Post #263,023
7/30/06 2:49:23 PM
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What really happened in Kfar Kana in Lebanon?
According to the IAF we don't know. What we do know is that Kfar Kana was used to shoot rockets at Israel. As Warner Wolf used to say "let's go to the videotape". The IAF played a [link|http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Pages/MediaPlayer.aspx?MediaUrl=/NR/rdonlyres/B883D7F6-FF7B-4E46-A639-643ED03F477E/0/FiringBehindBuilding.wmv&LANGUAGE_NAME=En|video] which showed rockets being launched from that building in Kfar Kana.
The IAF said as follows. The building in question was attacked between 12:00 and 1:00AM, it did not collapse until around 8:30AM. A further attack around Kfar Kana took place at 7:30AM but it hit 3 different buildings and based on the camera evidence all the bombs hit their targets and the building in question was not hit.
Therefore, the IAF at this point is not taking responsibility for what happened. It is very possible that sometime in the morning, Hezbollah did something that caused the building to explode.
[link|http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3283816,00.html|IDF: Qana building fell hours after strike]
An IDF investigation has found that the building in Qana struck by the Air Force fell around eight hours after being hit by the IDF.
"The attack on the structure in the Qana village took place between midnight and one in the morning. The gap between the timing of the collapse of the building and the time of the strike on it is unclear," Brigadier General Amir Eshel, Head of the Air Force Headquarters told journalists at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, following the incidents at Qana.
Eshel and the head of the IDF's Operational Branch, Major General Gadi Eisnkot said the structure was not being attacked when it collapsed, at around 8:00 in the morning.
The IDF believes that Hizbullah explosives in the building were behind the explosion that caused the collapse.
Another possibility is that the rickety building remained standing for a few hours, but eventually collapsed. "It could be that inside the building, things that could eventually cause an explosion were being housed, things that we could not blow up in the attack, and maybe remained there, Brigadier General Eshel said.
"I'm saying this very carefully, because at this time I don't have a clue as to what the explanation could be for this gap," he added.
In addition we need to ask the following very simple question, why were so many children in a war zone, even though the population had been warned by the IDF to leave several days earlier?
Leaflets distributed by the IDF, July 25, 2006:
To all citizens south of the Litani River
Due to the terror activities being carried out against the State of Israel from within your villages and homes, the IDF is forced to respond immediately against these activities, even within your villages. For your safety! We call upon you to evacuate your villages and move north of the Litani River.
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Post #263,024
7/30/06 2:58:23 PM
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Are you paid to be an apologist
or do you do it for fun?
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Post #263,027
7/30/06 3:09:12 PM
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he lives there he has a right, same right you have
to defend Canada. Its not like the Israelis went "Hey boss I found a building with 60 people hiding in the cellar, lets kill them" You dont find information that bluke is offering in the mainstream press, they would rather ignore it.
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Post #263,030
7/30/06 3:30:08 PM
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Thanks Box
You said it better then I could
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Post #263,028
7/30/06 3:19:42 PM
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according to survivors there was 2 explosions
[link|http://news.sky.com/skynews/video/videoplayer/0,,30200-bowden_p18194,00.html|http://news.sky.com/...en_p18194,00.html]
one bomb and a boatload of munitions I imagine.
thanx,
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Post #263,128
7/30/06 11:37:43 PM
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Bloomberg story.
[link|http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=at8BclUlw54M&refer=worldwide_news|Bloomberg News]: Israel was attacking Hezbollah rocket launchers in Qana that had been used to fire about 150 missiles at northern Israel since the start of the conflict, Air Force Brigadier General Amir Eshel told a news conference in Tel Aviv.
``From the village they've launched rockets every day,'' he said, adding his apology for the civilian deaths. ``Terrorists and civilians occupy the same buildings.''
Air Raids
Eshel said the air force raided the area three times between 12:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. yesterday. While the earliest attack probably hit the building, the report of its collapse came about eight hours later. The later two attacks hit targets as much as 500 meters (1,640 feet) from the building, he said. Emphasis added. I think the simplest reading of that indicates that the IAF doesn't think the building exploded on its own. The report of the collapse came later, but that doesn't mean that the actual collapse came around the time of the report, of course. Note that the people briefing the press are usually not the people intimately involved with the military operation, so it's not unexpected that there may be some discrepancies. Maybe subsequent investigations will give more information, but western reporters on the scene found no indication of Hezbollah military hardware there. I assume that the IAF made a terrible targeting error. But either way, it's a terrible situation for the civilians inside. :-( Cheers, Scott.
