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Author Topic:   Why is Israel getting away with these atrocities?
crashfrog
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Message 177 of 301 (332345)
07-16-2006 9:03 PM


Being an American, I have a hard time getting accurate, unbiased coverage of Israel-related events.
Can anybody recommend a source? I confess that I don't exactly know what's going on over there.

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crashfrog
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Message 200 of 301 (332523)
07-17-2006 11:23 AM
Reply to: Message 184 by Buzsaw
07-17-2006 12:33 AM


Re: Lebanon Taken Hostage
They are only bombing strategic targets and unlike Hezbollah do not intentionally hit civilian targets.
They're rocketing cities, Buz. Israel is shooting rockets into cities, at random. Eight civilians died yesterday from just that.
What strategic targets are being targeted, here? They're aiming at residential areas, not industrial or military targets. They're specifically targeting civilian areas.
Where do you get your information?

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crashfrog
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Message 282 of 301 (333594)
07-20-2006 12:52 AM
Reply to: Message 281 by Wepwawet
07-20-2006 12:46 AM


Re: oh, great
You seem to think that Israel is acting in a manner that recklessly disregards civilian casualties and I think that they are acting with utmost care and restraint.
I think that claim is pretty quickly belied by the facts. Just from what I heard on the radio this morning, so far ~25 Israelis have died in the terrorist rocket attacks, while more than 250 Lebanese civilians are dead from Israeli reprisal. Keeping in mind that the terrorists are actually aiming for civilians, etc, how do you explain this discrepancy?
Was it care and restraint when they airbombed a convoy of ambulances? Was it care and restraint when they destroyed a milk factory?
Any claim that Israel is acting with restraint evaporates when you actually look at the facts. As for these leaflets you mention - the British corresponded I was listening to on the radio this morning, who's been a resident of Lebannon for several decades? He's never seen such a leaflet.

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crashfrog
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Message 289 of 301 (333780)
07-20-2006 4:18 PM
Reply to: Message 288 by BMG
07-20-2006 12:47 PM


Re: Ambulances?
Wow. Do you have a source for this?
I just found this:
Khaleej Times - NO PAGE FOUND
and this:
No webpage found at provided URL: http://tinyurl.com/npaay
The first is from some Arabic newspaper, I guess. The second is direct from Reuters. Relief workers conclude:
quote:
"If attacks are hitting relief and medical convoys, the implications for civilian protection are serious. Such attacks would indicate that Israel is failing to take appropriate precautions to avoid targeting civilian objects."

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