UN Resoltion 1559 all Lebanese militias to disband... 3:56 AM
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1559
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 1559 was a resolution adopted by the United Nations Security Council on September 2, 2004. It called upon Lebanon to establish its sovereignty over all of its land and It called upon Syria to end their military presence in Lebanon by withdrawing its forces and to cease intervening in internal Lebanese politics. The resolution also called on all Lebanese militias to disband.
Nine countries voted in favor: Angola, Benin, Chile, France, Germany, Romania, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Six countries abstained: Algeria, Brazil, the People's Republic of China, Pakistan, the Philippines and Russia.
The resolution was sponsored by France and the United States. The cooperation between these two nations on an issue concerning the Middle East was seen as a significant improvement in their relationship, compared to their earlier bitter disagreement over the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Due to the fact that Lebanon was governed by France as a League of Nations mandate 1919-1943, France has long taken a special interest in Lebanon.
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Friday, July 28, 2006
David or Goliath?
It is my hope that the Israeli Army will learn fast
and will behave like David, Not Goliath.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath
and will behave like David, Not Goliath.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath
Saturday, July 22, 2006
Condoleezza Rice , My Birthday Today
This is the News on my 57th Birthday, That I Can Not Celebrate.
Rice seeks long-term peace on Mideast trip By ANNE GEARAN, AP Diplomatic Writer
Sat Jul 22, 2:43 AM ET
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice rejected the "false promise" of an immediate cease-fire in the spreading war between Israel and Hezbollah on Friday and said she would seek long-term peace during a trip to the Mideast beginning Sunday.
The top U.S. diplomat defended her decision not to meet with Hezbollah leaders or their Syrian backers during her visit.
"Syria knows what it needs to do, and Hezbollah is the source of the problem," Rice said as she previewed her trip, which begins with a stop in Israel.
Rice said the United States is committed to ending the bloodshed, but not before certain conditions are met. The Bush administration has said that Hezbollah must first turn over the two Israeli soldiers whose capture set off the 10-day-old violence, and stop firing missiles into Israel.
"We do seek an end to the current violence, we seek it urgently. We also seek to address the root causes of that violence," Rice said. "A cease-fire would be a false promise if it simply returns us to the status quo."
The United States has resisted international pressure to lean on its ally Israel to halt the fighting. The U.S. position has allowed Israel more time to try to destroy what both nations consider a Hezbollah terrorist network in southern Lebanon.
In addition, the Bush administration was rushing a delivery of precision-guided bombs to Israel after receiving a request last week, The New York Times reported. The munitions were part of a multimillion-dollar arms sale package approved last year that Israel could tap at any time, the Times reported in an article posted on its Web site Friday night.
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan demanded an immediate cease-fire Thursday, and denounced the actions of both Israel and Hezbollah. Lebanon's beleaguered prime minister has also asked for an immediate halt to the fighting.
Daniel Ayalon, Israel's ambassador to Washington, told The Associated Press that Israel has destroyed about 40 percent of Hezbollah's military capabilities.
"Most of the long-range (missiles) have been hit, a lot of the medium range, but they still have thousands and thousands of rockets, short-range and others," Ayalon said in an interview.
He described the Israeli military assault as a "mop up" operation, and said that Israel had no desire to repeat its 18-year occupation of southern Lebanon that ended in 2000.
"They overplayed their hand, they miscalculated," Ayalon said of Hezbollah militants based in southern Lebanon and supported by Syria and Iran.
Rice's mission would be the first U.S. diplomatic effort on the ground since the Israeli effort against Lebanon began.
Asked why she didn't go earlier and engage in quick-hit diplomacy to try to end the death and destruction that has gripped the region, she replied, "I could have gotten on a plane and rushed over and started shuttling and it wouldn't have been clear what I was shuttling to do."
The crisis started last week when Hezbollah, an Islamic militant group that operates in southern Lebanon, captured two Israeli soldiers. Israel retaliated by carrying out bombing across Lebanon and slapping a naval blockade on the country. Hezbollah fired hundreds of missiles into Israel.
