Oh and btw the following quote is not exactly accurate either: The Lebanese civilian death toll is difficult to pinpoint as most published figures don't distinguish between civilians and militants, including those released by the Lebanese government. Lebanese top police office...put the death toll at 1,123...Human Rights Watch, based on its own investigation, estimated the tally of the dead at 1,119, including civilians, military personnel and militants,[9] while the Associated Press estimated the figure at 1,035... but Israel estimated that its forces had killed 600 Hezbollah fighters.In addition, Israel claimed to have the names of 532 dead Hezbollah fighters. A UN official estimated that 500 Hezbollah fighters had been killed, and Lebanese government officials estimated that up to 500 had been killed. A Stratfor report cited "sources in Lebanon" as estimating the Hezbollah death toll at "more than 700... with many more to go", while British military historian John Keegan estimated the figure could be up to 1,000. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Israel-Lebanon_conflict#Casualties Thank you Robert Fisk, thank you wael and 2cents, once again you demonstrate that you know not what you're talking about.
Are you using that same excuse for all the killing the arabs are doing in Darfur? Those Darfurians are occupying Darfur hence they need to be slaughtered by Arabs?
Last but not the least: Israel did not use depleted uranium during conflict with Hizbollah, UN agency finds November 2006 â The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has found no evidence that Israel used munitions with depleted uranium (DU) during its conflict with Hizbollah Reporting on the findings of a UNEP assessment carried out for three weeks in October, Achim Steiner said samples taken from 32 sites south and north of the Litani river found âno evidence of penetrators or metal made of DU or other radioactive material.â He further stated that âno DU shrapnel, or other radioactive residue, was found. The analysis of all smear samples taken shows no DU, nor enriched uranium nor higher than natural uranium content in the samples.â http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=20532&Cr=leban&Cr1
Typical, Muslims start war, muslims lose war, muslims cry it wasn't fair and they are victims. Does anyone see a recurring theme here, God willing?
am glad u made the distinction yrself thanks... so, its ok to use uranium-bearing devices, right, dirty bombs etc? against an illegal occupier who is responsible for a 60+ years state of war in the area? of course they are, since u guys ARE at war anyway... so whatcha saying brickhead? fisk is off by what, 10% or just about according to other sources... and thats supposed to make a huge difference to whatever he is asserting? or could it just be that u guys at AIPAC don't like him much: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article12865.htm http://news.independent.co.uk/fisk/ r u disputing that israel is an illegal occupier and has been for 60+ years? like, zionist denial?
Why is it everytime muslims committ some crime they use isreal as an excuse to justify it? There in lies the muslim problem, an absolute refusal to take responsibility for their own problems and actions. Isreal isn't occupying pakistan, sudan, malaysia, the phillipines, somalia, morocco and all the other places they are causing problems are they?? The world needs to get together and put the muslim world over it's knee and give them a spanking they will never forget.
First of all Israel is not 60 yet, it will be 60 one year from now, second the partition of Palestine was legal, third the occupation of the West Bank has also been legal according to UN resolution 242 which requires Israel to end the occupation only in exchange for peace, recognition and secure borders which the arab world has been rejecting. More importantly Israel is not occupying legally or illegally a single inch of Lebanon, Israel was in full compliance with all UN resolutions on Lebanese territory when it was attacked by Hezbollah, its villages were shelled by Katyusha rockets and its soldiers were killed/kidnapped. Sorry 2cents, your excuse that when Israel is attacked by a country it does not occupy it still is Israel's fault is absurd. But thank you for once again demonstrating the utter stupidity, ignorance and irrationality of Israel-haters.
Fisk was off by 15-20%, most of those killed during the war were in fact Hezbollah militants, not innocent civilians and Israel according to the UN investigation did not use depleted uranium. Fisk lied, idiots believed, what else is new.
What??? Are you serious??? How did you know dddooo??? Did you do a head count?? Buddy...take my word for it...You did not kill shit! They chose the time and place to smoke your ass dddooo. And smoke your ass they did!! You, in return, and as always, being the brave fighters you are, got pissed and decided to shower women and children with cluster and napalm bombs. You, being the vindictive and sour loser zionist you are, decided to dump thousands of cluster bombs containing millions of bomblets on southern Lebanon in a clear display of the vengeful and sadistic mentality you zionist carry. I asked you these questions before and I am asking you again. Why is israel refusing UN's request for information about the locations of its cluster bomb strikes in Lebanon which is making their job of clearing them out out virtually impossible? Why did you decide to dump 90% of these bomblets during the last 72 hours of the conflict and while the UN cease fire resolution was being approved??
the muslim "world"'s got BIG problems no question and i for one do believe that Islam is a major obstacle to ANY form of progress... http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=1509226&highlight=fatwa#post1509226 as so is the american radical christian right / dominionist movement btw... http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=1519616&highlight=dominionist#post1519616 http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=1499378&highlight=dominionist#post1499378 however this thread's about israel's nukes... trying to deflect the attention towards muslims, penguins etc only goes to show your lack of arguments...