BREAKING: An Israeli air raid struck a United Nations observation post

[im10ashus]

This is not good. Not at all.

Breaking now.

http://www.cnn.com/

Edited to add the NY Times link:

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Mideast-Fighting-UN-Observers.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. killed four observers

wanna bet the US says nothing?
wanna bet they were deliberately targetted in advance of even worse war crimes?

damn them

[im10ashus]

3. I wonder if this is the same story from the 21st.

And if Lebanon is just now responding to the allegations that THEY hit the target. :shrug:

[Bluebear]

9. No it appears like fresh news

[im10ashus]

12. Indeed it does appear to be fresh news.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Mideast-Fighting-UN-Observers.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

[mdmc]

4. probably

[El Supremo]

5. Bolton does not condemn it.

U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said in New York that the Security Council was informed that four officers with UNIFIL were killed, but he had no other information.

"We're obviously very sorry about that. We're attempting to get information where we can to confirm the nature of the incident," Bolton said.

[magellan]

8. Imagine what he'd be saying if Hezbollah had done it

His moustache would be smokin'.

[jsamuel]

11. he'd say

[ChairmanAgnostic]

16. like that guiness ad, BRILLIANT, just BRILLIANT!

Bolton is probably (secretly) happy that the UN can't see what israel is now up to.

[whistle]

15. Israel is a rogue state hired by the United States government...

...to commit terrorism in another country, Lebanon. That makes the United States terrorist state as well.

[high density]

2. CBS News article

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/25/world/main1832266.shtml

[im10ashus]

6. Thanks for the link.

:-)

[Warren DeMontague]

7. Well, that's gonna make it that much tougher to get an international force

in there.

Sigh.

[Deja Q]

10. Whoops. So much for getting support from the UN now...

Nice to know it wasn't Hizbollah. The shit would have hit the fan then...

[im10ashus]

14. A quote from the article:

"The firing continued even during the rescue operation," he said.

UNBELIEVABLE!!!

[Tesha]

19. That's okay -- we'll still veto the UN resolution condemning Israel...

That's okay -- we'll still veto the UN resolution condemning Israel
for blowing up UN people.

Tesha

[whistle]

13. Israel should now be considered a rogue nation...

<snip>
Rogue nation
From SourceWatch

According to The Free Dictionary (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/rogue%20nation), a rogue nation is "a Third World state that possesses weapons of mass destruction and sponsors terrorism."

The "Merriam-Webster American Collegiate dictionary defines rogue as: vicious and destructive; isolated and dangerous or uncontrollable.

The phrase as often used as a superfluous abstraction of "America's enemies" as defined by the US government.

"We cannot let terrorists and rogue nations hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile." — George W. Bush, Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 21, 2000.†

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rogue_nation

[confludemocrat]

21. You're right, but maybe more bluntly a MAD DOG nation n/t

[whistle]

32. Not quite totally insane just yet, that would have to involve a

...government on the level of that following the French Revolution under Maximilian Robespierre and his reign of terror from 1792-1794 or Pol Pot's Khmir Rouge in Cambodia in 1975-1979.

http://www.unitedhumanrights.org/Genocide/pol_pot.htm


Israel has not quite reached that level of total insanity, but they are well on their way if not stopped.

[malaise]

17. Kofi expressed shock

according to BBC International a few minutes ago. This will be the turning point. Silence from Buschco and Bolton will exacerbate UN anger. MSMachine's inability to present an unbiased position will be exposed yet again because they should condemn this in the same way as every other media on the planet. Indeed they all should hav been condeming the slaughter of innocents from day one.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5215366.stm

[LeftCoast]

18. CNN is claming "Attack "apparently deliberate," U.N. head says"

Right on CNN's front page.

[Gabi Hayes]

20. Lara Logan just said the outpost was "deliberately targeted"

Schieffer didn't seem to care at all

what a surprise.....his golfing buddy can do no wrong, including trying to stop the wholesale slaughter of innocents

[originalpckelly]

22. What civilized people would blow up the UN troops?

I guess that answers the question, doesn't it.

[babylonsister]

24. I saw that exchange entirely differently; Schieffer asked her to

repeat the assertion that Annan thought it was a deliberate Israeli attack.

[malaise]

23. Fugg

This is madness. Kofi says apparently delberate targeting of UN Observers. Damn it's going to get real ugly in Rome in a few hours.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5215366.stm
<snip>
Four United Nations peacekeepers have been killed in an Israeli air strike on an observation post in southern Lebanon, the UN has said.

A bomb struck the post occupied by the peacekeepers of the Unifil force in the Khiam area, it said.

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said he was "shocked" at the "apparently deliberate targeting" of the post.

The attack came as Israel said it would control an area in southern Lebanon until international forces deployed.
Add

[Igel]

25. Al-Khiyam ...

Way over there?

Map of UNIFIL locations:
http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/map/dpko/unifil.pdf

Download it and keep it handy, I think it'll be useful for reference.

Looks to be 3-4 miles or so from where Israeli artillery might be. I'm still guessing artillery.

[bbernardini]

26. I assume the Freepers are thrilled about this.

After all, they hate the UN and everything associated with it, right?

[chimpymustgo]

27. OMG!! FUCK those MOTHERFUCKERS!!! This is EVIL!!!

It's just get more sickening with every passing hour. GODDAMMIT STOP THIS SHIT!!! Bastards.

[huskerlaw]

28. Wait a sec...

Israel hit a UNITED NATIONS post ON PURPOSE?

:wtf:

No, seriously. Why in the FUCK would they do that?

[malaise]

29. The UN has been seriously undermined

by Bush, Cheney, Condi, Rummy and Bolton. This is just the result of all of that. Fugg the fascists and Zionists.

[huskerlaw]

30. I understand that, but

(and feel free to call me stupid) but how does that explain why Israel would bomb them?

[malaise]

34. Because they can do what they want

apparently with US impunity. What a fugging mess.

[magellan]

31. To thank the UN for condemning their actions in Lebanon?

:sarcasm: :shrug:

[killbotfactory]

33. more humane precision strikes?

I'm sure they were warned with leaflets to leave the post.

:mad:

[ima_sinnic]

35. oh, they're "just defending themselves"

call me whatever you want but I just can't work up a very warm fuzzy feeling toward Israel anymore. In fact, I better end this now b/c what I'm really feeling about them would get me banned, probably, & I do cherish the hours I can read 'n' rant here at DU.

[blonndee]

36. Kick. Hoooooly cuh-rap. nt

[mom cat]

37. Why is Bolton appologizing for something that Israel did?

Answer, Because the US PNAC plan for global domination is behind this war.

[dailykoff]

38. That'll teach 'em.

Best way to achieve peace is through violence.

:sarcasm:

[K8-EEE]

39. But, But, They HAVE A RIGHT TO DEFEND THEMSELVES

If Canada had fired missiles our way, wouldn't we be targeting all those scary ambulances, children and UN observers! :sarcasm:

[alfredo]

40. Memories of the USS Liberty during the 1967 war.

That was on purpose. They were never held accountable, they never apologized. Our government sided with Israel against American sailors.

The Captain of the ship got the Congressional Medal of Honor, but to prevent embarrassment to Israel, the ceremony was held in an airplane hanger far from the eyes of the media. Usually such ceremonies are held in the White House.

[Doctor_J]

41. US & Israel vs. UN in WWIII

gonna suck big time.