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Amnesty accuses Hezbollah of war crimes against Israelis (!)
afp ^ | 14-sep | afp

Posted on 09/14/2006 8:40:07 AM PDT by epluribus_2

LONDON - The militant Shiite group Hezbollah committed war crimes in its deliberate targeting of civilians in the recent conflict with Israel, Amnesty International said in a report on Thursday.

The London-based human rights group said the guerrillas fired nearly 4,000 rockets into northern Israel, killing 43 civilians, seriously injuring 33 others and forcing hundreds of thousands to take refuge or flee.

About a quarter of all rockets — some packed with thousands of metal ball bearings — were fired directly into urban areas, it added in a document called “Under fire — Hezbollah’s attacks on northern Israel”.

It was only because Israeli civilians fled their homes or took shelter in bunkers that prevented a higher death toll, it said.

“The scale of Hezbollah’s attacks on Israeli cities, towns and villages, the indiscriminate nature of the weapons used and statements from the leadership confirming their intent to target civilians make it all too clear that Hezbollah violated the laws of war,” said Amnesty’s secretary-general Irene Khan.

“The fact that Israel has also committed serious violations in no way justifies violations by Hezbollah. Civilians must not be made to pay the price for unlawful conduct on either side.”

Amnesty’s claims come less than a month after it called for both sides to be investigated for “grave violations” of human rights law, accusing Israel of “indiscriminate and disproportionate” attacks on civilian infrastructure and war crimes.

During the month-long conflict, Amnesty said Hezbollah’s firing of Katyusha rockets into urban areas flouted the principle in international law of distinguishing between civilian and military targets.

“In the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, the suffering of civilians on both sides has been repeatedly ignored with those responsible escaping all accountability,” Khan said.

“Justice is urgently needed if respect for the rules of war is ever to be taken seriously — and that means accountability for the perpetrators of war crimes and reparations for the victims.”


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KEYWORDS: amnesty; hezbollah; toolittletoolate; usahater; warcrimes
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To: detsaoT

or placing a bunch of retarded and crippled kids in a house they are firing missiles from so they can orchestrate another MSM photographed "massacre".


21 posted on 09/14/2006 9:08:54 AM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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To: epluribus_2

There could have been a climate shift recently. Perhaps the commie libs were actually alarmed at how willing the NeoCons are to fight it out including total thermonuclear annihilation if it comes to that.


22 posted on 09/14/2006 9:09:41 AM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
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To: epluribus_2
AI does this to try to save face the same way the
ACLU occasionally makes the statement they are not anti-Christian. They can STILL go a screw themselves with assorted vegetables and sharp objects.
23 posted on 09/14/2006 9:10:41 AM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (My Pug is On Her War Footing (and acting like she owns TX now that we're here))
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To: epluribus_2

It took them all this time to figure out ways not to say this...


24 posted on 09/14/2006 9:11:48 AM PDT by observer5 (It's not a War on Terror - it's a WAR ON STUPIDITY)
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To: stickandpucknut
ITS ABOUT...TIME

"Amnesty’s claims come less than a month"

They knew about this at the time it happened, and it took them any time to denounce it? Its meaningless after the fact. They should have denounced it after the first missile. They denounced Israel almost immediately.
25 posted on 09/14/2006 9:14:00 AM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

But the AI wackos wont really pursue the matter they would rather bitch about us keeping killers locked up.


26 posted on 09/14/2006 9:18:31 AM PDT by stickandpucknut
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To: Alouette
This is just to put more teeth into their disproportionate condemnation of Israel.

I agree with you...They will sacrifice Hizbollah for an opportunity to snag Israel...

27 posted on 09/14/2006 9:25:59 AM PDT by Iscool
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To: epluribus_2

Amnesty International slings the word war crimes around so much it doesn't mean a damn thing anymore.


28 posted on 09/14/2006 9:26:06 AM PDT by Dreagon
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To: epluribus_2

I wouldn't get too excited. This is just the liberal version of the American Family Assoc. wanting to censor the 911 movie. Both groups have one and only one focus and don't care about collateral damage. Rights is rights, I tell you!


29 posted on 09/14/2006 9:31:27 AM PDT by whirleygirl (no longer Texasbound)
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To: epluribus_2
About a quarter of all rockets — some packed with thousands of metal ball bearings — were fired directly into urban areas,

Let me correct that statement. It should read:

All rockets were fired directly into urban areas— some packed with thousands of metal ball bearings — of those, one quarter hit the intended target.

30 posted on 09/14/2006 9:36:42 AM PDT by SampleMan
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

Every damn site you saw of where a Hezbollah missile landed, everything within a 50 yard radius looked like it had been hit with a shotgun blast. Hundreds of tiny holes from the ballbearings everywhere.

But it takes these assponies a whole month after the war to mention anything about it.


31 posted on 09/14/2006 10:11:22 AM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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