Posted on 08/02/2006 11:03:46 AM PDT by tessalu
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 1: In an emotional address to the 15-member UN Security Council on Monday, Lebanese acting Foreign Minister Tarek Mitri pleaded with it to order ceasefire by Israel in the war and order inquiry into the Israeli bombing in Qana which killed at least 64 people mostly children.
“The spilled blood of the children in Qana deserves much more than expressions of regret,” said Mr Mitri.UNITED NATIONS, Aug 1: In an emotional address to the 15-member UN Security Council on Monday, Lebanese acting Foreign Minister Tarek Mitri pleaded with it to order ceasefire by Israel in the war and order inquiry into the Israeli bombing in Qana which killed at least 64 people mostly children.
“The spilled blood of the children in Qana deserves much more than expressions of regret,” said Mr Mitri. On Sunday the council was unable to condemn Israeli attacks or call for ceasefire under American pressure.
“We owe our people an honourable way out of this war,” Mr Mitri pleaded with the Security Council. “In the name of Lebanon, I appeal to you all to put an end to this human tragedy.”
Mr Mitri said Lebanon’s cabinet had approved a seven-point plan to end the conflict, which would require an immediate cease-fire, a withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon, a release of Lebanese and Israeli prisoners taken during the conflict, and the deployment of an international peacekeeping force in the southern part of the country.
The council meeting which turned into a verbal sparring match between Israeli Ambassador Dan Gillerman and Mr Mitri.
“Isn’t it time that Lebanon took its fate into its own hands rather than keep crying out to the Security Council and to the international community”, Gillerman mocked Mr Mitri.
He said Israel had no quarrel with Lebanon, only with its government’s allowing the country to be taken over by groups like Hezbollah. Mr Mitri said.
“When mistakes become a pattern of behaviour,” he said: “They then deserve another name, they qualify as crimes.”
Mr Gillerman replied that Lebanon had allowed violence to take over the country. “No baby is born wanting to be a suicide bomber,” he said. “But if that is the kind of culture they grow up in, violence breeds violence.”
On Sunday the council was unable to condemn Israeli attacks or call for ceasefire under American pressure.
“We owe our people an honourable way out of this war,” Mr Mitri pleaded with the Security Council. “In the name of Lebanon, I appeal to you all to put an end to this human tragedy.”
Mr Mitri said Lebanon’s cabinet had approved a seven-point plan to end the conflict, which would require an immediate cease-fire, a withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon, a release of Lebanese and Israeli prisoners taken during the conflict, and the deployment of an international peacekeeping force in the southern part of the country.
The council meeting which turned into a verbal sparring match between Israeli Ambassador Dan Gillerman and Mr Mitri.
“Isn’t it time that Lebanon took its fate into its own hands rather than keep crying out to the Security Council and to the international community”, Gillerman mocked Mr Mitri.
He said Israel had no quarrel with Lebanon, only with its government’s allowing the country to be taken over by groups like Hezbollah. Mr Mitri said.
“When mistakes become a pattern of behaviour,” he said: “They then deserve another name, they qualify as crimes.”
Mr Gillerman replied that Lebanon had allowed violence to take over the country. “No baby is born wanting to be a suicide bomber,” he said. “But if that is the kind of culture they grow up in, violence breeds violence.”
They should plead with Hezbullah to end the war.
Ah, how about releasing the two Israeli soldiers @sshole...then we'll talk...
In an emotional address to the 15-member UN Security Council on Monday, Lebanese acting Foreign Minister Tarek Mitri pleaded with it to order ceasefire by Israel
What, no plea for hezbullah to also ceasefire or is this just a one way street here..
Please, please make those awful Jew dogs leave us alone so we don't have to suffer, like them (they deserve it and we don't, Mr. Kofi.)
"UNITED NATIONS, Aug 1: In an emotional address to the 15-member UN Security Council on Monday, Lebanese acting Foreign Minister Tarek Mitri pleaded with it to order ceasefire by Israel in the war and order inquiry into the Israeli bombing in Qana which killed at least 64 people mostly children. "
It was 28 people and the investigation has been completed. The building collapsed 7 hours later, the timestamp on the pictures were hours different and Israel has footage of Hezzies firing from the building.
Conclusion: Hezbollah killed their own and blamed Israel, which has been a common theme over the last 24 years.
Only in the movies.
If there are not any laws broken, then the Government is criminal.
If Lebanese laws were broken, where are the arrests?
The UN is, once again, about to prove its complete fecklessness and irrelevance.
BINGO!
Imagine a band of thugs in Buffalo, NY lobbing rockets into Ontario and the US doing nothing to stop them. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
"Mr Mitri said Lebanon’s cabinet had approved a seven-point plan to end the conflict, which would require an immediate cease-fire, a withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon, a release of Lebanese and Israeli prisoners taken during the conflict, and the deployment of an international peacekeeping force in the southern part of the country."
Sheesh, you gotta be kiddin' me. This guy is nothing more than a mouthpiece for Hezbollah. This 7 point plan would be a big win-win for the bad guys. Turn the heat up a little and the terrorists yelp like a scalded dog.
No kiddin !
The UN decided not to help by allowing the thugs to import rockets. Why should the UN help them now? Let's face it - if there was no UN there would be no war or it would have been over by now.
UN pleads for cash kickbacks from Lebanon if they want resolutions passed.
Kojo needs a new Benz.
A simple googling of Tarek Mitri's name shows him to be a master rationalizer of dhimmitude.
Yes. The Lebanese govt. should be held accountable. Hezbollah is a part of their govt.
Crying to the UN is about as useful as praying that your car will fix itself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tZAsYlmvlw&mode=related&search=
The IDF will end this mess once and for all.
Yes. The Lebanese govt. should be held accountable. Hezbollah is a part of their govt.
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