CBC Canadian General - Hezbullah Using UN Soldiers as Shield [Remember this? See photo]

News Busters.com ^ | July 26, 2006

[OnRightOnLeftCoast]

- Photo I added is not from article -

According to Major General Lewis MacKenzie, Canadian Army, retired, one of the Canadian soldiers killed by Israeli bombs in Lebanon had written emails home complaining that Hizbullah terrorists were using his UN post as a shield, expecting that Israel wouldn't target them if they were close to the UN post.

[OnRightOnLeftCoast]

UN observation post eventually attacked by Israel:

[Modok]

The UN observation post was hit as soon as Israel figured out that the people in the post were spotting for Hezbollah miltia. When you find the spotters you make meat irregardless of the clothes they are wearing.

[Admin Moderator]

Do you have a link to the article?

[Bigh4u2]

I found it.

http://newsbusters.org/node/6597

[Proud_USA_Republican]

Anyone notice how after about 15 minutes of grandstanding by Coffi Anus, you haven't heard anything more about this from the UN?

Something tells me the UN is laying low because they don't want a full investigation of what was going on around there to get out.

[redgirlinabluestate]

Did you all see the youtube.com tape of the UN ambulance being used by Gaza terrorists? And it was not transporting injured people! The fighters looked very much alive and uninjured.</p>

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1674207/posts

[Bigh4u2]

Hence my tagline.

[b4its2late]

If there was something to it, as in deliberate, 'ole Kofi would've not accepted any apology. He'd be all over it as would his ally, the New York Times....

[Admin Moderator]

Thank you for providing the link, Bigh4u2.

[Bigh4u2]

No problemo!!

The poster had the original as .com instead of .org.

[Bigh4u2]

Yeah.

Saw that yesterday.

Isn't it amazing how a 'neutral observer' just can't seem to keep it's nose out of where is doesn't belong?

The U.N. is usless. Except to terrorists, that is.

[oolatec]

We don't know if that outpost was attacked by Israel. One thing for sure however, is that it wasn't the one where the four observers were in... Just trying to clarify, that's all...

[lilylangtree]

And yet the UN is suppose to be impartial? Excuse me while I puke.

[CyberAnt]

"... spotting for Hezbollah ..."


Exactly!

[BluH2o]

You may recall in the Six Day War back in June of 1967 Israeli fighter aircraft and torpedo boats attacked the U.S. Navy intelligence vessel Liberty. It was rumored after that the Israeli's were well aware the ship was American, but felt they were assisting Egypt by communicating information that was harmful to Israel. In any case they apologized saying it was a tragic error made in the fog of war ... the Israeli attack killed 34 U.S. servicemen and wounded at least 173. The attack on the NATO observation base in southern Lebanon by Israel has a lot of distressing similarities.

[jocko12]

Israel needs to target all U.N. outpost.

[VOA]

bump

[lentulusgracchus]

The UN observation post was hit as soon as Israel figured out that the people in the post were spotting for Hezbollah miltia. When you find the spotters you make meat irregardless of the clothes they are wearing.

Are you sure this was happening? That the Hizbollah were inside the OP?

[TheBattman]

The attack on the NATO observation base in southern Lebanon by Israel has a lot of distressing similarities.

Ummm... Was a UN observation post, not a NATO post. And in this case - there is little doubt that the UN post was being used as a targeting station for Hezzie rockets. Big difference in the two events.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Humm. They appear to have foolishly allowed someone to establish a forward position outside their camp, but inside their perimeter. The Yellow flag is appropriate for cowards who use others as shields.