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2006-07-26 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Belmont Club: IDF is "a knife-thrower at the carnival" in Lebanon

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Posted by Mike 2006-07-26 13:58|| || Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Of course, no accusation whatsoever that UNIFIL personnel are actively helping Hezbollah by transporting weapons and combatants aboard UNIFIL vehicles, providing intelligence as to Israeli positions and intentions, or even assisting in targetting Israeli positions.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-07-26 14:19|| 2006-07-26 14:19|| Front Page Top

#2 UNIFIL's official mandate is to a) Confirm the withdrawal of Israeli forces from southern Lebanon; b) Restore international peace and security; c) Assist the Government of Lebanon in ensuring the return of its effective authority in the area.

Well, one out three ain't bad. Hell, for the UN, it's friggin outstanding...

Posted by tu3031 2006-07-26 14:23|| 2006-07-26 14:23|| Front Page Top

#3 'Moose, I suspect that if UNIFIL were actively aiding Hezbollah, the IDF wouldn't be being so careful.

(Mods: just noticed I categorized this one wrong -- please fix.)

Posted by Mike 2006-07-26 14:31|| 2006-07-26 14:31|| Front Page Top

#4 Mike, go to Belmont Club and read the whole thing. I don't know that I'd say they're transporting weapons, but they're clearly on Hezb'Allah's side and assisting them any way they can. Otherwise, why would they still be there?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-07-26 14:34|| 2006-07-26 14:34|| Front Page Top

#5 Looks like Hez will have to go back to churches and schools for their human shields. Guess UN human shields don't work!

Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan 2006-07-26 14:42|| 2006-07-26 14:42|| Front Page Top

#6 Kofi the clown, oil for food $$$$$...all the bunkers and Hizbollah infrastructure was build under the "watchfull eye"of the UNIFIL....

Posted by Slith Ometch7619 2006-07-26 15:05|| 2006-07-26 15:05|| Front Page Top

#7 Nimble: I did read the whole thing, including the account of the UNIFIL guys being engaged by Hezbollah with small arms.

Posted by Mike 2006-07-26 15:08|| 2006-07-26 15:08|| Front Page Top

#8 Hizbollah has evidently discovered a loophole in internatonalm law (whatever that is) and the UN charter that preempts even mentioning the hostile actions of private religious militias with apopcalyptic visions of grandeur. monumental loophole.
Now , we cannot possibnly match the apocalyptic viions of grandeur but surely we should be able to muster up a Knights of Columbus or Rotarian Brigade, to root out terror fiends worldwide.
Maybe a Moose battalion and a division of Elks.
Then we could fight the WOT without all this pesky interference
Like Hizbollah does.

Posted by J. D. Lux 2006-07-26 16:44|| 2006-07-26 16:44|| Front Page Top

#9 Per John Toranto's web site....

..."The Sun offers some context for Annan's baseless and almost certainly false charge:

Mr. Annan, who according to diplomats was accompanied by the U.N. peacekeeping chief, Undersecretary-General Jean Marie Guehenno, as he released the statement, believes he could not promote placing an international force in southern Lebanon if he does not appear to support his troops, according to a source familiar with yesterday's statement.

But is he really supporting his troops? IMRA quotes Lewis MacKenzie, a retired Canadian general, who in an interview with the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. today lamented "the tragic loss of a soldier yesterday who I happen to know and I think probably is from my Regiment." Gen. MacKenzie contineud:

We've received e-mails from him a few days ago and he described the fact that he was taking within--in one case--three meters of his position "for tactical necessity--not being targeted." Now that's veiled speech in the military and what he was telling us was Hizbullah fighters were all over his position and the IDF were (sic) targeting them and that's a favorite trick by people who don't have representation in the UN. They use the UN as shields knowing that they can't be punished for it.

Posted by Captain America 2006-07-26 17:33|| 2006-07-26 17:33|| Front Page Top

#10 The Israelis should simply tell UNIFIL that they are in danger in S. Lebanon and they must leave immediately to avoid that danger. Any further UNIFIL presence in the war zone could, and probably will, result in UN casualties. The UN will leave if they're told; they left Sinai when the Egyptians told them to get out and they never even bothered to mention it to Israel. We need out of the UN and to have it thrown out of our country. I'd like to see Kofi and his coterie of criminals locked up in Attica state pen too, for the oil-for-food scandal among many other things. They really deserve to be shot.

Posted by mac 2006-07-26 18:02|| 2006-07-26 18:02|| Front Page Top

#11 mac:
I'd like to see Kofi and his coterie of criminals locked up in Attica state pen too, for the oil-for-food scandal among many other things. They really deserve to be shot.

Mac...please try to be more specific in your posts...I hate vaugeness!! :)

Posted by Justrand 2006-07-26 18:55|| 2006-07-26 18:55|| Front Page Top

#12 Kofi needs to be caught between a very large rock and a very hard place, physically as well as officially. What a waste of human protoplasm. The best thing that could happen is for Kofi to continue spouting off, making irrational claims against Israel and the US, and finally drive the US to reduce its funding to the UN to $.01 per year. Listen to the pigs squeal after that! Maybe Japan will join us.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-07-26 19:00|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-07-26 19:00|| Front Page Top

#13 Justrand,

It doesn't surprise me you hate vaugeness. You probably hate vagueness, too. ;-)

Posted by mac 2006-07-26 23:26|| 2006-07-26 23:26|| Front Page Top

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