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Post #263,189
7/31/06 1:44:53 PM
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Hezbollywood? Evidence mounts that Qana collapse was staged
[link|http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Diplomacy/8997.htm|Hezbollywood? Evidence mounts that Qana collapse and deaths were staged]
It was to be a perfect Hollywood ending for Hezbollah. Just as the Israeli bombing of the village of Qana in 1996 brought a premature end to Israel's Operation "Grapes of Wrath," so too a sequel of Qana II could change, once and for all, the direction of Israel's current summer blockbuster, "Change of Direction."
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There are other mysteries. The roof of the building was intact. Journalist Ben Wedeman of CNN noted that there was a larger crater next to the building, but observed that the building appeared not to have collapsed as a result of the Israeli strike.
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Lebanese rescue teams did not start evacuating the building until the morning and only after the camera crews came. The absence of a real rescue effort was explained by saying that equipment was lacking. There were no scenes of live or injured people being extracted.
There was little blood, CNN's Wedeman noted: all the victims, he concluded, appeared to have died while as they were sleeping -- sleeping, apparently, through thunderous Israeli air attacks. Rescue workers equipped with cameras were removing the bodies from the same opening in the collapsed structure. Journalists were not allowed near the collapsed building.
Rescue workers filmed as they went carried the victims on the stretchers, occasionally flipping up the blankets so that cameras could show the faces and bodies of the dead.
But Israelis steeled to scenes of carnage from Palestinian suicide bombings and Hezbollah rocket attack could not help but notice that these victims did not look like our victims. Their faces were ashen gray. Their limbs appeared to have stiffened, from rigor mortis. Neither were effects that would have resulted from an Israeli attack hours before. These were bodies that looked like they had been dead for days.
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But the accumulating evidence suggests another explanation for what happened at Kana. The scenario would be a setup in which the time between the initial Israeli bombing near the building and morning reports of its collapse would have been used to "plant" bodies killed in previous fighting -- reports in previous days indicated that nearby Tyre was used as a temporary morgue -- place them in the basement, and then engineer a "controlled demolition" to fake another Israeli attack.
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Post #263,190
7/31/06 1:47:24 PM
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Hardly an unbiased source...
Pardon me if my bullshit-o-meter goes off the scale.
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Post #263,192
7/31/06 1:52:47 PM
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Can you explain the 7 hour time difference?
The way the bodies look? This would not be the first time that terrorist groups have tried something like this.
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Post #263,193
7/31/06 2:00:09 PM
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doesnt matter, its still dead kids
it wouldnt surprise me that it was staged. Alls fair in war.
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Post #263,199
7/31/06 2:08:12 PM
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It makes a huge difference
and yes it wouldn't surprise me in the least, remember the so called "Jenin Massacre" where the Palestinians claimed that Israel had massacred 500 people etc.
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Post #263,194
7/31/06 2:00:25 PM
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The way *they say* the bodies look, you mean.
Yeah, I can.
They're lying.
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Post #263,198
7/31/06 2:06:29 PM
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Re: The way *they say* the bodies look, you mean.
anyone can see that from that the tv pictures
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Post #263,213
7/31/06 3:00:54 PM
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Re: The way *they say* the bodies look, you mean.
anyone can see that from that the tv pictures
Bollocks, sir. I'm not a photopathologist and neither are you. You and I probably couldn't even tell if rigor mortis was present or not from a picture.
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Post #263,217
7/31/06 3:21:17 PM
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How about this?
[link|http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/2006/07/milking-it.html|http://eureferendum....7/milking-it.html]
he Lebanese \ufffdrescue worker\ufffd we see in many of these photos parades around with a dead child for four hours, even changing his clothes and continuing the exhibition.
Does that sound like it is real or staged?
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Post #263,220
7/31/06 3:30:02 PM
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kid is still dead
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Post #263,223
7/31/06 3:48:05 PM
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Well, then, let's just look at the numbers
They, after all, don't carry emotional overtones like pictures of dead children do.
Est. dead Lebanese: 750 (600+ confirmed).
Dead Israelis: 52 (some of which are actually soldiers in Lebanon).
They're improving: in the early going, Israel was only getting a 10:1 kill ratio.
Along the way, you've managed to out-Bush Bush; a lot of people that were either indifferent or even sympathetic have changed their minds in the last three weeks.
