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Annan's Claims On Casualties May Unravel
The New York Sun ^
| July 27, 2006
| BENNY AVNI
Posted on 07/27/2006 3:27:30 AM PDT by baystaterebel
An apparent discrepancy in the portrayal of events surrounding the deaths of four unarmed U.N. observers in Lebanon threatens to unravel Secretary-General Annan's initial accusation that Israel "deliberately" targeted the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon.
A Canadian U.N. observer, one of four killed at a UNIFIL position near the southern Lebanese town of Khiyam on Tuesday, sent an e-mail to his former commander, a Canadian retired major-general, Lewis MacKenzie, in which he wrote that Hezbollah fighters were "all over" the U.N. position, Mr. MacKenzie said. Hezbollah troops, not the United Nations, were Israel's target, the deceased observer wrote.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2006israelwar
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To: Darkwolf377
Will the libs start tossing around "Liar!" so quickly as they do with Bush, or will we see lots of posts on DU like "Let's just step back and wait for the FACTS to come out, people."?Liberals wait for facts? You have got to be dreaming. Libs don't look for fact they make them up. Their motto seems to be, “say it enough with enough conviction and it becomes a fact.”
Truth and facts are the ultimate enemy of liberals.
To: Jameison
Kofi Annan? He ain't heavy, he's my brother.
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posted on
07/27/2006 4:21:58 AM PDT
by
Enterprise
(Let's not enforce laws that are already on the books, let's just write new laws we won't enforce.)
To: baystaterebel
In other words, hezbolah was using the UN for cover.
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posted on
07/27/2006 4:22:18 AM PDT
by
redgolum
("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
To: cripplecreek
Oh they were only smuggling khats. They're really going to get into trouble when they try to smuggle dhogs.
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posted on
07/27/2006 4:23:54 AM PDT
by
Enterprise
(Let's not enforce laws that are already on the books, let's just write new laws we won't enforce.)
To: cripplecreek
This is obvioulsy another reason the criminal Kofi was so eager to distract attention from the the crimes of the UN by screaming out about "deliberate" targeting of UN people by Israel.
Figures.
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posted on
07/27/2006 4:29:37 AM PDT
by
Jameison
To: Enterprise
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posted on
07/27/2006 4:29:54 AM PDT
by
Jameison
To: redgolum
In other words, hezbolah was using the UN for cover. Ya think.
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posted on
07/27/2006 4:34:25 AM PDT
by
jslade
(The beatings well cease when morale improves!)
To: baystaterebel
Involuntary Human Shields? hmmm.
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posted on
07/27/2006 4:37:19 AM PDT
by
Eddie01
(please let me know if I missed anything)
To: baystaterebel
Why doesn't Kofi just go off somewhere and fade?
To: baystaterebel
Like any good socialist, he believes in the power of the accusation without regard to facts.
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posted on
07/27/2006 4:41:58 AM PDT
by
IamConservative
(Humility is not thinking less of oneself; humility is thinking about oneself less.)
To: baystaterebel
They need to read FR. We had that e-mail on here earlier. I bet Tony knew about it, and got the ball rolling.
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posted on
07/27/2006 4:43:45 AM PDT
by
mathluv
(Never Forget!)
To: cripplecreek
A neighbor works at the UN in the IT dept. Even in that out-of-the-loop position he hears stories all the time about the corruption that goes all the way to the top. KA is a joke and a disgrace to the real people who work there.
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posted on
07/27/2006 4:45:30 AM PDT
by
wtc911
(You can't get there from here)
To: baystaterebel
UNIFIL has been aiding and abetting Hezbollah for years. That's why the UN has left it there. So I wouldn't have objected even if Israel had targeted them deliberately.
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posted on
07/27/2006 4:48:09 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: Peach
With this going on within 2 meters of their position you have to wonder why in hell they weren't pulled out. Kofi Annan and the UN are responsible for these mens deaths. This is gross negligence on his part.
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posted on
07/27/2006 4:48:52 AM PDT
by
saganite
(Billions and billions and billions-------and that's just the NASA budget!)
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
07/27/2006 4:50:37 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: saganite
...you have to wonder why in hell they weren't pulled out.They weren't pulled out because they were doing exactly what they were supposed to do. Aid and abet Hezbollah. And they were expendable. To the UN and Hezbollah, anyway.
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posted on
07/27/2006 4:52:12 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: mathluv
Do you have a link to that post?
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posted on
07/27/2006 4:53:09 AM PDT
by
saganite
(Billions and billions and billions-------and that's just the NASA budget!)
To: rod1
Kofi's Nuke inspectors in Iraq and now in Iran are arabs.
Think about that.
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posted on
07/27/2006 4:57:26 AM PDT
by
funkywbr
To: baystaterebel
Why is this idiot still in charge???
To: saganite
"In response to a question about Hezbollah activity in the area, the official said that no Hezbollah activity had been reported there, with the nearest known activity by that group taking place at least five kilometres away" http://www.un.org/News/ossg/hilites.shtml
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posted on
07/27/2006 5:09:26 AM PDT
by
EBH
(Islam: A government ruled by or subject to religious authority.)
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