Posted on 09/21/2006 8:26:42 PM PDT by blam
Lebanon's president castigates UN
Mr Lahoud held up a picture of a child casualty of the conflict
Lebanon's President Emile Lahoud has lambasted the UN for failing to stop "barbarous aggression" by Israel in the recent conflict. Mr Lahoud criticised the UN for allowing itself to be "subjected to the vagaries of a few world powers".
He said Lebanon reserved the right to take Israel to an international court to demand compensation for damages.
Mr Lahoud told the General Assembly Lebanon had been subjected to "a rarely seen campaign of savage dismemberment".
'Tacit approbation'
Mr Lahoud said Israeli fighter jets and bombs had targeted mostly civilians, "killing and maiming thousands and destroying all that made Lebanon a viable state".
"This aggression became even more cruel when it won the tacit approbation of certain great powers.
"The UN Security Council looked powerless to stop the slaughter of Lebanon's children and protect the peace in Lebanon and the Middle East," he said.
The Lebanese president criticised the time taken by the UN Security Council to agree resolution 1701, which led to a ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
Showing a picture of a child killed in the conflict, Mr Lahoud asked: "How many, children like this one here are going to die because nobody does anything for them?"
The president also welcomed investigations into Israel's use of cluster bombs during the war.
He said peace in the Middle East could not be achieved without addressing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which he said was the "root cause" of regional instability.
"Despite the horrid events in Lebanon, a window of opportunity has presented itself and should be fully exploited," he said.
Take control of the Islamic animals in your country that attack a soverign country and then get back with me.
Green Helmet Guy....long time no see.
"He said peace in the Middle East could not be achieved without addressing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict"
Where the hell has this clown been? President Bush has talked endlessly about the two state solution but has been rejected by all except Israel. There won't be a conflict if they stayed away from each other and Israel is not going anywhere.
Hey, mr. green helmet again! Perhaps the Israelis could hold up some pictures of arab israeli children killed by katyushas. "Look, we have had arab children killed by the hezzbullies too!"
Wow...what a nice week it has been at the UN.....since the President spoke, that is.
Why didn't Lahoud just bring in the Hamas troupe of media thespians with a few child corpses and props of rubble and clean toys to perform for the general assembly??
Emile's puppetmaster, Nasrallah, should be taken out by special forces.
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