At least 362 people have been killed in Lebanon in the Israeli campaign, according to the Lebanese health minister. Thirty-four Israelis also have been killed, including 19 soldiers.
Rice plans meetings in Jerusalem and the West Bank with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, as well as sessions in Rome with representatives of European and moderate Arab governments that are meant to shore up the weak democratic government in Lebanon's capital Beirut.
Rice's trip resumes a role the United States has long played as the key Mideast peace broker, but Rice is not expected to try to get a signed deal during her brief visit.
"I know that there are no answers that are easy, nor are there any quick fixes," Rice said. "I fully expect that the diplomatic work for peace will be difficult."
The United States is relying on Arab and other intermediaries to pressure Hezbollah and Syria. The United States considers Hezbollah a terrorist group, and has cut high-level ties to Damascus in a dispute over what it says is Syrian meddling in Lebanon.
Hezbollah also exerts political control in southern Lebanon, overshadowing the democratic central government. The U.N. and U.S. plan for long-term stability would give international help to the Beirut government to expel Hezbollah and install its own Army troops, something it has been unable to do.
Hezbollah "extremists are trying to strangle it in its crib," Rice said of the Lebanese government.
President Bush, asked what he hopes Rice will achieve on her trip, said he would discuss it with her when he returns to the White House on Sunday. He was speaking at a restaurant in Aurora, Colo., as he met with 10 members of the military who recently returned from Iraq.
Announcing plans earlier for a weekend meeting that Bush and Rice will have with Saudi officials, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said, "This is part of the president's broader diplomatic outreach on the developing situation in the Middle East."
Bush and Rice will meet at the White House with Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal and Prince Bandar bin Sultan, chief of the Saudi National Security Council.
The plans emerged following two days of meetings in New York with Annan and envoys he sent to the region this week. Annan outlined basic terms of a proposed cease-fire and the longer-range goals to remove the Hezbollah threat in southern Lebanon in a speech on Thursday.
Rice seeks long-term peace on Mideast trip By ANNE GEARAN, AP Diplomatic Writer
Sat Jul 22, 2:43 AM ET
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice rejected the "false promise" of an immediate cease-fire in the spreading war between Israel and Hezbollah on Friday and said she would seek long-term peace during a trip to the Mideast beginning Sunday.
The top U.S. diplomat defended her decision not to meet with Hezbollah leaders or their Syrian backers during her visit.
"Syria knows what it needs to do, and Hezbollah is the source of the problem," Rice said as she previewed her trip, which begins with a stop in Israel.
Rice said the United States is committed to ending the bloodshed, but not before certain conditions are met. The Bush administration has said that Hezbollah must first turn over the two Israeli soldiers whose capture set off the 10-day-old violence, and stop firing missiles into Israel.
"We do seek an end to the current violence, we seek it urgently. We also seek to address the root causes of that violence," Rice said. "A cease-fire would be a false promise if it simply returns us to the status quo."
The United States has resisted international pressure to lean on its ally Israel to halt the fighting. The U.S. position has allowed Israel more time to try to destroy what both nations consider a Hezbollah terrorist network in southern Lebanon.
In addition, the Bush administration was rushing a delivery of precision-guided bombs to Israel after receiving a request last week, The New York Times reported. The munitions were part of a multimillion-dollar arms sale package approved last year that Israel could tap at any time, the Times reported in an article posted on its Web site Friday night.
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan demanded an immediate cease-fire Thursday, and denounced the actions of both Israel and Hezbollah. Lebanon's beleaguered prime minister has also asked for an immediate halt to the fighting.
Daniel Ayalon, Israel's ambassador to Washington, told The Associated Press that Israel has destroyed about 40 percent of Hezbollah's military capabilities.
"Most of the long-range (missiles) have been hit, a lot of the medium range, but they still have thousands and thousands of rockets, short-range and others," Ayalon said in an interview.