[link|http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060729.MIDREVOLUTION29/TPStory/International|http://www.theglobea...ory/International]
Boxley was asking about the veracity of Canadian newspapers, while quoting quoting a website owned by the Asper family, who also own many TV stations and newspapers, such as the National Post. However, the article he was linking to was actually written for the paper linked above; Lewis Mackenzie is a regular contributor to the G&M Op-Ed pages.
The newspaper above was owned by Ken Thomsen (until his death earlier this year) and is one of the most respected papers in the country; the editorial pages have consistently sided with Israel's right to defend itself and has pointed out on a number of occasions Hezbollah's obvious deficiencies (which are legion).
Do you think the columnist is trying to spin an anti-Israeli perspective there?
The thing is, right now Israel is being most successful at creating enemies where they didn't exist before. In the past, the Maronites, Sunnis, and Druze didn't particularly like nor trust Hezbollah, and wanted to see them finished as a military force. Now that Israel has shown how unable the new democratic government is at protecting the people there from the depredations of its neighbours (and both Israel and Syria have long and nasty histories doing just that), they are looking at other agencies.
Good going; instead of trying to reach out and help the moderate democratic forces in Lebanon, Israel and the US have turned them into enemies. Makes you wonder if W is telling the truth when he says he's trying to help democracy in that part of the world. As for my own PM, I'm disgusted.
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Post #263,273
8/1/06 6:21:06 AM
8/1/06 6:54:43 AM
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Re: Well, then, let's just look at the numbers
The numbers prove that Israel cares about civilians and therefore every building in Israel has a bomb shelter and every apartment built since 1991 has a secure room. Israelis aren't getting killed because they are sitting in bomb shelters. hezbollah on the other hand is interested in civilian casualties and hides and fires weapons from civilian areas:
[link|http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/25/world/middleeast/25mideast.html?pagewanted=2|http://www.nytimes.c...html?pagewanted=2]
A day after criticizing Israel for \ufffddisproportionate*\ufffd strikes against civilians, Mr. Egeland accused Hezbollah of \ufffdcowardly blending\ufffd among women and children.
\ufffdI heard they were proud because they lost very few fighters and that it was the civilians bearing the brunt of this,\ufffd he said. \ufffdI don\ufffdt think anyone should be proud of having many more children and women dead than armed men.\ufffd
Tell me, how many American civilians were killed in WWII vs. German or Japanese civilians? A lot more the 10:1. Do the numbers tell the story about WWII?
Edited by bluke
Aug. 1, 2006, 06:54:43 AM EDT
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Post #263,284
8/1/06 9:51:05 AM
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Nit
The numbers prove that Israel cares about civilians and therefore every building in Israel has a bomb shelter and every apartment built since 1991 has a secure room. No, that proves Israel cares about Israelis. I know that based on this you're going to think I'm in favor of exterminating all Jews, and I can't stop you from choosing to think that. But there something you should remember, even if only for the sake of tactics: You have a lot more credibility if you can admit when your opponent has a point. Yes, Hezbollah is hiding among women and children. Yes, they want Israel to be seen killing women and children. But yes, Israel is killing women and children. Say all you want to that they don't want to. So that they have no better alternative. Say it's unintended collateral damage when taking out legitimate military targets. All of that will be true. But it will still be true that Israel has killed hundreds of civilians. Is it impossible for you to feel sorrow at that? ===
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Post #263,306
8/1/06 11:32:51 AM
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Indeed.
Bluke needs to take a deep breath and look at things like [link|http://blog.washingtonpost.com/worldopinionroundup/2006/08/the_qana_tipping_point.html|this] collection of published opinions from around the world. E.g.: Israel's current strategy, if it does not change, will create new enemies, says Anthony Cordesman, military analyst for the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, a conservative think tank.
Israel, he says, entered the war "on [link|http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_progj/task,view/id,724/|deeply flawed] grand strategic and tactical principles, and seems to have fought the ideological and political dimension on the basis of the perceptions of Israelis and Americans. The IAF and IDF have so far been clumsy in both air and artillery operations, and sought tactical advantage at serious risk of excessive civilian casualties and collateral damage. Military cultures do not change in mid-operation and the incredibly clumsy IDF and Israeli government response to Qana is a case in point. Israel will, however, have to learn in the future if it does not want to take a largely passive region and turn it into an active enemy."
Hezbollah has already won a political victory, says Haaretz's Akiva Eldar.
