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Originally Posted by Rudey
Rob it's great that you ignore the points made. It's a sign of the fact that you can't address them.
Again, the UN is not saying it was deliberate and is happy there will be an investigation. But I am sure based on your expert opinion, it's otherwise.
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Well I'd have to say evidence is kinda mounting that it was either deliberate or an act of gross military incompetence...
UN peacekeepers called Israel 10 times to ask for bombing halt before post hit
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JERUSALEM (AP) - UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon called the Israeli military 10 times in a six-hour period to ask it to halt its nearby bombing before their observation post was hit, killing a Canadian and three other observers, according to details of a preliminary UN report on the incident released to The Associated Press on Wednesday.
During each phone call, an Israeli official promised to halt the bombing, according to a UN official who had seen the preliminary report.
The UN peacekeepers at the post said the area within a kilometre of the post was hit with precision munitions, including 17 bombs and 12 artillery shells, four of which directly hit the post Tuesday, the report said.
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Annan said the "co-ordinated artillery and aerial attack on a long established and clearly marked UN post at Khiam occurred despite personal assurances given to me by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that UN positions would be spared Israeli fire."
rest of article at:
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/26072006/...bing-halt.html
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Last edited by RACooper; 07-26-2006 at 05:48 PM.
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