He described the Israeli military assault as a "mop up" operation, and said that Israel had no desire to repeat its 18-year occupation of southern Lebanon that ended in 2000.
"They overplayed their hand, they miscalculated," Ayalon said of Hezbollah militants based in southern Lebanon and supported by Syria and Iran.
Rice's mission would be the first U.S. diplomatic effort on the ground since the Israeli effort against Lebanon began.
Asked why she didn't go earlier and engage in quick-hit diplomacy to try to end the death and destruction that has gripped the region, she replied, "I could have gotten on a plane and rushed over and started shuttling and it wouldn't have been clear what I was shuttling to do."
The crisis started last week when Hezbollah, an Islamic militant group that operates in southern Lebanon, captured two Israeli soldiers. Israel retaliated by carrying out bombing across Lebanon and slapping a naval blockade on the country. Hezbollah fired hundreds of missiles into Israel.
At least 362 people have been killed in Lebanon in the Israeli campaign, according to the Lebanese health minister. Thirty-four Israelis also have been killed, including 19 soldiers.
Rice plans meetings in Jerusalem and the West Bank with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, as well as sessions in Rome with representatives of European and moderate Arab governments that are meant to shore up the weak democratic government in Lebanon's capital Beirut.
Rice's trip resumes a role the United States has long played as the key Mideast peace broker, but Rice is not expected to try to get a signed deal during her brief visit.
"I know that there are no answers that are easy, nor are there any quick fixes," Rice said. "I fully expect that the diplomatic work for peace will be difficult."
The United States is relying on Arab and other intermediaries to pressure Hezbollah and Syria. The United States considers Hezbollah a terrorist group, and has cut high-level ties to Damascus in a dispute over what it says is Syrian meddling in Lebanon.
Hezbollah also exerts political control in southern Lebanon, overshadowing the democratic central government. The U.N. and U.S. plan for long-term stability would give international help to the Beirut government to expel Hezbollah and install its own Army troops, something it has been unable to do.
Hezbollah "extremists are trying to strangle it in its crib," Rice said of the Lebanese government.
President Bush, asked what he hopes Rice will achieve on her trip, said he would discuss it with her when he returns to the White House on Sunday. He was speaking at a restaurant in Aurora, Colo., as he met with 10 members of the military who recently returned from Iraq.
Announcing plans earlier for a weekend meeting that Bush and Rice will have with Saudi officials, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said, "This is part of the president's broader diplomatic outreach on the developing situation in the Middle East."
Bush and Rice will meet at the White House with Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal and Prince Bandar bin Sultan, chief of the Saudi National Security Council.
The plans emerged following two days of meetings in New York with Annan and envoys he sent to the region this week. Annan outlined basic terms of a proposed cease-fire and the longer-range goals to remove the Hezbollah threat in southern Lebanon in a speech on Thursday.
Saturday, July 15, 2006
Det News: Tom Friedman
Mideast battles blow up paths to peace accord
Nancy Kruh
P eace was the goal, but so far, just the opposite has been the result of Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. A discouraged commentariat is now sorting out the whys of the new clashes and wondering whether an accord can ever be reached.
Charles Krauthammer notes that the latest surge is being commonly characterized as "a continuation of the cycle of violence." But with the Palestinians' Hamas government "openly committed to terrorism," the Washington Post columnist counters:
"That is no cycle. That is an arrow. That is action with purpose ... Gaza is free of occupation, yet Gaza wages war. Why? Because this war is not about occupation, but about Israel's very existence."
Jeff Jacoby vents his frustration at the Israelis for ever pulling out. "It convinced [the Palestinians] that Israelis were weak, that terrorism worked -- and that more terrorism would work even better," the Boston Globe columnist writes.
Thomas Friedman reserves his exasperation for the Palestinians. "I have to say the violence ... is utterly without purpose," the New York Times columnist writes. "Israel has evacuated Gaza, and what does Hamas do? It doesn't put all its energy into building ... a decent state and society, with jobs. Instead, it launches hundreds of rockets into Israel.
