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UN official says Gaza school was clearly marked
Reuters ^ | Jan 6, 2009 | Claudia Parsons

Posted on 01/06/2009 12:03:47 PM PST by Malone LaVeigh

A U.N. official in Gaza said a school where dozens of Palestinians were killed by tank shells on Tuesday was clearly marked with a U.N. flag and its location had been reported to Israeli authorities.

John Ging, director of operations in Gaza for UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, said the death toll in the Israeli artillery strike near the school in Jabalya refugee camp was 30 dead with another 55 people injured.

(Excerpt) Read more at uk.reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: gaza; israel; jabalya; palestine; un; unrwa
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He said U.N. staff vetted Palestinians seeking shelter at their facilities to make sure militants were not taking advantage of them. "So far we've not had violations by militants of our facilities," he said.

Coming from the UN, that's really very reassuring.

1 posted on 01/06/2009 12:03:47 PM PST by Malone LaVeigh
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To: Malone LaVeigh

I guess rooters missed the video from liveleak where the cockroaches were launching mortars from the front dooryard of that shool....


2 posted on 01/06/2009 12:05:59 PM PST by xcamel (The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
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I'm sure they checked each individual as they entered the building in orderly fashion.

Honest.

3 posted on 01/06/2009 12:06:25 PM PST by Pistolshot ("Democrats don't show respect, they just demand respect " - ClearCase_guy)
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To: Malone LaVeigh

so why was a hamas mortar being fired from this well marked school?


4 posted on 01/06/2009 12:06:33 PM PST by joe fonebone (The libtard votes in every election, regardless of the candidate.)
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To: Malone LaVeigh

Either (i) the Israelis are targeting schools for the fun of it - an assertion ridiculous in its face - or are otherwise grossly negligent, or (ii) there were weapons in that building and the UN is not terribly concerned about actions that would protect Israel from attack.

Guess which scenario I believe? Obviously the latter.


5 posted on 01/06/2009 12:07:21 PM PST by cvq3842
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To: Malone LaVeigh

Coming from the UN, that’s really very reassuring.
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Most likely it is an outright lie. Knowing who and what we are dealing with. These cowardly scum terrorists use children, churches, mosques, civilians, etc. as cover thinking the “infidels” of the West are too naive and caring to blow them to hell regardless of where they hide.

Once a war is finally fought and won, only then will peace ever happen in the Middle East involving Israel and the Arab shills, the Pals and Hamas, et al.


6 posted on 01/06/2009 12:08:02 PM PST by EagleUSA
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To: Malone LaVeigh

Thanks! Keep marking targets for the Israelis!

If the UN says “Nothing here!”, that’s where the good guys need to fire.


7 posted on 01/06/2009 12:10:06 PM PST by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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was clearly marked with a U.N. flag

In my mind, that's a bullseye ;-)

8 posted on 01/06/2009 12:10:29 PM PST by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: Malone LaVeigh

So the UN is actually shielding the terrorist?


9 posted on 01/06/2009 12:10:54 PM PST by TexasCajun
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To: Malone LaVeigh

War is Hell.


10 posted on 01/06/2009 12:11:37 PM PST by proudpapa (Obama - The Worst One Ever!)
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To: Malone LaVeigh

Clearly marked like the UN vehicles and ambulances shuttling gunmen up and down the streets?


11 posted on 01/06/2009 12:12:47 PM PST by SFC Chromey (We are at war with Islamofascists inside and outside our borders, now ACT LIKE IT!)
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“clearly marked with a U.N. flag”

And, likewise clearly marked on IDF video and radar as the source of mortar rounds.


12 posted on 01/06/2009 12:13:19 PM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel
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To: Malone LaVeigh

Apparently a UN ammo dump.


13 posted on 01/06/2009 12:14:01 PM PST by Paladin2 (No, pundits strongly believe that the proper solution is more dilution.)
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Just want to keep this straight:

Israeli's have evidence of mortars being launched from this location and fires on it.

Hamas says openly “Kill all Jewish children worldwide!”

UN is ticked.

Do I have this?

14 posted on 01/06/2009 12:14:08 PM PST by poobear (a 2-iron is best for killing Cottonmouths, Copperheads, and Water Moccasins...)
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re: marked with a U.N. flag

Sorry, Charlie. Mortar fire coming from a building trumps any sort of flag identifying it as an exempt target.


15 posted on 01/06/2009 12:14:55 PM PST by jwparkerjr (God Bless America!)
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I believe the U.N as much as I believe Obama, so that answer is ZERO. The U.N is VERY VERY anti-semetic, always side with the arabs so this doesn’t shock me. Hamas had rockets in that building, had been firing from that building, so what did they do, they put women and children in there while they are firing KNOWING that Israel would attack it, they enjoy watching women and children die, why, to get PUBLICITY, so that Israel can be called murderers, this is their plan and the Democrats are falling for it hook, line, and sinker


16 posted on 01/06/2009 12:17:04 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Malone LaVeigh

Hamas is really getting the poop beat out of them (Go, IDF!) so they have manufactured this “event” to try and turn the tide of public opinion against Israel.

The UN is happy to help out, obviously.

Keep pounding them, guys.


17 posted on 01/06/2009 12:18:15 PM PST by Bahbah (Typical white person-Snow white)
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To: Malone LaVeigh

“A U.N. official in Gaza said a school where dozens of Palestinians were killed by tank shells on Tuesday was clearly marked with a U.N. flag.”

So this is an indictment of the Hamas criminals who used a clearly marked school, right?


18 posted on 01/06/2009 12:18:27 PM PST by swain_forkbeard (Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
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To: Malone LaVeigh

The Palestinians and Hamas build bunkers and depots under ground then build a school or hospital or mosque on top and then when they provoke a ware and that building gets targeted they cry foul.

Screw em... This crap has gone on long enough, I hope Israel tramples these animals to dust. UN, US, et al just go to hell and let the Jews do what they should have done a long time ago.

If the palestinians are so ignorant that they are so easily manipulated by their “arab” breatheren (bretheren who consider them below trailer trash and treat them far worse than the Israeli’s do in their own countries) to be cannon fodder, the let them become it. They elected Hamas, and continue to support them, their government condones and backs 80-90 rocket attacks a day against Israel, they decided to put these animals in power, so now those that are not guility will pay the price with the dogs who are... You sleep with dogs, you wake up with fleas.


19 posted on 01/06/2009 12:18:27 PM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: Malone LaVeigh

This situation reminds me of kids yelling “SAFE!” when grabbing the flagpole while playing tag.


20 posted on 01/06/2009 12:18:27 PM PST by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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