UN secretary-general Kofi Annan is calling on Israel to investigate the "apparently deliberate targeting" of the base.
"I am shocked and deeply distressed by the apparently deliberate targeting by Israeli Defense Forces of a UN Observer post in southern Lebanon," Mr. Annan said. "This coordinated artillery and aerial attack on a long-established and clearly marked UN post at Khiam occurred despite personal assurances given to me by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that UN positions would be spared Israeli fire."
UN officials say there had been 14 incidents of firing close to the outpost from Israeli forces in the afternoon before it was hit.
[Reuters]
Let's see if I have this right:
1. Two weeks back, Arab "terrorists" attack military units, and are therefore terrorists.
2. Israel retaliates by launching aerial, naval, and artillery bombardments of civilian areas and they are “engaging in self-defense."
3. The US delays plans to apply any pressure for a cease-fire, while nearly 20 percent of Lebanon's 4 million people are forced to flee their homes amidst the daily carnage.
4. Meanwhile the US expedites a shipment of precision bombs to Israel, amid the Jewish state’s ongoing assault on Lebanon.
5. Israel bombs a clearly marked UN post, killing 4 UN peacekeepers…
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