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Little and late. Nor does the report apparently take any notice of the now well-documented fact that Hizballah deliberately operated from civilian areas in order to provoke attacks they could use for propaganda, while Hizballah deliberately targeted Israeli civilians. "Report: Hizbullah used cluster bombs," by Hilary Leila Krieger for the Jerusalem Post, with thanks to Rosie:
Human Rights Watch condemned Hizbullah on Thursday for using cluster bombs on an estimated 113 occasions during this summer's war, according to research performed by the NGO's investigators.Thursday's announcement also repeats earlier criticisms of Israel's firing of what the UN has estimated to be four million cluster bombs and submunitions.
"We are disturbed to discover that not only Israel but also Hizbullah used cluster munitions in their recent conflict, at a time when many countries are turning away from this kind of weapon precisely because of its impact on civilians," said Steve Goose, director of Human Rights Watch's Arms Division.
HRW spoke to people in the Israeli Druse village of Mughar whose family members - civilians - were wounded by Hizbullah's cluster bombing, as well as with Israel Police officials.
The NGO argued that the use of cluster bombs violated international law by not adequately distinguishing between combatants and civilians.
"Use of cluster bombs is never justified in civilian-populated areas because they are inaccurate and unreliable," Goose asserted.
Gerald Steinberg of NGO Watch questioned why it had taken Human Rights Watch three months to discover Hizbullah's tactic when it reported on Israel's use of cluster bombs much earlier.
"By putting out this report at such as late date basically you are saying they don't think it's very important," said Steinberg. "This report on Hizbullah's use of cluster weapons is far too little, far too late to undo the damage they did by one-sided condemnations of Israel over the last three months."
He said that HRW's only comprehensive report on the war had focused on alleged Israeli violations, as had the vast majority of its approximately 30 press releases on the conflict.
Posted by Robert at October 19, 2006 10:20 PM
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He said that HRW's only comprehensive report on the war had focused on alleged Israeli violations, as had the vast majority of its approximately 30 press releases on the conflict.
Only 30 anti-Israel press releases? Judging from the world's outrage about those genocidal Zionists I would have thought 3000 was more likely.
What a shock that they only had anti-Israel reports. I guess the Jews were simply considered liars all this time. After all, they were the aggressors, picking on those defenseless civilians.Right?
I can see Adolf and Mo winking at each other right now, pleased that their anti-Jewish poison is still potent up on planet earth after all this time.
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at October 19, 2006 10:47 PM
Yup, it's amazing that they always look at Israel first for violations, when the media is focused on the reports. Then, after the media's attention is no longer present, they then start to release information about violations from the other side...
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at October 19, 2006 11:33 PM
Is there any doubt that they would have used a nuke on Israel if they posessed one ?
THIS is why we are determined that Iran and North Korea do not obtain any :
NOT because they would use them for their own defence , but because they would likely source one to unstable regimes or terrorist organisations who have no qualms about using one because their ideology endorses eliminating the untermenschen . As Winston Churchill (I think) once said , does one wait till a poised cobra strikes before defending yourself against it , or does one crush it's head immediately before it gets the chance ?
at October 20, 2006 5:59 AM
Did anyone expect anything better from these wonderful people ?
A bullet for muhammed, two for his enabler.
Posted by: dgene at October 20, 2006 9:48 AM
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