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Not these old worn out (not to mention in so many cases, totally false) excuses AGAIN.

The Human Shields lie exposed for what is:

http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2006...ebano13902.htm

The Israeli government has blamed Hezbollah for the high civilian casualty toll in Lebanon, insisting that Hezbollah fighters have hidden themselves and their weapons among the civilian population. However, in none of the cases of civilian deaths documented in the report is there evidence to suggest that Hezbollah was operating in or around the area during or prior to the attack.

“Hezbollah fighters must not hide behind civilians – that’s an absolute – but the image that Israel has promoted of such shielding as the cause of so high a civilian death toll is wrong,” Roth said. “In the many cases of civilian deaths examined by Human Rights Watch, the location of Hezbollah troops and arms had nothing to do with the deaths because there was no Hezbollah around.”

And not only are they liars, they're hypocrits as well:

http://ancapistan.typepad.com/unfair...inian_boy.html

Border Police unit used four arrestees, including a 12-year old boy as human shields during the violent break up of an anti-security barrier demonstration on Thursday at Bidu. The other people arrested and used as human shields include RHR (Rabbis for Human Rights) Executive Director Rabbi Arik Ascherman, another Palestinian, a Swedish ISM activist and a 12 year old Palestinian boy.

The event occurred when local Palestinians and Israeli human rights monitors attempted to intervene after a Palestinian woman approached a group of activists and human rights monitors including Rabbi Accherman, to help her 12–year-old son who, she said was being beaten by border police.

According to Rabbi Ascherman “as we approached the police unit they tear-gassed us, without any provocation on our part. After the gas had dissipated I approached them, and asked them what was happening to the boy. At that point the commander, Pakad (Superintendent) Shahar Itzhaki told me I was under arrest for violating a military order by entering a closed military zone without permission. When I attempted to protest, he beat me, head butted me and had me handcuffed, together with a Palestinian man and a Swedish human rights activist”.

“The boy, crying, shaking from fear and eventually cold, was sat on the hood of a jeep and tied to the bars protecting the glass. The other three arrestees were bound and placed in front of a second jeep as human shields, to deter protestors from throwing stones at the jeep”.

“I repeatedly requested over the next few hours that we not be used as human shields, and that the boy receive medical attention and that the officers identify themselves. He also asked to lend his coat to the child and to stand in front of the child to protect him from stones. All these requests were met with physical and verbal threats, orders to "shut up," and/or derision”.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4314898.stm

Israel's supreme court has banned the use of Palestinian human shields in arrest raids, saying the practice violates international law.

The court issued a temporary injunction against the practice in 2002 after a teenager was killed when troops made him negotiate with a wanted militant.

Human rights groups who brought the case say the Israeli army has repeatedly violated the temporary ban.

From John Pilger, award winning war correspondent, film-maker and author:

http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/...hizbullah.html

I spotted another crusader seriously debating whether the Israeli army was still a "moral army". I read that one twice. In my experience of war and the Middle East, the Israeli army is one of the most craven. Every day, its soldiers humiliate defenceless, frightened old people and pregnant women at roadblocks and now its F-16 pilots drop phosphorous bombs on families fleeing in rickety vans.

And finally, exhibit D:

http://www.nationalvanguard.org/printer.php?id=9755

The Yesha Rabbinical Council announced in response to an IDF attack in Kfar Qanna that "according to Jewish law, during a time of battle and war, there is no such term as 'innocents' of the enemy."

"All of the discussions on Christian morality are weakening the spirit of the army and the nation and are costing us in the blood of our soldiers and civilians," the statement said.

Therefore if the enemy has no innocents, of what value would a human shield be to him? None.

Time to trot out some new IDF talking points Skybird.