"This is about legitimacy and safety, and until both sides achieve some modicum of well-being, or deterrence, there will be no peace," Eleanor Clift of Newsweek writes. "'The name of the game is perseverance,' a Palestinian journalist told us. 'What's the rush?'"
If the Palestinians do try to build a state, says Trudy Rubin , it can't be without some assistance -- and the Philadelphia Inquirer columnist nominates President Bush to spearhead new peace negotiations.
"Doesn't anyone in the administration get the message being pounded into our heads by the noise from Gaza: Unilateral withdrawals, delinked from negotiations, do not work," she writes.
Nancy Kruh writes a roundup of opinion for the Dallas Morning News that appears Saturday in The Detroit News.
Nancy Kruh
P eace was the goal, but so far, just the opposite has been the result of Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. A discouraged commentariat is now sorting out the whys of the new clashes and wondering whether an accord can ever be reached.
Charles Krauthammer notes that the latest surge is being commonly characterized as "a continuation of the cycle of violence." But with the Palestinians' Hamas government "openly committed to terrorism," the Washington Post columnist counters:
"That is no cycle. That is an arrow. That is action with purpose ... Gaza is free of occupation, yet Gaza wages war. Why? Because this war is not about occupation, but about Israel's very existence."
Jeff Jacoby vents his frustration at the Israelis for ever pulling out. "It convinced [the Palestinians] that Israelis were weak, that terrorism worked -- and that more terrorism would work even better," the Boston Globe columnist writes.
Thomas Friedman reserves his exasperation for the Palestinians. "I have to say the violence ... is utterly without purpose," the New York Times columnist writes. "Israel has evacuated Gaza, and what does Hamas do? It doesn't put all its energy into building ... a decent state and society, with jobs. Instead, it launches hundreds of rockets into Israel.
"This is about legitimacy and safety, and until both sides achieve some modicum of well-being, or deterrence, there will be no peace," Eleanor Clift of Newsweek writes. "'The name of the game is perseverance,' a Palestinian journalist told us. 'What's the rush?'"
If the Palestinians do try to build a state, says Trudy Rubin , it can't be without some assistance -- and the Philadelphia Inquirer columnist nominates President Bush to spearhead new peace negotiations.
"Doesn't anyone in the administration get the message being pounded into our heads by the noise from Gaza: Unilateral withdrawals, delinked from negotiations, do not work," she writes.
Nancy Kruh writes a roundup of opinion for the Dallas Morning News that appears Saturday in The Detroit News.
Friday, July 14, 2006
From Beirut to Jerusalem 2006 is not 1982!
Read Tom Friedmans book to understand Muddle East Politics. Israeli Politics and Lebanese.
But it is not the same as 1976 or 1982. Israel and Lebanon have changed.
I wonder what Tom is writing about it now??
It also reminds me over other wars we had.
I read a book by Dave Kimchi (Mossad) about Six Day War.
Israel or Egypt did not intend to start a war. It was the then unknown Araffat
and the Terrorists who lit the Oil that set off the situation that Snow Balled.
King Hussein screemed when Israel responded to explossives by entering in what was Jordan in 1966. Nasser told UN to Leave and they did... The rest is well known.
But it is not the same as 1976 or 1982. Israel and Lebanon have changed.
I wonder what Tom is writing about it now??
It also reminds me over other wars we had.
I read a book by Dave Kimchi (Mossad) about Six Day War.
Israel or Egypt did not intend to start a war. It was the then unknown Araffat
and the Terrorists who lit the Oil that set off the situation that Snow Balled.
King Hussein screemed when Israel responded to explossives by entering in what was Jordan in 1966. Nasser told UN to Leave and they did... The rest is well known.
