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Egantry47
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Username: Egantry47
| | Posted on Thursday, August 03, 2006 - 05:36 am: | 
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The current report, titled “Fatal Strikes: Israel’s Indiscriminate Attacks Against Civilians in Lebanon ,” analyzes almost two dozen cases of Israeli air and artillery attacks on civilian homes and vehicles and claims that of the 153 dead civilians named in the report, 63 are children.
"More than 500 people have been killed in Lebanon by Israeli fire since fighting began on July 12, most of them civilians," it states.
HRW slams what it calls the IDF's "disturbing disregard for the lives of Lebanese civilians."
'Human shield' argument refuted
“Our research shows that Israel’s claim that Hizbullah fighters are hiding among civilians does not explain, let alone justify, Israel’s indiscriminate warfare,” said Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch
“Hizbullah fighters must not hide behind civilians – that’s an absolute – but the image that Israel has promoted of such shielding as the cause of so high a civilian death toll is wrong,” Roth said. “In the many cases of civilian deaths examined by Human Rights Watch, the location of Hizbullah troops and arms had nothing to do with the deaths because there was no Hizbullah around.”
According to the HRW, none of the Israeli attacks documented in the report resulted in Hizbullah casualties or the destruction of weapons. "Rather, the attacks have killed and wounded civilians who were fleeing their homes after the IDF issued instructions to evacuate." |
Egantry47
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Username: Egantry47
| | Posted on Thursday, August 03, 2006 - 12:28 pm: |
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http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14337.htm |
Njaeok
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Username: Njaeok
| | Posted on Thursday, August 03, 2006 - 02:16 pm: |
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There is an old Mark Twain proverb that declares "If you sleep with dogs you wake up with fleas." I would add that it is mostly the children who are sickened and suffer as a result.
It's amazing to me how many supposedly educated modern people don't understand that simple analogy.
Night brings darkening, hope is adjourning.
Despair spreading its relentless spawn.
Yet prayer brings harking to hope reforming.
It's always the darkest just before dawn, Jimbo
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Egantry47
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Username: Egantry47
| | Posted on Thursday, August 03, 2006 - 03:09 pm: |
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Another callous and heartless comment. |
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