grens met Syrië vallen meer dan twintig doden.'

'In an air attack on trucks with fruit, at the border with Syria, more than 20 deaths are reported.'

Many of you might get furious about the deaths.
I focus on 'border with Syria'...
Get really worried now...

It is probably true that only outside intervention will prevent a substantial escalation in the coming days, but there is no sign that such intervention will come from Washington or London (where Tony Blair's government too lays the blame at the doors of Syria and Iran). This might just have been the occasion for the European Union to use its influence, but there is little sign of leadership from that source; and suggestions from the United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan and from Tony Blair that an international peacekeeping force be sent to southern Lebanon have been firmly rejected by Tel Aviv.

Unless Hizbollah decides that it has achieved sufficient political progress by demonstrating Israel's vulnerability, it is unlikely to hold back. Even if it does, the IDF will not willingly exercise restraint – the memories of its previous defeat in the 1980s are a heavy, embittering weight on the minds of senior Israeli military officers. That is one reason why the current crisis is so dangerous and could well escalate across the region.

(from)

Even Israel is aware of the danger. (Article from Haaretz)

So yalla Verhofstadt... it's Europe's call this time. the US and London are clearly not reacting, and meanwhile the danger enlarges.
Even Olmert wants to be sure an international army comes in, before it stops attacking...

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