From: "Mark" 

I can't think of any reason to believe anything the UN says, especially
Kofi. What are UN "observers" still doing there anyway? Weren't
those same lame "observers" that have been twiddling their thumbs
since 1978 ("interim" force indeed) supposed to be disarming
Hizzbullah starting 6 years ago rather than "observing"? 

"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
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> The UN should have learned from the lessons of the USS Liberty. The
> Israelis don't like observers and will purposely target them
>
> http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1084162006
>
> AN ISRAELI air raid in south Lebanon killed four UN military observers
> yesterday, in an attack that Kofi Annan, the United Nations
> secretary-general, said was "apparently deliberate".
>
> The four observers were part of the UN peacekeeping mission, UN and
> Lebanese officials said.
>
> Speaking after yesterday's attack on the UN site, Milos Strugar, a
> spokesman for the UNIFIL peacekeeping force, said: "One aerial bomb
> directly impacted the building and shelter in the base of the United
> Nations Observer Group in Lebanon in the area of Khiyam."
>
> Mr Strugar said attacks had continued in the area as rescuers attempted to
> reach the wounded.
>
> "There were 14 other incidents of firing close to this position in the
> afternoon from the Israeli side, and the firing continued during the
> rescue operation," he added.
>
> In a statement issued at UN headquarters in New York, Mr Annan said: "I am
> shocked and deeply distressed by the apparently deliberate targeting by
> Israeli defence forces of a UN observer post in southern Lebanon.
>
> "This co-ordinated artillery and aerial attack on a long-established and
> clearly marked UN post at Khiyam occurred despite personal assurances
> given to me by prime minister Ehud Olmert that UN positions would be
> spared Israeli fire," Mr Annan added.
>
>

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