Who Was Israel Really Targeting When it Struck Those U.N. Observers?
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A retired Canadian General says one of the four U.N. observers killed when Israeli shells smashed into their position in southern Lebanon told him just days before that "Hezbollah fighters were all over his position and the IDF were targeting them."
General Lewis MacKenzie tells the Canadian Broadcasting Company that terrorist groups often "use the U.N. as shields knowing they can't be punished." What's more, U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) press releases confirm that Hezbollah is using U.N. cover to attack Israel, including yesterday, when UNIFIL reports.
Meanwhile, a U.N. spokesman says Secretary General Kofi Annan is standing by his accusation that Israel appeared to deliberately target U.N. personnel.
It's been widely argued that the U.N. force in southern Lebanon has done so little in the region because it was established merely to observe Israel's withdrawal from the region. But the U.N. resolution establishing UNIFIL back in 1978 tasked it with more than just an observer's role — establishing the "Interim force" for the purpose of "confirming the withdrawal of Israeli forces, restoring international peace and security and assisting the Government of Lebanon in ensuring the return of its effective authority in the area."
A retired Canadian General says one of the four U.N. observers killed when Israeli shells smashed into their position in southern Lebanon told him just days before that "Hezbollah fighters were all over his position and the IDF were targeting them."
General Lewis MacKenzie tells the Canadian Broadcasting Company that terrorist groups often "use the U.N. as shields knowing they can't be punished." What's more, U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) press releases confirm that Hezbollah is using U.N. cover to attack Israel, including yesterday, when UNIFIL reports.
Meanwhile, a U.N. spokesman says Secretary General Kofi Annan is standing by his accusation that Israel appeared to deliberately target U.N. personnel.
It's been widely argued that the U.N. force in southern Lebanon has done so little in the region because it was established merely to observe Israel's withdrawal from the region. But the U.N. resolution establishing UNIFIL back in 1978 tasked it with more than just an observer's role — establishing the "Interim force" for the purpose of "confirming the withdrawal of Israeli forces, restoring international peace and security and assisting the Government of Lebanon in ensuring the return of its effective authority in the area."
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