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Blair backs Israel bomb flights Tony Blair faces a public backlash after it emerged that he has given the go-ahead for Britain to be used as a staging post for the supply of bunkerbusting bombs to Israel. Whitehall sources confirmed that two more U.S. cargo planes carrying laserguided weapons will be given permission to land on British soil over the next couple of weeks. The embarrassing U-turn comes only hours after Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett savaged the U.S. on learning that two A310 cargo planes loaded with GBU28 bombs landed at Prestwick airport in Glasgow last weekend. But in a humiliating slap-down to the Foreign Secretary, sources said it would be 'safe to assume' that the stop-overs will continue to be allowed. The U.S. yesterday confirmed it had lodged requests to bring two more planes through the UK carrying bombs and missiles for Israel, which claimed yesterday it had the world's approval to continue its bombardment of Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon as the death toll there passed the 600 mark. In an extraordinary and controversial outburst, justice minister Haim Ramon declared the decision of the Rome conference of foreign ministers on Wednesday not to call for a ceasefire was in effect the green light to continue the offensive. Mr Ramon said the Israeli air force must bomb villages before ground forces enter, suggesting that this would help prevent Israeli casualties in the future. As he spoke, the Israeli cabinet approved the call-up of 30,000 more reserve soldiers. And Al Qaeda intervened in the crisis for the first time, urging Muslims to strike the 'crusaders' backing Israel - a tacit threat to the U.S. and Britain, whose leaders are holding crisis talks in Washington today. • A top Iranian envoy was in Syria yesterday for talks on the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict, according to Iranian news reports. They said the meeting was designed to discuss ways to maintain supplies to Hezbollah fighters with 'Iranian arms flowing through Syrian territories'. ---------------------------------------------------
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