"Deliberate but Accidental"

[Colpy]

Lewis MacKenzie? 1997 Conservative Party Candidate for Parry Sound-Muskoka? Slamming Annan?

go figure.

rebutal

Premature judgment
EDWARD MORTIMER
director of communications, executive office of the Secretary-General, United Nations

New York -- The United Nations observers who died in Lebanon on July 25 were killed by an Israeli attack. Retired major-general Lewis MacKenzie's criticism of the Secretary-General's remarks that this was an "apparently deliberate targeting" is itself premature and misplaced (Kofi Annan's Hasty Rush To Judgment -- July 27).

Mr. Annan's expression of shock and distress was based on very precise reports received from the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). At least 10 calls were made to the Israeli authorities that afternoon to indicate that Israeli shelling was getting closer to the UN position at Khiyam.

This position, where a Canadian and three other unarmed military observers were later killed, has been well-known to the Israeli army for many years and was clearly marked. The Israelis gave express assurances that UN personnel would be spared. Reports received also showed 21 hits within 300 metres, 12 within 100 metres and four direct hits.

Mr. MacKenzie says that the Canadian observer sent messages implying that "we have Hezbollah fighters all over our position engaging the IDF and using us as shields." This report was sent a full week before the post came under fire. On the day in question, the monitors certainly didn't report that Hezbollah was "all over" their position, or using them as shields. Nor did any of them imply this in any way.

Mr. MacKenzie's extraordinary claim flies in the face of overwhelming available evidence to the contrary. And it does not honour the memory of Major Paeta Hess-von Kruedener, who was just one example of Canada's proud contribution to peacekeeping.

Thank you, I would trust the word of Canadian General Lewis Mackenzie, who is widely respected for his honesty and his bravery, over the opinion of some bureaucrat in the New York UN tower, a hired apologist for that idiot Kofi Annan.

 

[BitWhys]

It might occur to some people where exactly it was the UN was getting its information from. It might even occur to them that after all these years the UN would not have been so shortsighted as to fail to properly record it.

 

[gopher]

RE: "Deliberate but Accid

Another 50 Lebanese civilians accidentally killed by Zionists this morning.

 

[#juan]

Colpy wrote:

Now, try to imagine an Arab (or Persian) nation accepting a SINGLE Jewish refugee......

Oh, BTW, Israel was among the very first nations to accept Bosnian Muslim reugees....

If they did accept refugees, the Americans paid them well for it.

 

[iARTthere4iam]

juan, it seems like you do thorough research unless it is in favour of the US or Israel.

 

[zoofer]

No doubt Kofi is is responsible for the 4 UN deaths. To leave them there, unarmed in the middle of a war is bizarre. Now 3 days later he has called for all UN troops be be pulled out. :roll:
He should be arrested and tried in the world court (ICC) the EU is trying to push.
One Israeli General reported that the co-ordinates called in was from an out of date map. They knew the UN post was there and called for a strike on observed rocket fire. Of course Hezbollah would never think of hiding near UN positions as they lobbed 144 rockets into Israel. :roll: :roll:
No doubt the true facts will come to light after an investigation. However this will prove diddly if one chooses to get their facts from Al Jazeera.

 

[BitWhys]

Yeah that's right. 20 years for trusting the Israelis when they gave their assurance no UN outposts would be hit.

...However this will prove diddly if one chooses to get their facts from Al Jazeera.

did someone quote Al Jazeera in here?