The real story behind the deaths of the Unifil soldiers

Kofi Anan accused Israel of deliberately targeting the UN soldiers. The truth however, is really very simple, Hezbollah was using the UN position as a shield.

[link|http://www.shinesforall.com/archives/2006/07/canadian_killed.html|Canadian Killed Complained U.N. Position Was Shielding Hezbollah]

"...the tragic loss of a soldier yesterday who I happen to know and I think probably is from my Regiment. We've received e-mails from him a few days ago and he described the fact that he was taking within - in one case -- three meters of his position "for tactical necessity - not being targeted". Now that's veiled speech in the military and what he was telling us was Hizbullah fighters were all over his position and the IDF were (sic) targeting them and that's a favorite trick by people who don't have representation in the UN. They use the UN as shields knowing that they can't be punished for it."

Retired Canadian Major General Lewis MacKenzie interviewed on CBC Toronto radio 26 July 2006

This picture is worth a thousand words, the UN flag right next to the Hezbollah flag, in one of Hizbullah's border posts.

[image|http://www.cjnews.com/photos/aug15/flags.jpg||Hezbollah and UN Flags||]

Post #262,724 by bluke 7/27/06 2:28:11 AM 7/27/06 6:42:13 AM Reply	The real story behind the deaths of the Unifil soldiers Kofi Anan accused Israel of deliberately targeting the UN soldiers. The truth however, is really very simple, Hezbollah was using the UN position as a shield. [link\|http://www.shinesforall.com/archives/2006/07/canadian_killed.html\|Canadian Killed Complained U.N. Position Was Shielding Hezbollah] "...the tragic loss of a soldier yesterday who I happen to know and I think probably is from my Regiment. We've received e-mails from him a few days ago and he described the fact that he was taking within - in one case -- three meters of his position "for tactical necessity - not being targeted". Now that's veiled speech in the military and what he was telling us was Hizbullah fighters were all over his position and the IDF were (sic) targeting them and that's a favorite trick by people who don't have representation in the UN. They use the UN as shields knowing that they can't be punished for it." Retired Canadian Major General Lewis MacKenzie interviewed on CBC Toronto radio 26 July 2006 This picture is worth a thousand words, the UN flag right next to the Hezbollah flag, in one of Hizbullah's border posts. [image\|http://www.cjnews.com/photos/aug15/flags.jpg\|\|Hezbollah and UN Flags\|\|] Edited by bluke July 27, 2006, 06:42:13 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #263,170 by mmoffitt 7/31/06 11:41:16 AM Reply	Well, it's okay they killed UN members then. I guess. That was your point, wasn't it? bcnu, Mikem It would seem, therefore, that the three human impulses embodied in religion are fear, conceit, and hatred. The purpose of religion, one might say, is to give an air of respectibility to these passions. -- Bertrand Russell
Post #263,178 by drewk 7/31/06 12:08:43 PM Reply	"Real story" ... "truth is really very simple" ... Do you really believe anything is simple in all this? Simplistic, maybe ... but that leads to a whole new set of problems. Oh wait, it's actually the same old set of problems. === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]

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