Posted on 08/03/2006 4:22:37 AM PDT by Republicain
New York, 3 August (AKI) - With violence escalating in Afghanistan, the head of the United Nations cultural agency has condemned a suicide bomb attack in Kandahar that killed a television cameraman and several other civilians, saying he was "particularly horrified" as the bombers had waited for a crowd to gather to inflict maximum suffering. "The killing of civilians is completely unacceptable and the targeting of media professionals is particularly reprehensible," said Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO.
Abdul Qodus, a cameraman for the privately-owned TV station Aryana, and a driver employed by the same company, were killed when a Taleban suicide bomber caused an explosion shortly after a first suicide bomb attack in the same location.
"I am particularly horrified by the cynical tactics of the bombers who waited for a crowd to gather on the spot of a first attack before unleashing a second explosion. The use of bloodshed to suppress information and human rights is particularly heinous," added Matsuura.
UNESCO is the only UN agency with a mandate to defend freedom of expression and press freedom.
Unless of course, it's Israeli civilians who are targeted for murder.
Islamic radicals behaving like ruthless, brutal barbarians--what a surprise!
cynical tactics? that's all they are?
As an organization that's been repeatedly attacked by Islamic terrorists (as recently as last week in Beirut), the U.N. is strangely brain dead on the subject of jihad.
"The killing of civilians is completely unacceptable and the targeting of media professionals is particularly reprehensible,"
...even more than children, yeah sure...
Yes, yes. He's shocked. Shocked!
The one good thing about his comment about targeting the media is that it will likely get his comments noticed more widely.
It's good to hear UNESCO loudly denouncing terrorists, and it something that the media seems to not cover very much.
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