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Despite repeated calls from the UN peacekeeping forces in the area, 10 to be precise, Israel chose to completely ignore the warnings and continued to bomb the area regardless, eventually resulting in the deaths of four personnel. Olmert has issued his usual "deep sorrow" statement, very similar to the "deep sorrow" he felt when his air force planes murdered 7 people on a beach in Gaza long before Israel chose this path of destruction. War crimes tribunal anybody? Incidentally, the eternal mouse, Kofi Annan, has "demanded" that Israel investigate the attack. Is it just me or can anybody else see the utter stupidity of a statement like that? Israel investigating the attack is like the fox investigating the incident in the hen house...It is just plain ridiculous to assume that there will be any others findings than the whole thing was a terrible accident caused by a breakdown in communication... Meanwhile, Lebanon and Palestine are still suffering huge casualties amid violent, indiscriminate attacks. Strange that only 4 people at the UN have to die for Kofi Annan to actually bother saying anything and even when he does it is simply brainless drivel. Do Israel and the US have evidence of his "Oil For Food" program dealings or is there another reason why this "man of peace" is happy to watch innocent people getting killed every day whilst he stands by idly? If nothing else, maybe the world can see what a total waste of time a one world government really would be. |
| Wednesday 26th July 2006 | Sky News | |
The United Nations says repeated warnings were ignored before Israeli forces destroyed one of its observer posts, killing four UN personnel. An initial UN report says its staff made 10 warning calls in total before the attack. Sources say the top Irish officer in the UN's UNIFIL peacekeeping force complained he had called Israeli military liaison officers six times to point out that shellfire and aircraft munitions were landing dangerously close to more than one UN installation, including the one that suffered a direct hit on Tuesday night. Ireland has demanded an explanation from Israel, as has the European Union, which called the attack unacceptable. The Israeli strike happened during a series of attacks on Hizbollah guerrilla positions near the village of Khiam. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert expressed his "deep sorrow" over the killings. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan demanded Israel investigate the attack. |