NationStates Jolt Archive


UN removes oberservers from border...finally

Greater Valinor
28-07-2006, 18:38
The UN finally came to their senses and pulled the observers out of the border and put them in with peacekeepers in the region. Took them long enough to get their guys out of the middle of a warzone.


Linkage:http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1153292021843&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

The United Nations has decided to remove 50 unarmed observers from their posts along the Israeli-Lebanese border, moving them in with the peacekeeping force in the area, a spokesman said Friday.

The decision came after one of the posts of the observer force, known as UNTSO, was destroyed by an Israeli air strike earlier this week, killing four.

"These are unarmed people and this is for their protection," said Milos Struger, a spokesman for UNIFIL, the peacekeeping force whose 2,000 members have light weapons for self-defense.

UNTSO has about 50 observers in four posts along the border, two of which have already been abandoned - the one that was destroyed at Khiam and a second near the village of Maroun al-Ras, which was abandoned after one of the observers was seriously wounded by Hizbullah gunfire on July 23, said Milos Struger, spokesman for the UNIFIL peacekeepers.

PS: New Rocket Iranian Fajr5 Rocket launched by Hizballah lands in Afula.

They call it the Kaiber-1 which is the name of a town in Saudi Arabia where a battle during Mohammeds time took place and the Muslims defeated the Jews...are we allowed to cry anti-semetism now?
Kazus
28-07-2006, 19:13
PS: New Rocket Iranian Fajr5 Rocket launched by Hizballah lands in Afula.

They call it the Kaiber-1 which is the name of a town in Saudi Arabia where a battle during Mohammeds time took place and the Muslims defeated the Jews...are we allowed to cry anti-semetism now?

No but you can continue to cry anti-Zionist.
Laerod
28-07-2006, 19:17
PS: New Rocket Iranian Fajr5 Rocket launched by Hizballah lands in Afula.

They call it the Kaiber-1 which is the name of a town in Saudi Arabia where a battle during Mohammeds time took place and the Muslims defeated the Jews...are we allowed to cry anti-semetism now?Not if your country was one of the main actors in WWI or WWII.
OcceanDrive
28-07-2006, 19:28
...are we allowed to cry anti-semetism now?cry me a river ;)
Greater Valinor
28-07-2006, 19:35
No but you can continue to cry anti-Zionist.

They name their rockets after battles in which muslims defeated JEWS during the times of MOHAMMED. That seems to be quite some time before the emergence of Zionism. Looks like invoking the prior slaughter of Jews to facilitate the killing of more. Also...let's not forget the two Arab-Israeli boys I beleive that were 9&5 years old who were killed by a Hizballah rocket. Hizballah apologized for the ARAB deaths, but never apologizes, but actually invokes the killing of JEWISH Israelis.
JiangGuo
28-07-2006, 23:06
Israel have achieved its operational aims by targeting UN observers - they're going to pull out for safety reasons and all thats gonna be left are aid organizations no one (on a diplomatic scale) is going to take seriously.

So long, all you Lebanese civilians on the border.
Neu Leonstein
28-07-2006, 23:42
Hehe...you know, Greater Valinor, if they had pulled out earlier, you'd have called them cowards not doing their job...:rolleyes:
Nodinia
28-07-2006, 23:49
They name their rockets after battles in which muslims defeated JEWS during the times of MOHAMMED. That seems to be quite some time before the emergence of Zionism. Looks like invoking the prior slaughter of Jews to facilitate the killing of more. Also...let's not forget the two Arab-Israeli boys I beleive that were 9&5 years old who were killed by a Hizballah rocket. Hizballah apologized for the ARAB deaths, but never apologizes, but actually invokes the killing of JEWISH Israelis.

But presumably the three children under 2 and the 75 year old woman killed by Israel in Gaza over the last 2 days (amongst others) is all the Arabs fault for being there and in the way etc.