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kaiser soze
08-08-2006, 02:54 PM
I'm having a really hard time figuring out who is the terrorist in this battle :confused: :mad:

UN officials contacted the Israeli army to inform them that a team of Chinese military engineers attached to the UN force in Lebanon intended to repair the bridge on the Beirut to Tyre road to enable the transport of humanitarian supplies.

China is now in the mix, albeit and hopefully in a peaceful way...but if Israel goes after their workers, the mix will become a mash.

According to the UN, Israeli officials said the engineers would become a target if they attempted to repair the bridge.

Senior UN officials reacted angrily to the destruction of a temporary causeway over the Litani river overnight. "We must be able to have movement throughout the country to deliver supplies. At this point we can't do that," said David Shearer, the humanitarian coordinator for Lebanon. "The deliberate targeting of civilian infrastructure is a violation of international law."

International aid groups have blamed Israel for not providing security guarantees, thereby paralysing the delivery of aid to the south. Even when aid reaches Tyre, convoys have to apply on a case by case basis for permission to take it out to the villages. Most applications are refused.

D_Raay
08-08-2006, 03:15 PM
You have to wonder what exactly is giving Israel this sort of unabashed malice, with no apparent fear of retribution.

What is it that we don't know yet? Certainly all we have heard so far is just speculation. Just what is going on behind the scenes? It would certainly appear to be an attempt to just forego any further attempts at peace in the region and force other countries and orgs. to pick sides, if you will.

When it comes to the killing of innocents, there is no right side,is there?

Schmeltz
08-09-2006, 12:51 PM
You have to wonder what exactly is giving Israel this sort of unabashed malice, with no apparent fear of retribution.


I wonder if it has anything to do with the messianic divine sanction bestowed from on high upon their militant xenophobic nationalism.

SobaViolence
08-09-2006, 02:38 PM
they are still pissed about the Holocaust.

classic case of displaced anger.
not that i blame them.

Schmeltz
08-09-2006, 04:29 PM
The Holocaust? Shit, I think these people are still pissed about the Babylonians.