Posted on 07/14/2006 6:58:50 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
LEBANON'S Prime Minister Fuad Siniora overnight accused Israel of cutting his country to pieces and demanded an immediate ceasefire in its operation against Hezbollah.
In an interview with CNN, Mr Siniora said Lebanon was being punished for something in which it had no hand, the kidnap of two Israeli soldiers and the killing of eight more by Hezbollah fighters.
"Israel is continuing its aggression against Lebanon and the Lebanese," Mr Siniora said.
"It's sparing nobody, in no area of Lebanon. Actually it is cutting the country into pieces, whereby more than 20 bridges in the country have been destroyed."
Mr Siniora also accused Israel of being careless about civilian lives and of trying to cripple his recovering country's economy.
"Lebanon has been penalised ... the Lebanese government has made it very clear that it had no information about this operation and it takes no responsibility, and in fact, it is disavowing (it)."
"I believe that we should try to arrive at an immediate ceasefire."
"Does it really pay Israel to really cripple, finally, a democracy like Lebanon?"
Israel has demanded the Lebanon government implement UN Security Council resolution 1559, which calls for the disarmament of Hezbollah, which it says is backed by Syria and Iran.
Mr Siniora earlier spoke to President George W. Bush and his Secretary of State Condoleeezza Rice by telephone, and said in the interview that he hoped Washington could influence Israel to scale back its offensive.
Washington has said that Israel has a right to defend itself after the attacks on its soldiers, but also urged Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's government to avoid actions which could harm Lebanon's nascent democracy.
make that "earlier".
Shelling cutting your cutting your country to pieces? What do you think the rockets were doing to Israel?
"LEBANON'S Prime Minister Fuad Siniora overnight accused Israel of cutting his country to pieces"
You may cry a river now........
Supporting terrorists has a price ...
Yo, Prime Minister F-wad, maybe you should try demanding Hezbollah to get the hell out of your country.
Should have kicked the Hezzies out of the south then you wouldn't have the problem....
Heh! Lebanon's acts of war against another country is, "cutting Lebanon to pieces."
This is war. War's not fair. Stop complaining and do something useful, like I don't know, kicking out the terrorists?
Tell them to send the bill to Iran or Syria
No sympathy from me, guy.
Time for this guy to get a little more serious about his position in this whole thing.
Don't be so practical!
Wish our Libs could understand this.
"Israel has demanded the Lebanon government implement UN Security Council resolution 1559, which calls for the disarmament of Hezbollah"
Absolutely!
Then stop letting Hezbollah use your country as a base for attacks against Israel.
Me either!
When you harbor terrorist organizations and allow them to launch attacks from your country, you are complicit. With terrorist organizations declaring war on Israel, again being waged from Lebanon, again, you must bear part of the response.
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