"Irrespective of when the war in the north ends, it already has claimed [link|http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/744440.html|a place of honor] in Arab victory albums, along with the Egyptian 'victory' in 1973. The political leadership is beginning to grasp that even if we manage to send Hassan Nasrallah on the journey taken by Ahmed Yassin, Hezbollah (the Party of Allah), like Hamas, will not disappear from this world. Moreover, according to the plan Condoleezza Rice is carrying around, Hezbollah is expected to exit this war having extricated the Lebanese prisoners and the Shaba Farms from Israel, and still get to keep some of its arsenal." The IDF and the Israeli government need to remember that war is politics by other means. Keep your eye on what you want to achieve politically and don't assume that military action will achieve your goals. It's a tool - not the end in itself. The goal should be to achieve a political solution, not to disarm or crush or substantially weaken Hezbollah or humiliate Nasrallah. If Israel doesn't understand that soon, they, and the world, are in for even more pain. [link|http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060801/D8J7JKB80.html|Pushing deeper into Lebanon] is just going to make things worse, IMO. Cheers, Scott.
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Post #263,304
8/1/06 11:17:45 AM
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You're seriously comparing this to WWII?
Tell me, how many American civilians were killed in WWII vs. German or Japanese civilians? A lot more the 10:1. Do the numbers tell the story about WWII? <Shaking head> So, is Israel firebombing dresden? Or dropping nukes on Japan? How about Pearl Harbor? Or the invasion of Poland? or France? You sure you want to make this comparison?
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Post #263,311
8/1/06 11:59:49 AM
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Well, sure!
You remember how Britain was dispirited and surrendered following the nightly Nazi bombing raids on London?
Oh wait, that was in a parallel universe.
Alex
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Post #263,315
8/1/06 12:23:23 PM
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Post #263,317
8/1/06 12:27:19 PM
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It's worked swimmingly in Grozny, too. 23 kB .img
[image|http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/29/Grozny_war.jpg/300px-Grozny_war.jpg|0|Russian troops in Grozny, February 2000|220|300]
:-(
Cheers,
Scott.
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Post #263,383
8/2/06 6:09:53 AM
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I don't understand your point
The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and killed some 2400 US sailors, what was the US reaction? Was the reaction proportional?
Along those lines was the firebombing of Dresden a war crime? How about Hiroshima? How about the raids on Tokyo?
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Post #263,396
8/2/06 9:52:38 AM
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I know...
and I don't really expect you to. You're hung up on a protect Israel at all costs mindset and have forgotten history.
You ignore the fact that lots of people have considered (and accused) the US of war crimes for both Dresden and Hiroshima. You've also forgotten the fact that both Hiroshima and Dresden were acts against countries that were fully at war. Germany had invaded both Poland, France and a lot of other countries. Japan landed (and taken) islands in Alaska (and taken American civilians as POWs).
<Shrug>
I've already agreed with you that Israel needs to defend itself.
You know that I'm not a fan of Israel (I not a fan of any country that attacks us).
You know that both Saudia Arabia and others are also supporting Israels actions.
Just a thought: when your enemies are supporting your actions - perhaps it's time to re-evaluate your actions....maybe your helping them.
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Post #263,312
8/1/06 12:01:18 PM
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If we're going to go down that road...
...then neither Israel nor Hezbollah ever lost 20,000 troops in a single day.
[link|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Somme_%281916%29|http://en.wikipedia...._Somme_%281916%29]
Neither Israel nor Hezbollah ever had 25,000 people killed in a single air raid.
[link|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Dresden_in_World_War_II|http://en.wikipedia....n_in_World_War_II]
Neither Israel nor Hezbollah ever expended a million troops to hold a city.
[link|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad|http://en.wikipedia....tle_of_Stalingrad]
Every single death is a real human tragedy in this pissy, crappy little war.
But don't start pretending that it's anything other than a pissy, crappy little war.
And when you've won (or lost), what exactly is it you've won (or lost)?
A few square miles of fuck-all, that's what.
Idiots, the lot of you.
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Post #263,345
8/1/06 2:10:19 PM
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ICLRPD (new thread)
Created as new thread #263344 titled [link|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=263344|ICLRPD]
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Post #263,201
7/31/06 2:13:54 PM
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Welcome to the war of public opinion
which is the one that Israel is currently losing on nearly all fronts.
