2006-07-27 12:13:46 · 2 answers · asked by Al S 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
"I am shocked and deeply distressed by the apparently deliberate targeting by Israeli Defense Forces of a UN observer post in southern Lebanon"
"The co-ordinated artillery and aerial attack on a long established and clearly marked UN post ... occurred despite personal assurances given to me by (Israeli) Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that UN positions would be spared Israeli fire."
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan 7/25/06
"But you need to look at the events of yesterday,” he urged. “The shelling of the UN position, which is long-established and clearly marked, started in the morning and went on till after 7:00 p.m., when we lost contact.”
“You can imagine the anguish of the soldiers and the men and women – unarmed military observers – who were down there in the service of peace,” he said, stressing that the peacekeepers were in frequent touch with the Israeli army, pleading with them to avoid striking their location"
Kofi Annan, 7/26/06, Rome
It appears Israel does not want the UN. to witness their Genocidal war crimes.
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=19314&Cr=leban&Cr1=
2006-07-27 12:19:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It give the aggressors more time to stockpile arms. If 'peacekeepers' are needed, there is no peace to keep.
2006-07-27 20:30:33 · answer #2 · answered by STEVEN F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