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IDF to limit white phosphorus use
JPOST ^ | July 21, 2010 | LAHAV HARKOV

Posted on 07/21/2010 11:46:51 PM PDT by Mounds Bar

Israel has committed to reduce the number of civilian casualties in future wars in a new response to the Goldstone Report released by the Foreign Ministry.

The IDF has committed to a number of operational changes in its combat doctrine to minimize civilian casualties, including restricting the use of white phosphorous and integrating a Humanitarian Affairs Officer in each combat unit, as well as defining new regulations regarding the destruction of private property when necessary.

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1 posted on 07/21/2010 11:46:52 PM PDT by Mounds Bar
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To: Mounds Bar

Wanna bet Hezbollah and Hamas aren’t making any such restrictions in their battle plans?


2 posted on 07/21/2010 11:54:17 PM PDT by theDentist (fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: Mounds Bar

Is there some reason that Israel is doing all this for the UN? Do they really think it is going to lessen criticism by anyone? They could give up guns and switch to nerf balls and the enemies of Israel would whine just as loudly.


3 posted on 07/21/2010 11:58:01 PM PDT by Da Mav
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To: Mounds Bar

I wish they would bring back Napalm and Flame Throwers myself.

If they can’t, at least they should do lard sprayers and Pig bombs.


4 posted on 07/22/2010 12:05:27 AM PDT by dila813
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To: dila813

Lard Spray Devices would suit me to a T.


5 posted on 07/22/2010 1:40:23 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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To: Mounds Bar
Well hell, why not just disband the IDF, that would reduce "civilian" casualties down to 0!

Whoever is pressing for this in Israel would be making Hitler proud.

6 posted on 07/22/2010 2:06:16 AM PDT by pnh102 (Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
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To: Mounds Bar

You know, it’s not Israel is fighting for its life or anything.

I knew a guy who was a gunner on a Sherman tank during the Korean War. They would get a call to go on a fire mission to support infantry. They would drive up to a position where there were NK or Chinese infantry concealed. First they would loose an air burst of Willie Pete and when that got them jumping up and down and writhing in pain, they would follow up with a couple of antipersonnel rounds.

The Norks must be thinking, “Where were these guys when we needed them.


7 posted on 07/22/2010 3:18:28 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (The naked casuistry of the high priests of Warmism would make a Jesuit blush.)
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To: theDentist

Just in time for intifada 3, how nice! Saddam Hussein Obama musta negotiated that arms reduction treaty


8 posted on 07/22/2010 3:19:02 AM PDT by STD (SoftTyranny Until He Cracks the Whip)
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To: theDentist

Just in time for intifada 3, how nice! Saddam Hussein Obama musta negotiated that arms reduction treaty


9 posted on 07/22/2010 3:19:13 AM PDT by STD (SoftTyranny Until He Cracks the Whip)
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To: theDentist

Just in time for intifada 3, how nice! Saddam Hussein Obama musta negotiated that arms reduction treaty


10 posted on 07/22/2010 3:19:13 AM PDT by STD (SoftTyranny Until He Cracks the Whip)
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To: Mounds Bar

The worst part of this idiotic policy is that it sounds like an admission that the Israelis were doing something wrong.

The terrorists insinuate themselves among civilians, hoping to be spared return fire and benefiting from the public relations value of civilian casualties otherwise. The Journolist morons’ abet this behavior by trumpeting civilian casualties and blaming them on the Israelis, rather than placing blame where it squarely belongs. If the Wehrmacht hid behind civilians (which they didn’t) the world would blame them for unnecessary civilian casualties. The the world today, Israeli civilians deserve to be killed and their murders are celebrated as heros.


11 posted on 07/22/2010 3:23:41 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (The naked casuistry of the high priests of Warmism would make a Jesuit blush.)
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To: Mounds Bar

There are a lot of uses for willie peter, and for illumination nothing beats it.


12 posted on 07/22/2010 3:44:38 AM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Mounds Bar
...and integrating a Humanitarian Affairs Officer in each combat unit...

Terrific, an HR lawyer in every unit. By the time they get through all of the harassment and hostile work environment claims, the enemy will have killed them all.

13 posted on 07/22/2010 3:45:55 AM PDT by Never on my watch (The Obama Administration - an outrage a day)
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To: Never on my watch

Not going to happen. Israel will say it is for illumination of the battlefield and opps, one got away. We bad.


14 posted on 07/22/2010 4:35:50 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Helter Skelter. The Revolution is Upon Us.)
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15 posted on 07/22/2010 4:51:30 AM PDT by SJackson (most merciful thing that a large family does to one of its infant members is to kill it, M Sanger)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

While we’re talking about hiding behind civilians, I’ll bet that Iran has some of its most secret caches right under mosques, schools or hospitals.


16 posted on 07/22/2010 5:24:14 AM PDT by Sender (It's never too late to be who you could have been.)
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To: ought-six
There are a lot of uses for willie peter, and for illumination nothing beats it.

Thermite and Thermate do a right fair job. and Willy Pete won't melt through a csar's hood. And the engine, igniting the contents of the oil pan, to then combine with the thermite-melted asphalt underneath.


17 posted on 07/22/2010 11:30:42 AM PDT by archy (Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam)
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To: ought-six

No doubt about it - Rice Paddy Daddy sez:

Willie Peter will make you a believer.

BTW - nice about page.


18 posted on 07/22/2010 11:32:31 AM PDT by ASOC (Alpha India Alpha Three Tango Alpha)
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