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Post #263,275
8/1/06 6:41:58 AM
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More evidence
[link|http://www.di2.nu/200608/01.htm|Qana-llywood]
The best evidence of prior planning is not to be found in Qana but in Beirut where, as Powerline noted, a large banner was printed up and displayed just hours after the "event". The banner's text clearly refers to the Qana deaths ("The massacre of children in Qana 2, is the gift of Rice. The clever bombs..Stupid") but the banner would have taken [link|http://israelmatzav.blogspot.com/2006/08/wondering-more-about-qana-and-30-foot.html|a day or more to produce].
Since I do banners like this for a living, I can tell you it take more than a few hours depending on the equipment. A banner that large can be done one of two ways. With a grant format printer. It would probably take about 3-4 hours to print, then hours more to sew and grommet so it could hung....The other way it to use a smaller series of machines all color calibrated and produce sections. At that point they would have to be stretch the length of the banner ( read large facility) and sewn together. ...Just putting an image together that large on a computer with Type would take a few hours. Then color tests, proofs and finally printing. That would be an all day affair for most print houses even with a grand format printer.
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Post #263,277
8/1/06 7:06:40 AM
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Ooh, blogs.
Well, I'm convinced. The Qana thing wasn't an Israeli air strike after all.
This isn't being picked up by the mainstream media at all, mainly because it's a load of pro-Israeli toss.
Lookie here, before your whiny "anti-israel" meter starts beeping: I think that both sides of this conflict are acting like a total pack of wankers who could equally benefit from a good hard kick in the bollocks.
Of course, you'd like me to say that Hezbollah are Bad And Evil Without Exception, only it's not as simple as that.
Peter
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Post #263,279
8/1/06 7:30:03 AM
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My brother used to make doznes of those a day for a living
banners arnt that dificult.
thanx,
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Post #263,282
8/1/06 9:33:34 AM
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FWIW (and that ain't much)
I don't see evidence of grommets.
You don't need color tests and proofs, or sewn edges, for propaganda.
The image could be done in advance, expecting that eventually something is going to happen they can decide to pin on her.
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Post #263,209
7/31/06 2:35:37 PM
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Qana seems to be a popular setting for IDF mistakes
The Shelling of Qana took place on April 18, 1996 in Qana, a village located southeast of Tyre, Lebanon. Amid heavy fighting between the Israeli Defense Forces and Hezbollah during "Operation Grapes of Wrath", a Fijian UNIFIL compound in the village was shelled by Israeli artillery, returning fire from Hezbollah adjacent to the compound (see Human shield).
Around 800 Lebanese civilians had taken refuge there to escape the fighting, of whom 106 were killed and around 116 others injured. Four UNIFIL soldiers were also seriously injured. [1][2] The event has sometimes been referred to as the Qana massacre, for example by Human Rights Watch[3] and the BBC.[4]
[link|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_shelling_of_Qana|http://en.wikipedia...._shelling_of_Qana] --
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Post #263,214
7/31/06 3:11:54 PM
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That could be why Hezbollah would stage something ...
there as I posted here [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=263189|Hezbollywood? Evidence mounts that Qana collapse was staged ]
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Post #263,224
7/31/06 3:48:36 PM
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Willing to believe anything that lets them off the hook, eh?
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Post #263,250
7/31/06 10:45:30 PM
8/1/06 12:28:36 AM
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And you are willing to believe any Arab propaganda
I bet you believed that in 2002 Israel massacred 500 Palestinians in Jenin, see this [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=35354|thread]. I bet you also believed Suha Arafat's statement in 1999 when Hillary Clinton visited that Israel was poisoning the Palestinians water.
How about the Egyptian claim that Israel is spreading AIDS to the Arabs?
How about the fact that the Protocols of the Elders of Zion is a bestseller ([link|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Protocols_of_the_Elders_of_Zion#Middle_East|http://en.wikipedia...._Zion#Middle_East]) in the Arab world? Maybe you believe the Protocols are true as well.
Hezbollah's patron the President of Iran denies the Holocaust [link|http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/14/AR2005121402403.html|ran's President Calls Holocaust 'Myth' in Latest Assault on Jews], is that true as well?
I could go on forever here. The point is that the Arab world today is a master of the Big Lie.
Edited by bluke
Aug. 1, 2006, 12:28:36 AM EDT
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Post #263,251
7/31/06 10:54:08 PM
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The reality is that PR is another front line
and right now Israel is losing all battles on that front.
Noone is claiming all of these stories to be true. But denying the damage they do to the "cause" or ignoring their relative importance is very dangerous.
Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry.Adrian Belew
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Post #263,271
8/1/06 3:13:13 AM
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LRPD sees and raises: It's the greatest tool ever invented
to distribute the darkness at the edge of the id.
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Post #263,253
7/31/06 11:20:22 PM
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arabs masterbate to that stuff
but the Isreali responses are ridiculous. You/we need a much better PR program.
thanx,
bill
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Post #263,257
8/1/06 12:26:33 AM
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100% percent
Bibi Netanyahu is the only one doing a good job
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Post #263,259
8/1/06 12:29:12 AM
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That is what I am here for :)
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Post #263,272
8/1/06 4:04:22 AM
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You are a riot! On this topic, you have zero credibility.
You are totally blinded by hate an are projecting your attitude to your enemies.
The Arabs don't care about life? Those women wailing over their dead should be getting Academy Awards for their acting.
As for their hate of Israel, do you remember Sharon's troops being greeted with flowers and celebrations by the Lebanese Shia in 1982? If there is hate now, it has been earned.
Sorry, but Israel is sowing the seeds of it's own destruction.
Alex
When fascism comes to America, it'll be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross. -- Sinclair Lewis
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Post #263,274
8/1/06 6:22:51 AM
8/1/06 6:27:46 AM
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You think you do?
Do you still believe that there was a massacre in Jenin? Remember this [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=35354|thread] where you insisted that there was a massacre even after all the human rights group agreed that no such thing had taken place.
How about the President of Iran the patron of Hezbollah being a Holocaust denier? Am I just making that up as well?
You can't stand it that Israel can actually stand up and defend itself.
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Aug. 1, 2006, 06:27:46 AM EDT
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Post #263,295
8/1/06 10:37:33 AM
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I read that old thread again.
I wasn't crying "massacre" without evidence. But, atrocities can be performed on single individuals and there were certainly those.
I've posted links to unquestionable massacres perpetrated by Israel in the past and there is not much point in re-visiting those.
The president of Iran lives in a alternate universe as do you. You are the two faces of the same coin. He does not speak for me and certainly is not an excuse for anything Israel does. What counts is what nations and people actually do.
I don't have a problem with Israel taking out Hezbolah.
Destroying the nation of Lebanon is defense? I don't think you know the meaning of the word. And if you do, don't try to corrupt the language. It's tough enough to communicate.
So, explain to me the issue of Shabaa Farms. Are they a part of the Greater Land of Israel? Would you be where you are today if that land, taken in 1967, was returned?
Alex
When fascism comes to America, it'll be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross. -- Sinclair Lewis
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Post #263,382
8/2/06 6:05:51 AM
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Shaba farms even according to the UN is not Lebanese
What truly amazes me is that the British and French sat down in the 1920's and carved up the Middle East arbitrarily and everyone takes these borders so seriously.
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Post #263,414
8/2/06 11:23:57 AM
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On the other hand, Israel is even less qualified....
to set boundaries.
From the Euphrates to the Nile doesn't cut it.
Alex
When fascism comes to America, it'll be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross. -- Sinclair Lewis
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Post #263,385
8/2/06 6:21:48 AM
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I wasn't crying "massacre" without evidence
Really??? So where is the evidence? Tell us what evidence you had when you cried massacre?
Here is what Human Rights Watch had to say:
[link|http://www.jpost.com/Editions/2002/04/28/News/News.47858.html|Human Rights Watch: No evidence of Jenin Massacre]
"The majority of those killed," said Peter Bouckaert, a senior researcher at US-based Human Rights Watch posted to Jenin, "were killed by snipers. Only one man, that we know of, was crushed in his home by a bulldozer." ...There is simply no evidence of a massacre.
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Post #263,546
8/3/06 7:35:58 AM
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Somehow the number of dead has been cut in half
[link|http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1154525796295&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull|IDF: Intel. failure caused Kana deaths ]
On Wednesday, both the Lebanese Health Ministry and the Human Rights Watch said that they could confirm only 28 of the originally reported 57 civilians who died in the building. Of the 28 that they confirmed, 16 were children.
The headlines all over the world were 60 dead civilians, causing great harm to Israel. I am sure there will be no headlines correcting the number.
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Post #263,573
8/3/06 9:55:27 AM
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you continually miss the point
pictures of one dead child.... overcomes the effect of katusha deaths because the west is that way. Understand it and get your story out there. Even Al Jazeera is doing a better job of reporting the Israeli side than Haaretz. Learn from them.
thanx,
bill
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Post #263,591
8/3/06 10:33:13 AM
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