7/26 http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/26/mideast.observers/index.html
"The timeline provided CNN by a U.N. officer in Lebanon showed the
first bomb exploded about 200 yards from the U.N. outpost at 1:20 p.m.
Tuesday, prompting the first call ... with the Israeli military.
The officer said they were assured by the Israeli liaison that he would
stop the attacks. A series of about nine more bombs hit within 100 to
400 yards from the observers over the next several hours, with a call
to the Israeli military following each explosion.
The U.N. base at Noqoura lost contact with the outpost at 7:40 p.m.,
apparently the time of the direct hit, the officer said."
http://tinyurl.com/r8zww (Wash Post)
Senior Irish officer in UN observation force (not in the destroyed
bunker) said to have made six phone calls in hours before. Ireland
files official protest with Israel.
"He warned the Israelis that they were shelling in very close proximity
to the post, and his warnings were very specific, explicit, detailed
and stark. Obviously those warnings went unheeded."
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/26/world/26cnd-nations.html
UN official says no Hezbollah firing was taking place in the area
around the observation post in the six hours of phone calls and
air/artillery strikes.
\_ why are UN soldiers within 100 yrds of hezbolla targets?
\_ it's my understanding Israel told the UN it wouldn't touch the
UN observation posts
\_ good try. UN Observation post has been there forever.
\_ shielding hezbollah targets 100 yards away forever?
\_ i am just saying that observation post has been there
for a long long time and Israel is fully aware of its
position. the fact that this post was destroyed by an
coordinated artiley shelling and ariel bombing, it is
quite obvious that this incident is anything but
"accidental."
\_ Israel didn't say it was an accident. They said "we're
sorry we killed the UN guys". If the UN stopped
shielding terrorists, UN guys would stop dying.
You're aware that the pullout agreement 6 years ago
said the UN was supposed to disarm Hezbollah, not
watch them build up a bigger military stock pile
than ever before. Where was the UN report on the
last six years' of buildup? These guys are obsevers,
so what were the observing and what'd they do about
what they observed? This is the fault of the UN for
putting those guys there to die. It was inevitable
given the situation the UN created.
\_ Sounds like an excerpt from the "Demons and Angels" Red Dwarf:
"The poor wretch. He has a faulty gun. He has accidentally shot
me five times. Oh, how I love him!"
\_ I've been saying that Israeli has a history of attacking
UN facilities in the past. All of them supposely "accidental."
Does make you wonders...
\_ Got a list of dates and events?
\_ This is how IDF "do their best they can" to avoid civilian/UN
casualties. The reality is, they just do whatever they want and
they know US will back them.
\_ No, it is a message to the UN: Stop shielding terrorists and
your people won't get killed. Not that Khofi gives a damn
about a few random guys on the ground.
\_ One of the UN observer is a Chinese. Chinese embassy has send
a very strong protest to Israel. Such protest is probably going to
be ignored completely and IDF is probably going to be 'business as
usual.'
\_ As if. The Chinese want Israeli weapons and couldn't care less
about one dead guy.
\_ much of Israel/Chinese weapon program has been suspended by
USA. secondly, remember the Hezbollah missile that hit
Israeli warship? that is a Chinese design. Chinese has
a significant weapon market share in the Middle East and
they can REALLY stir up the pot if they choose to.
\_ That's funny, the UNIFIL says Hezbollah was firing from that
position.
http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/missions/unifil/unifilpress.htm
http://tinyurl.com/s6bdr (Herald Sun)
\_ Israel has no right to shell and bomb UN site for any reason,
even if Hezbollah was firing *FROM* that position. Then again,
Israel is no friend of UN for the past 50+ years.
\_ Wow, that's really nutty. So why would the UN allow Hezbollah
to fire at Israel from a UN site? And Israel is supposed to
just let it happen? That would have been a much better troll
if you were less black'n'white nutty about it.
\_ 1. these observers are unarmed. 2. it's not at UN's
interest for Hezbollah to fire from UN observation post
3. UN observation post is by no mean a safe heavan for
Hezbollah. 4. Israel has been repeatly warned UN in the
past that UN observer tend to be more sympathic to
Palistanian and Lebonese... so you figures.
\_ 1) so what? 2) sure it is 3) it isnt *now*, it was
4) uh... what? Yes we know the UN is biased against
Israel. And? |
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