roundball 0 Report post Posted August 14, 2006 they have just announced that israel is going to withdraw from lebanon only a few hours prior to the agreed ceasefire. lets hope things can be worked out and this fighting can stop. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brainless 0 Report post Posted August 14, 2006 well, it would be nice if the israeli army withdrew from the Lebanon and destroy its weapons but that probably won't happen Since Monday morning, 7 o'clock, a UN resolution demands ceasefire - but I fear it won't last long...A little later, according to the israeli newspaper Haaretz [1], israeli soldiers killed one person opening fire on them (I am aware of the fact that, if the Haaretz' way of telling the story is true, this was an act of self-defence for the israeli soldiers).At about 10 o'clock, according to the irish BreakingNews [2], israeli forces opened fire on a group of armed persons "approaching in a threatening way", hitting one; the israeli army claims self-defence...According to an news.com.au [3] article, israeli officials claimed that attacking possible Hezb Allah-reinforcements or -positions would be defensive military actions (the UN resolution only called to stop all offensive military operations). How attacks on convois delivering supplies for Hezb Allah-fighters look like has been shown by the israeli air force earlier: Last week, leaflets have been dropped above a village near the Lebanese-Syrian border warning people not to step on the streets since everything moving would be considered Hezb Allah-activity.Later that day, a convoi of people fleeing to Syria (about 3,000 persons), escorted by Lebanese and UN troops passed this village and on its way to the syrian border, it was attacked by an israeli drone which killed one and injured seven before it was shot down by the troops escorting the convoi...The same article also says that Hezb Allah spokespersons said that any israeli soldier on lebanese territory would be engaged. Following the israeli thinking, this would only be defensive action...[1] http://www.haaretz.com/news/peretz-israel-unifil-officials-coordinating-land-handover-1.195119[2] http://www.breakingnews.ie/2006/08/14/story272087.html[3] http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
