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Posted on 07/29/2006 10:30:17 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
Israeli combat soldiers walk along the Israeli northern border with Lebanon. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is pursuing a new round of Middle East diplomacy as the Lebanon conflict moved into its 19th day, with Israel and Hezbollah exchanging firepower and threats in defiance of international moves toward a ceasefire
FOX just ran the IDF tape of rockets being fired from behind a building. IDF working to confirm that it was the same building in Qana that was hit.
Not that I consider the building inhabitants "civilians", but I'm curious what the time difference was between the rocket launches and the bomb release.
http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/2006/07/fred-karnos-european-army.html
The comedic character of the European Army in the Congo continues – only with more tragic results this time.
According to Reuters, via The Washington Post, a Belgian UAV flying over Kinshasa has crashed, setting a house on fire and injuring five people.
This, it is reported, with not a little understatement, is a setback for the European Union military force, EUFOR, that was deployed in the central African state with great fanfare to protect civilians during today’s general election vote.
The craft was flying its first reconnaissance mission over the capital when it crashed into the house on Friday. The five injured people were suffering burns. EUFOR said it had lost contact with its remote handler. "This drone flying over Kinshasa for a first technical flight is intended to take photographs and is not armed," the force said in a statement.
Not is this the first little upset. On Thursday, two French Mirage jets had stoked already simmering political tensions by flying low at high speed over the capital. Unfortunately, their over-flight coincided with the outbreak of a big fire which destroyed part of the compound of a presidential candidate and former rebel leader, Jean-Pierre Bemba.
The unexplained blaze killed two children and some of Bemba's bodyguards accused the jets of bombing the building, a charge EUFOR denied.
Nevertheless, angry Bemba supporters went on the rampage, looting a church and torching several buildings. Three police, two soldiers and a civilian were killed in the disturbances, raising fears that violence could disrupt voting.
Had the incidents been caused by American or Israeli forces, the betting is that the news would have been on the front page. But, since the European Union seems to be about as good at peacekeeping as it is everything else, this activity, despite the tragic results, belongs in the comic section.
Anyone have the coordinates for Qana? I want to find it in Google Earth...that building in the Fox video is very distinctive and should be identifiable from satellite view.
FOX showing film from Israel showing missiles launching from the bldg. they hit the kids were in.
Again, Hezbollah in the middle of civilians.
cnn pipeline: israel amb. gillerman: "tell the people of lebanon to protest hezbollah"
I'll be very glad when Condi gets back to home territory, personally. Whatever is going on over there, it isn't good.
Wasn't he just wonderful?
Latitude 33.47361
Longitude 35.51250
Gillerman was stellar.
Wow. Glad I got to hear that.
cnn pipeline: un security council meeting adjourned for "consultations"
Amen brother! In honor of our Marines and Soldiers killed in Beirut and Saudi Arabia I wish we were offering more substantial assistance to Israel in this fight. Hezbollah has been at war with us since 1983 and we've yet to fight back. I hope Israel wipes the bastards out!
An excellent presentation by Gillerman.
Ooh. there's John Bolton.
I heart John Bolton.
Gillerman talking to Bolton...
wish I could read lips...
amb. of Lebanon speaking with Annan...
would love to know what koffi and him are talking about.
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