Posted on 07/20/2006 1:16:41 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
MOSCOW, July 20 (Reuters) - Russia said on Thursday that the Israeli offensive on Lebanon had gone "far beyond" the anti-terrorist operation Israel says it is conducting against the Hizbollah militia.
"The unprecedented scale of victims and destruction bear witness to the fact that the actions that were announced to (free captured Israeli servicemen) have gone far beyond the bounds of an anti-terrorist operation," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Israeli warplanes and artillery have been pounding Lebanon for more than a week. Israel says it is retaliating for the capture of two of its soldiers in a Hizbollah operation.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the weekend he respected Israel's right to self-defence but added he believed Israel had other motives for the offensive. He did not say what those motives were.
The Russian Foreign Ministry statement underlines differences among major powers over how to respond to the violence. Washington has emphasised its view that extremists backed by Iran and Syria are to blame, and not Israel.
The United Nations Security Council, where Russia is one of the five veto holders, is to discuss a response to the crisis.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in a newspaper interview published on Thursday the first step to peace was a ceasefire. Washington has said a U.N. resolution calling for a ceasefire is unlikely to rein in Hizbollah.
The Art Bell Show is available in Russia, and those other motives have been presented there in sufficient detail to whet the appetite of conspirialists worldwide.
So says the guy that flattened Grozny.
"Maybe Putin forgets how he deals w/Chechnya, Beslen and the Moscow Theater."
Nope they didn't forget, they killed their Chechen version of Bin Laden recently, Baslayef or whatever his name was. That is what Israel is also trying to do, kill the head of Hezbollah and destroy the ability to attack. Same as Russia but of course Russia must keep it's patron Iran happy at the end of the day. Russia is gleeful at the ME turmoil and is likely hoping it will continue. This keeps oil prices high and translates into billions for them.
So what does Israel have to offer Russia? Iran and Syria can offer them lots of contracts and give them a foothold in the Middle East.
"The unprecedented scale of victims and destruction...REMINDS US OF WHAT WE DID IN AFGHANISTAN AND CHECHNYA"
There, I fixed it.
exactly.
They are just trying to protect a customer (Iran/Syria) while they products they are depending on (the rockets) are failing.
Chechens are a bunch of savages; your pity would be better spent on poisonous serpents and spiders.
"The unprecedented scale of victims and destruction bear witness to the fact that the actions that were announced to (free captured Israeli servicemen) have gone far beyond the bounds of an anti-terrorist operation," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
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Let's all google 'Chechnya' and see what we can find to expose this hypocrisy, shall we?
Here's Human Right Watch testimony:
"Since the beginning of the conflict, Russian forces have indiscriminately and disproportionately bombed and shelled civilian objects, causing heavy civilian casualties. The Russian forces have ignored their Geneva convention obligations to focus their attacks on combatants, and appear to take few safeguards to protect civilians: It is this carpet-bombing campaign which has been responsible for the vast majority of civilian deaths in the conflict in Chechnya. The Russian forces have used powerful surface-to surface rockets on numerous occasions, causing death tolls in the hundreds in the Central Market bombing in Grozny and in many smaller towns and villages. Lately, Russian commanders have threatened to use even more powerful explosives, including fuel air explosives which could have a disastrous casualty count if used against civilian targets. The bombing campaign has turned many parts of Chechnya to a wasteland: even the most experienced war reporters I have spoken to told me they have never seen anything in their careers like the destruction of the capital Grozny. "
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2000/03/01/russia11094.htm
Where did I show any "pity"?
"Chechens are total savages and always have been."
What over-the-top ethnic prejudice. Yes, the Chechen militants are terrorists, but that is as far as it goes.
As for savages ...
"For many Chechens, the constant bombardment was only the beginning of the horror. Once they came into contact with Russian forces, they faced even greater dangers. Human Rights Watch has now documented three large-scale massacres by Russian forces in Chechnya. In December, Russian troops killed seventeen civilians in the village of Alkhan-Yurt while going on a looting spree, burning many of the remaining homes and raping several women. We have documented at least fifty murders, mostly of older men and women, by Russian soldiers in the Staropromyslovski district of Grozny since Russian forces took control of that district: innocent civilians shot to death in their homes and their yards. In one case, three generations of the Zubayev family were shot to death in the yard of their home. "
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2000/03/01/russia11094.htm
Tell me again, who are the 'savages' here?
The chechens. Why? I mean, it isn't my fault if you want to believe slammite propaganda.
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Got to love those Soviet tactics.../sarc
Ef them all. Pox on all their houses.
its worse than that - Putie now says the Hezzies are not to blame.
http://thomasjoscelyn.blogspot.com/2006/07/russia-denies-iranian-syrian-role-in.html
They have murdered MILLIONS of people, so, Russia.............STFU!
You kill it in millions being covered with ideas.
I am easy to name ten facts for what Americans must be judged.
Where Russian have killed millions? The facts in studio. Also put a patch from propagation on the brains.
At the same time, answer, how much the Russian flags burn daily and how much American? You are not liked with half of world, for 10 years of life by the world leader you have managed to become more unpopular than us (Russian) and Jews.
If all around bad can something with you not so?
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