Friday, July 07, 2006
ביילין: כל השרים ישאו באחריות למבצע ברצועה
ביילין: כל השרים ישאו באחריות למבצע ברצועה
06/07/2006
יו"ר מרצ-יחד , יוסי ביילין, בתגובה להחלטת הקבינט להרחיב המבצע ברצועה: "כל השרים ישאו באחריות למבצע הזה, ותהיה זו טעות קשה להמשיך ולהשאיר את ההחלטה בידי שני אנשים בלבד."
ביילין קרא לשרים שלא לתת יד למהלך שאינו רק מבצע מתגלגל, אלא שתכליתו מתגלגלת.
לדבריו, מהלכים כמו ענישה קולקטיבית, מעצרי נבחרים פלסטינים ובומים על קוליים עלולים להביא להסלמה נוספת ולהתבוססות בבוץ העזתי מבלי להשיג אף אחת מהמטרות המוצהרות. "המאמץ בשעה זו חייב להתמקד בניסיון רציני להפסקת אש כוללת שבמסגרתה ישוחרר גלעד שליט" , אמר ביילין.
06/07/2006
יו"ר מרצ-יחד , יוסי ביילין, בתגובה להחלטת הקבינט להרחיב המבצע ברצועה: "כל השרים ישאו באחריות למבצע הזה, ותהיה זו טעות קשה להמשיך ולהשאיר את ההחלטה בידי שני אנשים בלבד."
ביילין קרא לשרים שלא לתת יד למהלך שאינו רק מבצע מתגלגל, אלא שתכליתו מתגלגלת.
לדבריו, מהלכים כמו ענישה קולקטיבית, מעצרי נבחרים פלסטינים ובומים על קוליים עלולים להביא להסלמה נוספת ולהתבוססות בבוץ העזתי מבלי להשיג אף אחת מהמטרות המוצהרות. "המאמץ בשעה זו חייב להתמקד בניסיון רציני להפסקת אש כוללת שבמסגרתה ישוחרר גלעד שליט" , אמר ביילין.
BBC: Nation commemorates 7/7 bombings
Nation commemorates 7/7 bombings
The UK will come to a standstill at midday for a two-minute silence to mark the first anniversary of the London bombings that claimed 52 lives.
The silence is one of a number of events to mark the anniversary of the 7 July attacks, which injured hundreds.
Flowers were laid at the sites where bombs went off on three Tube trains and a bus at the times of the blasts.
Tube worker John Hooke who was at the scene of the bus bomb said: "If life doesn't go on, you let them win."
A public ceremony with readings will be held later in Regent's Park.
PUBLIC EVENTS
0800-1600 : Public invited to add flowers to mosaic in Queen Mary's Gardens, Regent's Park.
1200 : National two-minute silence
1230 : Multi-faith service of remembrance, St Pancras Church, Euston Road
1800-1830 : Commemorative event, Queen Mary's Gardens, Regent's Park
The two-minute silence will be observed across the country, including at the Wimbledon tennis championships and other events.
The commemoration comes as Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair gave a firm warning London must expect another attack.
"I know there will be further attacks, but as to whether we will stop those, well we've stopped three already," Sir Ian told BBC News.
And Colin Cramphorn, chief constable of the West Yorkshire force - one of the forces investigating the bombings - said he believed other 7 July-style attacks in the UK were "not just fanciful" but "very possible".
On Thursday, a video of one of the bombers, Shehzad Tanweer, was aired on al-Jazeera television. It showed the 22-year-old, from Leeds, warning of further attacks.
Police said the timing had been designed to cause "maximum hurt" and Downing Street said the attention should "focus on the quiet reflection of the nation".
Private events
Friday's remembrance events have been organised by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and are intended to unite families, survivors and Londoners in remembrance.
Members of the public are invited to lay a purple carnation within a giant floral mosaic in Queen Mary's Gardens, Regent's Park. The flowers are being provided.
Later, survivors and the bereaved will complete the centre of the mosaic with yellow gerberas, and the public can pay their respects over the weekend.
