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Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Annan Calls for Halt to Mideast Fighting

2006-07-21

"No Hitting."

Secretary-General Kofi Annan called Thursday for an immediate halt to the violence between Israel and Lebanon, saying a cease-fire would be the first step toward ending the escalating war. Israel, backed by the U.S., immediately dismissed calls for a cease-fire and said the military operation _ which was undertaken to free two captured Israeli soldiers but has spread to target all of Hezbollah _ will "take as long as it will take."

"When you operate on a cancerous growth you do not stop in the middle, sew the patient up and tell him keep living with that growth until it kills you," Israel's U.N. Ambassador Dan Gillerman said. "You make sure it is totally removed."

Annan went before the council shortly after the return of a three-man U.N. team that met with leaders throughout the region. The team, led by Annan's special political adviser, Vijay Nambiar, came back with a list of proposals to quell the conflict. Annan and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had a private two-hour dinner Thursday night at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, ahead of a planned Rice trip to the Middle East. European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana had been expected to attend the dinner, but he was still in the region.

Posted by:Fred

#21 It amazes me (but doesnt surprise) that the Islamists idiots decide to pick a fight and once they get one they want to claim victimhood. I remember the 70s and 80s when Egypt, Jordan, and Syria would start a battle and once it was clear they were not going to win they would running crying like Voinovich to the un for a cease fire. When Israel invaded Lebanon the first time Arafish was beaten badly and spent about five days dodging Israeli bombs and making emergency phone calls to the un. Too bad the un (make the U.S.) intervened and allowed Arafish to escape to Tunisia or maybe thing would have been different. IF the PM of Lebanon wants to aid peace, how about he turns his Army (sic) loose on Hezbullah and make that very real problem go away for both sides. I really think they would fare better against Hezbullah than they will against the Jews, but hey maybe they need an ass whoopin to be reminded that they are not in the same league.

Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2006-07-21 16:48

#20 He would make a cease fire deal with the martians from "Mars Attacks"...
"a cease-fire would be the first step toward ending the escalating war..."
Ack-ack-ack-ack-ack - PPPFFFT!

Posted by: Capsu 78 2006-07-21 11:43

#19 Look, we all know which side Koffee (and the entire, self-appointed "International" elite) is.

Posted by: gromgoru 2006-07-21 11:23

#18 Annan and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had a private two-hour dinner Thursday night at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel

Watch out, Condi! He's using their ultimate weapon!

Posted by: tu3031 2006-07-21 11:11

#17 I dunno - seems to me a collective fuckup oughta be collectively punished.

Posted by: mojo 2006-07-21 11:08

#16 collective punishment of the Lebanese people must stop

Hmmm...collective punishment, like the German and Japanese people. Mighty peaceful lot they are today I notice.

Collective punishment, you mean like being white and male in America and being punished for something that happened over a hundred years ago be it slavery or suffrage?

Collective punishment for, like, violating international law. International Law? Yep.
The Hague Convention of 1907 which states a neutral country has the obligation not to allow its territory to used by a belligerent. If the neutral country is unwilling or unable to prevent this, the other belligerent has the right to take appropriate counteraction.

Or does international law only apply to Israel and the United States? [Rhetorical question].

Posted by: Elmaitle Phuter1114 2006-07-21 10:06

#15 C'mon guys, I think Koffi understands total war better than you give him credit for. I mean after all, he has been sitting back observing the janjaweed do it for years.

Posted by: Broadhead6 2006-07-21 09:15

#14 Well said Elder of Zion! Wahahahahaha

Posted by: Besoeker 2006-07-21 09:02

#13 Israel's disproportionate use of force

And thus the Great Mid-East Pillow Fights were ushered inuntil one side displayed the disproportionate use of force of the Tittie-Twister.

Posted by: DepotGuy 2006-07-21 08:59

#12 I just had this really terrible dream thing. In it, al Qaeda carries out a suicide bombing plot on the UN... Inadvertantly, Bolton discovers the plot and has 20 minutes to alert the Staff of the US, Aus, Israel, Japan, New Europe, and the UK - maybe - and the NYPD cops assigned duty there - and gives instructions to vacate in two's and three's quietly, but quickly.

Imagine how touching the following press conference would be. *wipes tear*

Posted by: cruiser 2006-07-21 07:57

#11 He wants the fighting to stop, just long enough so he can send in food and aid, skimming off the top of course making his friends and family rich.

Posted by: 49 Pan 2006-07-21 07:46

#10 1) Bring forth all the kidnapped soldiers.
2) Immediately evacuate all Hezbollah out of Lebanon back to Iran.
3) Purge all Lebanon of Hizzbi long range weapons

Kofi, you sick son of a bitch, do all these and I promise you we gladly stop the war.

Can't Deliver ?
So Shut the fuck up and let us do the dirty work that you cant.

Posted by: Elder of Zion 2006-07-21 07:02

#9 Israel's disproportionate use of force and collective punishment of the Lebanese people must stop

He's either a liar or a fool to make this statement. Actually he's both.

Posted by: phil_b 2006-07-21 06:50

#8 Oh, koffi, if only you had acted so tough when you were the right hand man of boutros-boutros ghali charged to act on Rwanda...
But, of course, none of the parties involved was jooowish (bad!), or muslim (Master Race!), and the USA hadn't a dog in this fight (unlike France who supported and enabled the hutus), so you let 800 000 people get hacked/clubbed to death, or die of hunger and disease.
But that's okay, they weren't important people.

Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-07-21 05:13

#7 I'd like to see people at his luncheons and lectures throw tomatoes at him.

Posted by: 2b 2006-07-21 02:23

#6 What a blithering jackass. Is it not possible to have someone club him upside the head everytime he attempts to open his pie hole ?

Posted by: SOP35/Rat 2006-07-21 02:10

#5 Kofi isn't interested in actually SOLVING anything. Has the U.N. every really solved anything in all of its pathetic existance? To solve something is to remove a reason for the U.N.'s existence.

So Kofi and his buddies don't want peace in the middle east. They are protecting their pathetic jobs and prestige. Peace in the ME would remove one of their jobs.

That is one of the reasons (besides old-fashoned hatred of the Jews) Kofi covertly supports Hezbillah and Hamas all the while publically stiving for 'peace'.

Posted by: CrazyFool 2006-07-21 00:40

#4 You made the point, Sock. You cannot be the mediator between good and evil, and this is what the fighting is all about. Hizb'Allah is a death cult proxy of Syria and Iran, mainly the latter. The clinics and the so-called charities are a PR sideshow. Hizb'Allah's and Iran's stated goal is the destruction of Israel and her people. You cannot negotiate between a victim and his avowed murderer. You take out the murderer. The real issue in this war is how to take out the murderer with the least collateral damage.

Posted by: Alaska Paul 2006-07-21 00:36

#3 Becuz the several 000's already there have been so effective for decades at NOT preventing Radic Terror groups from shelling/rocketing northern Israel.

Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-07-21 00:34

#2 The disproportionate use of force is called total war. It is how wars are won.. Ask Germany ansd Japan. This is a struggle on that scale. This nonsense going around about Israel being given one more week is excreta. It must utterly destroy The self named 'party of god'. To do that will likely destroy what little of Leabanon is left. That is tragic but realistic.

Annan would prefer Israel just quit and be murdered. The man an those around him are useless as well as clueless. Aanan seems to not know When you try and balance or be fair between good and evil parties, the evil party always wins. Hizballah is evil to the core.

Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-07-21 00:20

#1 Kofi is the biggest limp dick on earth

Posted by: Captain America 2006-07-21 00:17

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