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Annan: Israel is Greatest Violator of Cease-Fire

2006-08-30

United Nations General Secretary Kofi Annan told Defense Minister Amir Peretz during a meeting between the two on Tuesday evening that Israel is responsible for most violations of the UN-brokered cease-fire in southern Lebanon. He also called for Israel to lift its sea and air blockade of Lebanon, put in place at the start of the campaign against Hizbullah last month.

In a related development on Tuesday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that plans to send German warships to patrol Lebanon's coast are on hold so long as Beirut refuses to make a formal request for the assistance. The ships would be part of the UN-brokered multinational force to be deployed in southern Lebanon after Israel's withdrawal. UN chief Annan said that he hoped French and Italian forces would arrive in the Lebanon by this Friday, doubling UNIFIL troops to 5,000.

Posted by:Fred

#8 Annan: Israel is Greatest Violator of Cease-Fire

How is Annan able to spew this bullsh!t without his head exploding? All at the same time, this rutbag is a terrorist enabler, facilitator, abettor and appeaser. No small achievement for a man of his extremely limited skills.

Posted by: Zenster 2006-08-30 19:16

#7 And whose ill-gotten seed is up to his pencil-neck in the oil-for-food, and the Iraq sanction violations pre-2003?

I guess that is an "inappropriate" question.

Posted by: BigEd 2006-08-30 11:36

#6 "Annan told Defense Minister Amir Peretz during a meeting between the two that Israel is responsible for most violations..."

Curiously this article has no direct quotes from either Annan or Peretz. Not even an anonymous source. Hmmmm?

Posted by: DepotGuy 2006-08-30 10:30

#5 Mr. Annan, go to hell.

Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-08-30 09:16

#4 Thank you George.

Posted by: gromgoru 2006-08-30 07:42

#3 Lebanon (Hezbollah) started this war but has paid no price for it. Israel is withdrawing from Lebanon, did not get back its soldiers, did not get Hezbollah disarmed, and now is expected to lift its air blockade and carry the blame for violating the ceasefire, while Lebanon has held up its responsibility of...what? Annan's bias against Jews is peeking out again. And the US govt says nothing about it.

Posted by: Jules in the Hinterlands 2006-08-30 06:56

#2 Somehow, I sort of expected it. What do else would you expect from a guy who does this?

Posted by: gorb 2006-08-30 03:53

#1 This guy makes Waldheim look philosemitic.

He's gone next January. After that his pronouncements will attract all the interest now afforded to the estimable Boutros Boutros-Ghali.

The UN will remain a wasteland, of course, but his departure will allow for a small ray of hope we can look forward to seeing cynically extinguished.

Posted by: Baba Tutu 2006-08-30 03:43

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