Mr Livingstone was joined by Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell in laying flowers at King's Cross station - which became a main focus for tributes in the aftermath of the attacks - at the exact time of the Underground attacks.
Mr Livingstone told the BBC News website that Friday was a time to remember those individuals whose lives had been ruined by the attack.
It was also and a time to be proud of London's unique character, which had been a source of envy to the bombers, he said.
7 JULY ASSISTANCE CENTRE
Confidential helpline to provide advice and support to anyone affected by events of 7 July or the anniversary
Phones manned 24 hours from 5-10 July
Centre and helpline open seven days a week at all other times - answerphone service at night
Also supports those affected by recent bombings in Doha, Sharm El Sheikh, Turkey, Bali and Dahab, and Bahrain boat disaster
Helpline - 0845 054 7444
Meanwhile, Miss Jowell said the government would not be granting the wishes of many relatives to hold a public inquiry into the events because that would mean an "enormous diversion of security resources which need to be directed to preventing this happening again".
Richard Innishannon - one of the first on the scene at the Tavistock Square bus bombing - was among those gathered at King's Cross.
He said he has been so traumatised by what he saw a year ago that he has only been on a train once since.
"My stomach is in knots but I don't live that far from here and I just felt that I had to be here today."
Memorial plaques
The bells of London's St Paul's Cathedral have been tolling for those who died at the times of the bombings and will also do so after the two-minute silence at midday.
They tolled at 0850 BST to mark a year since the bombs went off on underground trains near Aldgate and Edgware Road stations, and on another travelling between King's Cross and Russell Square.
They also tolled at 0947 BST to mark the fourth blast on the number 30 double-decker bus at the junction of Tavistock Square and Upper Woburn place.
Other events on Friday will be held in private for victims' families and survivors, including the unveiling, at 1130 BST, of memorial plaques at King's Cross, Russell Square, Edgware Road, Aldgate and Tavistock Square.
A Book of Tributes, with a foreword from the Prince of Wales and tributes from the bereaved, will also be unveiled in a private event.
Commuters across the capital have seen a high-visibility police presence on the transport network.
The 7 July Assistance Centre can be contacted on 0845 054 7444.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/5153678.stm
Published: 2006/07/07 09:48:03 GMT
© BBC MMVI
The UK will come to a standstill at midday for a two-minute silence to mark the first anniversary of the London bombings that claimed 52 lives.
The silence is one of a number of events to mark the anniversary of the 7 July attacks, which injured hundreds.
Flowers were laid at the sites where bombs went off on three Tube trains and a bus at the times of the blasts.
Tube worker John Hooke who was at the scene of the bus bomb said: "If life doesn't go on, you let them win."
A public ceremony with readings will be held later in Regent's Park.
PUBLIC EVENTS
0800-1600 : Public invited to add flowers to mosaic in Queen Mary's Gardens, Regent's Park.
1200 : National two-minute silence
1230 : Multi-faith service of remembrance, St Pancras Church, Euston Road
1800-1830 : Commemorative event, Queen Mary's Gardens, Regent's Park
The two-minute silence will be observed across the country, including at the Wimbledon tennis championships and other events.
The commemoration comes as Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair gave a firm warning London must expect another attack.
"I know there will be further attacks, but as to whether we will stop those, well we've stopped three already," Sir Ian told BBC News.
And Colin Cramphorn, chief constable of the West Yorkshire force - one of the forces investigating the bombings - said he believed other 7 July-style attacks in the UK were "not just fanciful" but "very possible".
On Thursday, a video of one of the bombers, Shehzad Tanweer, was aired on al-Jazeera television. It showed the 22-year-old, from Leeds, warning of further attacks.
Police said the timing had been designed to cause "maximum hurt" and Downing Street said the attention should "focus on the quiet reflection of the nation".
Private events
Friday's remembrance events have been organised by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and are intended to unite families, survivors and Londoners in remembrance.
