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UN observer: Hizbullah using us as shields
www.ynetnews.com ^ | (07.28.06, 02:48)

Posted on 07/27/2006 5:48:01 PM PDT by Esther Ruth

UN observer: Hizbullah using us as shields

Six days before he was killed by IDF fire, Canadian observer Major Paeta Hess-von Kruendener sent an email to his former commander at the Canadian army, in which he said that Hizbullah members were "running around in our positions" and using the post as a shield against Israeli attacks.

The soldier wrote that the IDF's strikes in the days before his death were "necessary" and made it clear that "this has not been deliberate targeting." The former commander, Major-General Lewis MacKenzie told of the letter in an interview to a Canadian radio show. (Ynet)

(07.28.06, 02:48)


TOPICS: Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2006israelwar; hizbullah; observer; shields; un

1 posted on 07/27/2006 5:48:02 PM PDT by Esther Ruth
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To: Esther Ruth

Oh boy, just wait till Kofi finds out who this guy is. We won't see him again. Actually stating facts about Hezbollah can get you seriously hurt in Kofi's little blue army...


2 posted on 07/27/2006 5:50:12 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: Esther Ruth

I got news for the observer. The UN is using you as human shields too. In blatant violation of geneva convention rules I might add.


3 posted on 07/27/2006 5:50:33 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Everybody's entitled to my opinion.)
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To: EagleUSA

He's dead.


4 posted on 07/27/2006 5:51:33 PM PDT by EmilyGeiger
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To: Esther Ruth
Convention IV

Part III. Status and Treatment of Protected Persons

Section I. Provisions common to the territories of the parties to the conflict and to occupied territories.

Art. 28. The presence of a protected person may not be used to render certain points or areas immune from military operations.

5 posted on 07/27/2006 5:54:44 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Everybody's entitled to my opinion.)
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To: EagleUSA
Oh boy, just wait till Kofi finds out who this guy is. We won't see him again.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Kofi will have to get through 10,000 screaming hosers to touch MacKenzie, and most of them in kilts.

Not a chance.

Besides, MacKenzie likley packs. He has brokered 20 cease fires during his career and knows how to play Kofi's nasty little game.

7 posted on 07/27/2006 5:58:44 PM PDT by Candor7 (Into Liberal flatulance goes the best hope of the West, and who wants to be a smart feller?)
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To: Esther Ruth
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do I really have to say it???

8 posted on 07/27/2006 5:58:47 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)
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To: Esther Ruth
UN observer: Hizbullah using us as shields

Muslims slaughtering people by the millions in the Sudan, and I bet Kofi is scratching his ugly head saying "This is a Zionist plot."

Note to Hizbollah, Kofi needs a job, AS A HUMAN SHIELD.

9 posted on 07/27/2006 6:01:14 PM PDT by mosquewatch.com ("The enemy is anyone who will get you killed, no matter what side they are on.")
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To: Esther Ruth

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1673260/posts

Hezbollah was using UN post as 'shield'
CanWest News Service, The Ottawa Citizen ^ | July 27, 2006 | Joel Kom, Steven Edwards

Posted on 07/27/2006 12:40:10 PM CDT by West Coast Conservative

The words of a Canadian United Nations observer written just days before he was killed in an Israeli bombing of a UN post in Lebanon are evidence Hezbollah was using the post as a "shield" to fire rockets into Israel, says a former UN commander in Bosnia.

Those words, written in an e-mail dated just nine days ago, offer a possible explanation as to why the post -- which according to UN officials was clearly marked and known to Israeli forces -- was hit by Israel on Tuesday night, said retired Maj.-Gen. Lewis MacKenzie yesterday.

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10 posted on 07/27/2006 6:09:04 PM PDT by Esther Ruth (Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD is thy keeper!)
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To: Esther Ruth

I saw that this a.m. on Fox, it should not be a surprise to anyone, but Kofi, maybe he can buy a vowel and complete the puzzle.


11 posted on 07/27/2006 6:10:45 PM PDT by tutstar (Baptist ping list-freepmail to get on or off)
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To: cripplecreek
Hey, you aren't supposed to actually read things constitutions, laws, and treaties. You are supposed to trust the mainstream media to interpret them for you. You aren't qualified to read the plain language of such documents without professional help.
12 posted on 07/27/2006 6:54:30 PM PDT by Question_Assumptions
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To: Question_Assumptions
Hey, you aren't supposed to actually read things constitutions, laws, and treaties. You are supposed to trust the mainstream media to interpret them for you. You aren't qualified to read the plain language of such documents without professional help.

Oh it's worse than all that. I read the stuff and then I talk to other people about it and even point out relevant info.

Won't the UN please take the internet before I inform again.
13 posted on 07/27/2006 6:58:24 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Everybody's entitled to my opinion.)
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To: BOBWADE

ping


14 posted on 07/27/2006 9:11:20 PM PDT by zip (((Remember: DimocRat lies told often enough become truth to 48% of all Americans (NRA)))))
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15 posted on 07/27/2006 9:11:51 PM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do!)
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Ping!
16 posted on 07/28/2006 9:11:29 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (updated my FR profile on Thursday, July 27, 2006. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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