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Annan to meet families of captives
2006-08-17
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan accepted a request from Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on Wednesday to meet with the families of kidnapped soldiers Ehud Goldwasser, Eldad Regev and Gilad Shalit and send representatives to try to bring about the soldiers' release.

Livni came to New York for a 12-hour lightening visit in hopes of advancing Israel's interests in talks on implementing the cease-fire in Lebanon, expediting the deployment of international forces and bringing about the return of the kidnapped Israeli soldiers. "The fact that the kidnapped soldiers have not been released by Hizbullah is a clear violation of UN Resolution 1701 and I expect the international community to continue acting to bring about their immediate release," Livni told Annan.

Livni received a commitment from Annan that 3,500 international soldiers would be deployed in Lebanon within "seven to 10 days." She told the secretary-general that Israel expected the force to be made up of "quality soldiers with real military abilities who come from appropriate countries."
Posted by:Fred

#11  Why the hell would they want to meet with this useless lying bag of shit? What would it accomplish? I got a better chance of getting them out then he does.
Posted by: tu3031   2006-08-17 22:10  

#10  If Annan's Nobel Prize was for Monumental Gall, I can understand.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-08-17 19:09  

#9  Annan and Carter should be bolted together, wrapped in chains, the chains welded to large steel plates, and the steel plates dropped into the Marianas Trench. It'll take three or four years or the difference to be felt, but it WILL be felt. Oh, and tack on that idiot Brown with them.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2006-08-17 17:36  

#8  Moderator,

Thanks for fixing my doubled comment earlier. I am sorry; I will never do it again.

TW,

One of the least edifying features of the Washington Post in recent years was Tina Brown's column. I remember the one where she sat next to Kofi at a diplomatic reception; she wrote something to the effect that "Corruption was not in Kofi Annan's DNA." Really, Tina?

I'd buy the Times instead, but I will not support the Moonies.
Posted by: Eric Jablow   2006-08-17 16:24  

#7  The main difference of opinion between Israel and Annan is over who was given the obligation to disarm Hizbullah in Resolution 1701. Livni believes it is the international forces that must do the task but Annan believes it should be the Lebanese army.

I've got a third option that's most likely to work. Why don't we just let Israel finish what the Hezzies started and be done with it?
Posted by: BA   2006-08-17 15:14  

#6  Eric Jablow, just because he is the daddy doesn't mean he is the father -- no proof of physiological endowment there, I'm afraid.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-08-17 12:54  

#5  And spit in their faces.
Posted by: gromgoru   2006-08-17 05:25  

#4  How about hanging out in a bomb shelter in Kiryat Shmonah for a month or so while terrorists take pot shots at you? How about meeting with the families of the soldiers killed? How about the families of the civilians killed? Now go over and hang out with some of the terrorists. And while you're at it, perhaps go sit in a house with some civilians while those same terrorists are shooting Katyushas at Israel from the courtyard? Now head back to Israel to visit with the children and other family members of those killed by those same rockets. Now go live under your desk until Galit et. al. come home. Just bread and water for you until then. Or if that's too harsh, trade places with Galit.

Now that you've had a good laugh at that, go set up whatever feeble wording you are planning for the next resolution after Israel has to go kick their butts again after the UN fails Lebanon and Israel again. Better get going, you've got a lot of spin to put on things before it happens again!
Posted by: gorb   2006-08-17 02:09  

#3  How bout this, kofi, what happens to Gilad Shalit happens to you?
Posted by: newc   2006-08-17 01:54  

#2  Unfortunately, Barbara, he does. That's how his son could make such a profit from the Oil for Bribes scandal.
Posted by: Eric Jablow   2006-08-17 00:23  

#1  I hope they spit in his worthless face.

I'd suggest a good hard kick in the balls, but he doesn't have any.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2006-08-17 00:02  

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