Posted on 07/18/2006 11:45:37 PM PDT by yankeedame
FOUR lorries destroyed by Israeli air raids near the Christian town of Zahle in Lebanon's Bekaa valley yesterday were carrying nothing but medicines and food provisions, awitness says.
An Israeli military spokesman said the lorries had been carrying arms, munitions and explosives from Syria bound for Hezbollah fighters operating in the Bekaa valley.
An AFP journalist saw that one of the lorries was transporting medicine from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Another had been carrying vegetable oil, which spilled over the road, a third had a cargo of provisions and the fourth was empty.
Meanwhile, Turkish diplomats in Beirut said that a Turkish truck carrying cooking oil was also destroyed by Israeli fire in the Bekaa valley yesterday.
The UAE also denounced the bombarding of one of their humanitarian convoys.
The Israeli military carried out at least six attacks on lorries in the Zahle area, police said.
"Israel is clearly trying to disrupt daily life for the Lebanese, to isolate Bekaa from the rest of the country and to cut the supply lines to the Hezbollah in southern Lebanon," one police officer said.
....were carrying nothing but medicines and food provisions...
.....other sources reveal the contents included baby milk
Hey Agence France-Presse tell the Turks and all the rest of the dimwits that there is a war going on over there. There are rockets and bombs going off.
That's Muhammad Al'Awitness. He's been around for years, witnessing American attacks on widows and orphans (our smart bombs all have a "widows/orphans" setting), British attacks on toy factories, Israeli attacks on civilian food convoys, and French surrenders.
Right and they were all headed to a moslime wedding!
Food doesn't usually explode in spectacular fashion............
They didn't mess up, they hit the trucks
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Just like they messed up when they bombed that family happily enjoying a picnic on the beach?
Hamas did that
Well, they "could" have been carrying food but most likely were not.
From the FR thread 'IAF foils rocket transports from Syria'
it is noted that that the truck was disguised as a civilian vehicle in order not to be identified.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1668051/posts
We don't do that, since WWII. It engenders contempt and encourages our enemies.
Better they should hate us for being strong and ruthless than that they believe they can exterminate us because we are weak.
You may be under the impression that if Israel whined and declared themselves victims, then the left and the Western media would whine and cry with us. All that would guarantee is that then fascists would then cheer at the weakness of the entire West.
If you were being sarcastic,next time please add */s*.
They make oil, too...
GOOD ONE!
Very possible. Even the best armies make mistakes, especially under the stress of an ongoing combat. And I don't like how people are just jumping to conclusions. But, to be fair, the Palestinians and Islamists try this sort of crap all the time.
>>>'carrying food'>>>
As a top layer on top of the military grade exposives and missiles.
>>>Uh, couldn't they have been carrying food? Is that so far fetched? I don't think so. Looks like the IDF messed up on this one.>>>
Wow, with your line of thinking, the South would have won the Civil War.
"Awwww, don't go blocking trains with food, those rebel soldiers need to eat!!! Poor things. They have to keep their strength so we can fight a longer war..."
Thank God there weren't many of you around back then.
I beg to differ. Provisions are just as legitimate military targets as guns and ammo. Hungry soldiers make poor fighters. The German 6th Army at Stalingrad learned this lesson all too well.
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