Members of the public are invited to lay a purple carnation within a giant floral mosaic in Queen Mary's Gardens, Regent's Park. The flowers are being provided.
Later, survivors and the bereaved will complete the centre of the mosaic with yellow gerberas, and the public can pay their respects over the weekend.
Mr Livingstone was joined by Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell in laying flowers at King's Cross station - which became a main focus for tributes in the aftermath of the attacks - at the exact time of the Underground attacks.
Mr Livingstone told the BBC News website that Friday was a time to remember those individuals whose lives had been ruined by the attack.
It was also and a time to be proud of London's unique character, which had been a source of envy to the bombers, he said.
7 JULY ASSISTANCE CENTRE
Confidential helpline to provide advice and support to anyone affected by events of 7 July or the anniversary
Phones manned 24 hours from 5-10 July
Centre and helpline open seven days a week at all other times - answerphone service at night
Also supports those affected by recent bombings in Doha, Sharm El Sheikh, Turkey, Bali and Dahab, and Bahrain boat disaster
Helpline - 0845 054 7444
Meanwhile, Miss Jowell said the government would not be granting the wishes of many relatives to hold a public inquiry into the events because that would mean an "enormous diversion of security resources which need to be directed to preventing this happening again".
Richard Innishannon - one of the first on the scene at the Tavistock Square bus bombing - was among those gathered at King's Cross.
He said he has been so traumatised by what he saw a year ago that he has only been on a train once since.
"My stomach is in knots but I don't live that far from here and I just felt that I had to be here today."
Memorial plaques
The bells of London's St Paul's Cathedral have been tolling for those who died at the times of the bombings and will also do so after the two-minute silence at midday.
They tolled at 0850 BST to mark a year since the bombs went off on underground trains near Aldgate and Edgware Road stations, and on another travelling between King's Cross and Russell Square.
They also tolled at 0947 BST to mark the fourth blast on the number 30 double-decker bus at the junction of Tavistock Square and Upper Woburn place.
Other events on Friday will be held in private for victims' families and survivors, including the unveiling, at 1130 BST, of memorial plaques at King's Cross, Russell Square, Edgware Road, Aldgate and Tavistock Square.
A Book of Tributes, with a foreword from the Prince of Wales and tributes from the bereaved, will also be unveiled in a private event.
Commuters across the capital have seen a high-visibility police presence on the transport network.
The 7 July Assistance Centre can be contacted on 0845 054 7444.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/5153678.stm
Published: 2006/07/07 09:48:03 GMT
© BBC MMVI
יורים ובוכים
יורים ובוכים
ביצוע: סי היימן
מילים ולחן: סי היימן
מנקה הרחובות סיפר לי,
שבכפר שלו הכל השתנה.
החיים נראים אחרת
ובצל הזוהמה
ובבית שלי, החלון שבור
תל אביב מתפרצת לי פנימה
אפילו הריח שלה השתנה.
אני חשה בסכנה.
ילדים משחקים בעופרת,
ילדות בבובות מפלדה.
החיים נראים לי אחרת,
בצל הזוהמה
וזה לא משנה לי בכלל
מי ינצח עכשיו
העולם שהיה לי איננו
והאור הגדול נסגר.
ילדים משחקים...
יורים ובוכים
שורפים וצוחקים
מתי בכלל למדנו
איך קוברים אנשים חיים
יורים ובוכים
שורפים וצוחקים
מתי שכחנו
שגם לנו הרגו ילדים.
אצלי בעיר, הכל אחרת
עטופה צלופן, קשורה לרציף
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אצלי בעיר, הכל אחרת
עטופה צלופן, קשורה לרציף
אני מחכה לרכבת.
כמה זמן אחכה?
לראות מה יקרה
עד מתי נחכה?
ונבכה על מה שקורה.
בשני הקצות, רוצים רק לחיות
בפחד הזה, כבר אי אפשר לראות
רוצים מקלט, מכל המאבק,
כל כך לא משנה לי, מי החזק
יורים ובוכים...
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