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P_Funk · 07-25-06, 10:27 PM

UN Warning on Mid-East war crimes:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5197544.stm

Lebanon claims Israel is using banned weapons against civilians - White Phosphorus:http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchas...ing-banned.php

Israel uses Cluster Bombs on Civilian targets:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5201622.stm

What is White Phosphorus? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4441902.stm

Is Targeting of Civilian Infrastructure a War Crime?http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5198342.stm

So if all these unguided rockets raining down on Haifa causing only 14 deaths is to be considered a terrible atrocity then why is the use of White Phosphorus and Cluster Bombs on civilian targets which have caused hundreds of deaths not? Even if Hezbollah is entrenched within civilian areas, isn't it just as wrong to use weapons which are as indiscirminant in choosing their victims as the rockets which Hezbollah are firing? If hezbollah's actions are terrorism and illegal why are the weapons which Israel are using, which are significantly more deadly, and the means with which they deploy them (ie. within civilian areas), not such?

Regardless of the apparent threat to Israel's security should Israel not be as accountable for its actions as Hezbollah?

07-25-06, 10:27 PM	#1
P_Funk Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada, eh? Posts: 2,537 Downloads: 129 Uploads: 0	[Politics] Israeli War Crimes: who are the true terroroists? UN Warning on Mid-East war crimes:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5197544.stm Lebanon claims Israel is using banned weapons against civilians - White Phosphorus:http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchas...ing-banned.php Israel uses Cluster Bombs on Civilian targets:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5201622.stm What is White Phosphorus? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4441902.stm Is Targeting of Civilian Infrastructure a War Crime?http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5198342.stm So if all these unguided rockets raining down on Haifa causing only 14 deaths is to be considered a terrible atrocity then why is the use of White Phosphorus and Cluster Bombs on civilian targets which have caused hundreds of deaths not? Even if Hezbollah is entrenched within civilian areas, isn't it just as wrong to use weapons which are as indiscirminant in choosing their victims as the rockets which Hezbollah are firing? If hezbollah's actions are terrorism and illegal why are the weapons which Israel are using, which are significantly more deadly, and the means with which they deploy them (ie. within civilian areas), not such? Regardless of the apparent threat to Israel's security should Israel not be as accountable for its actions as Hezbollah? __________________ Last edited by P_Funk; 07-25-06 at 10:31 PM.