Days Before Killed-Canadian Peacekeeper Said Hizbullah Used UN As Shield

[kpete]

Hezbollah was using UN post as 'shield'
Canadian wrote of militia's presence, 'necessity' of bombing

Published: Thursday, July 27, 2006
The words of a Canadian United Nations observer written just days before he was killed in an Israeli bombing of a UN post in Lebanon are evidence Hezbollah was using the post as a "shield" to fire rockets into Israel, says a former UN commander in Bosnia.

Those words, written in an e-mail dated just nine days ago, offer a possible explanation as to why the post -- which according to UN officials was clearly marked and known to Israeli forces -- was hit by Israel on Tuesday night, said retired Maj.-Gen. Lewis MacKenzie yesterday.

The strike hit the UN observation post in the southern Lebanese village of El Khiam, killing Canadian Maj. Paeta Hess-von Kruedener and three others serving as unarmed UN military observers in the area.

Just last week, Maj. Hess-von Kruedener wrote an e-mail about his experiences after nine months in the area, words Maj.-Gen. MacKenzie said are an obvious allusion to Hezbollah tactics.

more at:
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=37278180-a261-421d-84a9-7f94d5fc6d50&k=55961

[earthside]

1. Well, It's Okay Then ...

... to blow-up that UN post.

Uh?

[Kagemusha]

2. As I've said elsewhere

if the IDF was targetting Hezbollah fire using the UN post as a shield, that IDF liaison officer saying the fire would stop was giving completely false information to the UN, because the IDF would not logically have any intention of stopping its fire under such conditions, because it doesn't give a rat's a** if the UN is hit or not if it's firing at Hezbollah, if I'm reading you correctly.

[tuvor]

3. The peacekeepers phoned the Israeli military 10 times over 6 hours.

What, was that too subtle?

Why is the CanWest news service looking for excuses for those who killed their countrymen?

[Purveyor]

4. More "CanWest" (voice of the Likud) tripe.... n/t

[Scurrilous]

5. Previously catapulted here:

GD:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1748274

LBN:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2417633

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[Kailassa]

7. It's amazing how many people insist on bringing the same

disinforation to DU.

Anyone would think there was a club organised to do just that.

Anyone remember the last piece of oft reported misinformation from this same paper? ;-)

[EFerrari]

8. So, it wasn't an accident before it was?

:(

[NuttyFluffers]

9. shh, that sort of bullshit banishing logic is dangerous!

"it's an accident!... wait, no, yeah, i really planned it all along. i am absolved!"

wouldn't everyone buy this from some one? i mean, without calling them out as a con man, because they simple must be speaking the truth...