Posted on 08/29/2006 4:22:33 AM PDT by IrishMike
UNITED NATIONS — In a departure from language used by the U.N. Security Council, Secretary-General Annan yesterday linked the issue of releasing Israeli soldiers to freeing Lebanese terrorists held by Israel. Hezbollah demanded a prisoner swap when it kidnapped the two soldiers on July 12, launching a month-long war.
Mr. Annan, speaking to the press in Beirut, retreated from several demands the Security Council made on Hezbollah and went as far as to equate the conduct of Israeli army soldiers with that of terrorists serving the Taliban regime.
"You have to talk with those with the guns to stop shooting, whether they are Israelis or whether they are Taliban or anybody else," he said, referring to the United Nations's need to deliver assistance to victims at times of war.
Despite those gestures toward Lebanese Hezbollah supporters — and though he met with the Shiite speaker of Lebanon's parliament, Nabih Berri, and with Hezbollah's Cabinet minister, Muhammed Fneish, as well as Prime Minister Siniora — a Shiite crowd booed the U.N. chief as he visited a hard-hit Beirut neighborhood.
Surrounded by armed guards, Mr. Annan was forced to retreat to his car after a crowd in the Hezbollah-controlled southern Beirut neighborhood booed and heckled him, according to press reports...............
He then dropped a key provision in Security Council resolution 1701 that called for the immediate release of the two Israelis — whose kidnapping was the cause for the month-long war between Israel and Hezbollah — without reference to an immediate release of any other prisoners.
At America's insistence, under the terms of the resolution, the release must be "unconditional.
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Coffee, you really don't make your people proud!
"whether they are Israelis or whether they are Taliban or anybody else"
What an idiot... and this guy is allowed to continue in his position?
Ask Congress. They fund the expletive-deleted and the cesspool he swims in.
All we did is go out and kidnap a few soldiers and all hell breaks out.
We Hezbos were just out to have a little fun. Cheese and crackers!
Coffee doesn't have any authority to change the terms of any UN resolution, even though he would like to.
Like that matters? :(
I saw a few threads and postings over the last few days where UN/ UNIFILL was broadcasting Israeli troop and equipment movements.
Now I'm beginning to think that the Israeli air force missile strike on that UN 'spotter' position was a good HIT !!!!!!
Are we really sure Kofi Annan came from Ghana? He appears to me more like a New Orleans refugee.
Are we really sure Kofi Annan came from Ghana? He appears to me more like a New Orleans refugee.
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Did he arrive in Lebanon with a plastic container of heiniken ? A UN / Hezbo shin dig to celebrate 'diplomacy'.
My comment on this yesterday was "Or else what?"
Today a member of Hezbollah was more direct. Perhaps the money question was more along the lines of "Who's your daddy?"
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Not us taxpayers again ??
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