Posted on 07/25/2006 4:50:09 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan today said he was "shocked" at Israel's "apparently deliberate targeting" of a UN post in Lebanon, in which up to four UN observers were killed.
Mr Annan described the strike as a "co-ordinated artillery and aerial attack on a long established and clearly marked UN post."
He said it took place "despite personal assurances given to me by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that UN positions would be spared Israeli fire."
"Furthermore, General Alain Pelligrini, the UN Force Commander in south Lebanon, had been in repeated contact with Israeli officers throughout the day on Tuesday, stressing the need to protect that particular UN position from attack.
"I call on the Government of Israel to conduct a full investigation into this very disturbing incident and demand that any further attack on UN positions and personnel must stop.
"The names and nationalities of those killed are being withheld pending notification of their families. I extend sincere condolences to the families of our fallen peacekeepers."
Read post 136.
With friends like Kofi.........
all I've read says that Xinhua is making those claims of national origin. Do we have a more reputable news source?
No .. I think they were put in an area they should never have been put in by the UN
Kofi needs to reattach his lips to some Islamist butt and shut the hell up.
Why won't you come out and say what you are trying to imply? Because you know you are just making it up and don't have a wisp of evidence to back it up?
Just to clarify, #139 was directed toward Goofy Annan.
Kofi didn't seem to mind when Helldabozos hit the UN a few days ago.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/21/AR2006072100157.html
Awferchristssakes. They have been there for how many years? If they were doing their jobs, none of this would have been necessary.
How does he know it was Israeli fire?
Sounds more like hezi-scum.
I almost hope it was deliberate. Wouldn't surprise me if Coffee Anan's "peacekeepers" were collaborating with Hezballah.
I'm not a military guy -in terms of how this happened who those of you with experience guess that a target was mislabeled?
LOL...good one :)
On October 7, 2000 Adi, Benny, and Omar were attacked and kidnapped on Israel’s side of the United Nations-certified border. The three young men (Adi and Benny were single; Omar was married and the father of two young children) were on a routine border patrol; they were not soldiers missing in action or captured while engaging an enemy.
In November 2000, the families were beside themselves with worry. There was no word from the kidnappers whether the boys were dead or alive, wounded or healthy. The parents came to Chicago and asked for our help.
It is not often that I feel helpless, but I felt that way that day listening to them. As a parent of five boys, I truly felt their pain.
Adding to the parents’ torment was the murky role of UNIFIL, the United Nations Peacekeeping Forces in Lebanon. From the beginning of the abduction, some evidence suggested that the Hizbollah abductors wore UN uniforms. There were rumors that UN forces somehow were involved. There even was a rumor that the UN possessed a videotape taken on the scene sometime after the bloody attack and abduction.
Early in its own investigation Israel asked the UN if there was a videotape. “No," Israeli officials were told. Over the weeks and months rumors about the tape persisted. Again Israeli officials enquired. The answer repeatedly was “no."
In fact that answer was a lie; a tape taken sometime after the attack did exist. It showed UN forces and unnamed others trying to move the vehicles that were involved in the attack. Although UN Secretary General Kofi Annan was presumably kept in the dark by members of his staff – he indeed apologized when the existence of the tape was verified -- the UN would only share the tape if they were allowed to blank out the faces of those in the film. They didn’t want to be “unfair" to any side of the conflict.
This abduction took place within Israel. It was a criminal act, not a conventional battle. But the UN – which said it didn’t want to “take sides" -- for months withheld information that may have been useful in investigating the attack.
Any wonder why Israel might object to international observers in the West Bank and Gaza, who might serve as a shield for Palestinian terrorists just as they had – inadvertently or otherwise – for Hizbollah?
G'day, mate! that will put some cream in Coffee Anan's coffee. He is such a pompous ass. I will bet that the "peace keepers" were passing along information to the Hezzies.
I hope that the attack on the Coffee Anan war keepers WAS deliberate. Tell Coffee that payback is hell!
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