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| Israel threatens another large-scale Gaza war |
| 2009-12-24 |
| Israel has threatened another massive war against the Gaza Strip as the impoverished enclave continues to suffer in the aftermath of the devastating January offensive. Israeli planes have been dropping thousands of leaflets across Gaza, warning Palestinians against cooperating with the resistance fighters based in the coastal sliver. The leaflets also threaten Gazans with a new attack just ahead of the first anniversary of Israel's 22-day onslaught against the Palestinian territory. On December 2008, Tel Aviv launched an all-out military action against Gaza, killing 1,400 people, including a large number of women and children, killed and leaving thousands more injured. The threats come despite the Israeli army's failure in its January operation to reach its strategic and military objectives -- above all its pledged overthrow of Israel's long-time arch foe, Hamas. In July, the activist group Breaking the Silence released print and video testimony from some 30 soldiers who said they entered Gaza with firing guns upon a "permissive" guideline by commanders, urging to shoot first and worry later about distinguishing civilians from combatants. The 112-page testimony also accused Israeli troops of using Palestinian civilians as human shields and charged Israel with dropping forbidden white phosphorus bombs indiscriminately into Gaza streets on the top of aerial bombardment and heavy artillery fire. In April, former South African UN prosecutor Richard Goldstone led an independent fact-finding mission commissioned by the United Nations Human Rights Council to investigate international human rights and humanitarian law violations during the Gaza war. The committee's 575-page report mostly highlighted Israeli atrocities against the people in the beleaguered Gaza Strip and documented deliberate targeting of centers, such as schools and mosques, known to be holding civilians. The document also filed complaints that the Israeli soldiers killed unarmed people on the run, saying some of the victims were even waving white flags. In October, the damning report was put up for a vote in the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council and endorsed by an overwhelming majority of 114 countries while 18 opposed and 44 abstained. The three-week Israeli land, sea and air offensive in the Gaza Strip also devastated a large part of the infrastructure in the impoverished coastal enclave, which remains under Tel Aviv's blockade despite international opposition. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 ARCLIGHT sneaks in, leaves with a loud noise and shaking ground. It is ALWAYS preferable to be feared rather than be treated with contempt. The entire Muddled East has nothing but contempt for the United States because we've fought this war with our hands tied. Stupid, stupid, stupid. If Israel were to tell the rest of the world to go fornicate with a pack of Grizzlies and just STOMPED Gaza, things would change rapidly. Unfortunately, there are no Genghis Khan in today's world. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-12-24 21:16 |
| #5 Aircraft move fast, field guns move slow. (By comparison) |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-12-24 11:52 |
| #4 Since we're going to be condemned whatever we do, lets exercise some financial prudence---lets just use cheap artillery instead of expensive aviation. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-12-24 10:04 |
| #3 If they ARE illegal then go call a Cop. That's exactly what the Euros and others intend to do via the ICC and the UN. Obama's executive order giving diplomatic privileges to INTERPOL is one step towards making that a full reality. |
| Posted by: lotp 2009-12-24 07:32 |
| #2 More tea? Why yes, thank you, Angleton9. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-12-24 07:28 |
| #1 Where to begin. Wars are a last resort. Its whiny stupid and silly to call wars "illegal". If they ARE illegal then go call a Cop. If you cant get a Cop to stop the war then quit making yourself look weak and whiny by saying something ridiculous. The LAST thing you want when you are IN a war is to look weak and whiny ( unless you LIKE bending over in the shower). Do you like bending over ( Obama does)? The Left likes to whine. They think being a "victim" is somehow Cool. You get more candy when you whine and are a "victim".? He hit me , Mommy? Who raised these people? Bruce and Dwayne? And saying the war killed 1,400 women and children..come on. Give me the names otherwise I am gonna think you are BS as well as whiny. You didnt say that, then? What DID you say? That War is bad..ESPECIALLY when nasty Jews kick goombah ass? You against Jews or kicking ass? Kicking ass is always bad? yeah? I got news for you, Francis. Kicking ass is the VERY BEST way not to get your own ass kicked. Look into it. My mother didnt rAISE ME TO BE A "VICTIM". I SEE ABSOLUTELY NO VALUE IN BEING A VICTIM...EVER! More tea? |
| Posted by: Angleton9 2009-12-24 06:01 |