Oh Great... MSNBC Just Reported That Protesters In Gaza Just Stormed...

[WillyT]

the UN building in Gaza.

Had the camera on the studio director, speaking to the anchor. Said they were trying to contact their reporter in Gaza.

And the band plays on.

Fuck...

[Don Claybrook]

1. I thought this happened hours ago (???)

There was a thread on this earlier (I don't watch tv) that reported on the bldg being stormed....haven't heard much in the intervening time.

[rockymountaindem]

2. I think that was in Lebanon n/t

[Solly Mack]

4. different building

[azurnoir]

5. I think that was in Beirut n/t

[Mandate My Ass]

6. That, I believe, was in Beirut

Gellerman shook his finger in the Lebanese amabassador's face on C-Span and told him the Lebanese people should be protesting Hezbollah and not the UN. Which is rather ironic coming from the country who thumbs their noses at the UN as regularly as we do.

[Don Claybrook]

11. you're right...thanks for the clarifications all

I completely misread that one. Gaza, not Beirut. Thanks.

[liberal N proud]

3. I think this is news from early this morning

Unless they have gone into the UN complex a second time.

[PCIntern]

7. Well, (sorry for the mis-steak)

There go those peace-loving Palestinians again. Petitioning the UN for consideration. :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm:

:hide:

[uppityperson]

10. did you forget your sarcasm smilie, or are you series?

[WillyT]

12. No... He's HUGH 111

:evilgrin:

[Ian David]

13. One things the Palestinians, Israelis and Lebanse can agree on...

The United Nations has fucked all of them.

[PCIntern]

15. BINGO!!!

You win the Publishers Clearing House Grand Prize. I've been waiting to hear this from someone for the last 3 weeks.

The brass filigree with bronze oak-leaf palm to you... (Jean Shepherd)

[The Wielding Truth]

20. I think they are just easy targets with Bushco leading the charge.

[stepnw1f]

19. Yuh... Just Like Those Peace Loving Israelis, Right

not to mention their fanatical transparent support here on DU. :crazy:

[PCIntern]

22. yes...

the Israelis often take to the streets calling for the deaths of their enemies, smashing windows of embassies...happens all the time...

:sarcasm:

[stepnw1f]

24. No.... People Like You

to do their dirty work I'm sure. Feuling the fire of war that will get more people killed. Congratulations....

[rockymountaindem]

26. Yeah, PC Intern had to get a new belt

He ran out of room for notches on the old one. I've seen it... verily he is a true hero of Jewish national liberation with over 200 kills.

:sarcasm:

[GAPeace]

28. Almost 300 Palestinians have died in the previous days,

hundreds of thousands are without power and water, in illegal attacks against their civilian infrastructure.

The UN is supposed to defend its members against war crimes. Would Americans do any different? This is like a Katrina to them.

[WillyT]

8. It Was Just Breaking ! - Must Have Been From This Protest:

<snip>

Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets in the Gaza Strip and the Israeli-occupied West Bank to protest, while in Cairo scores of opposition lawmakers joined hundreds of demonstrators in a protest march to the Arab League.

<snip>

Link: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L30795172.htm

MSNBC now reporting that the protesters have been dispersed, and the UN has control of the building back.

:shrug:

[itzamirakul]

9. Both sides seem to just keep shooting

themselves in the foot.

[iconoclastic cat]

14. Stop assuming that both sides don't want a fight. nt

[itzamirakul]

18. No, Icon...I didn't mean that. What I meant was each side just

keeps doing things to make themselves look bad, badder, baddest, worse, horrible, etc. They do it to each other and then they do it to themselves.

Edit: Israel bombs Qana. They shoot themselves in the foot with this action making themselves look cruel and inhumane to the entire world.

Palestinains overrun UN Embassy in Gaza. They shoot themselves in the foot by starting problems with the UN which is supposedly there to help them.

That's what I meant by "shooting themselves in the foot."

[iconoclastic cat]

27. Gotcha.

This whole this is so damn insane.

[cal04]

16. Palestinian gunmen storm UN compound in Gaza City

Palestinian gunmen stormed the main United Nations compound in Gaza City on Sunday, witnesses said, part of a protest against Israel's bombing of building in southern Lebanon that killed around 60 people.

The assault followed a demonstration by members of the Islamic Jihad militant group in the streets of Gaza. The U.N. confirmed its compound had been broken into. Witnesses said there was damage but there were no immediate reports of injuries.

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1106472006

Palestinian gunmen storm U.N. compound in Gaza City
(17 minutes ago)
http://www.alertnet.org/index.htm

[WillyT]

17. Yep... Reuters Has It too:

Link: http://today.reuters.com/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-07-30T184725Z_01_L3089697_RTRUKOC_0_US-MIDEAST-GAZA-UN.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsHome-C1-topNews-3

MSNBC just showed the latest video.

:shrug:

[idgiehkt]

21. thanks for that link.

I'm dying here without any cable news. I know it's the voice of evil but during a crisis I realize why they don't want us to be aware of stuff. I can watch book tv on C-span or racing. It's outrageous.

[shadowknows69]

23. Not sure why they're lashing out at the UN

They're the one organization that has been calling for an end to this mess. Perhaps the impression is that they UN is not stopping it intentionally when in reality they can't. Not without a bunch of nuclear weapons to point at us and make us tell Israel to heel.

[PCIntern]

25. Because they're bomb throwers...

why don't people here understand? They're KILLERS. That's what they do best.

"Not sure"...sheesh.

WTF does it take?