Officials: Israeli strikes in Lebanon flatten houses, 57 buried in rubble

[Cooley Hurd]

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3286381,00.html

Israeli air strikes on two villages in south Lebanon on Friday flattened two houses, and 57 people were reported buried in the rubble, security officials and the state news agency reported.

The number of dead was not immediately known. The warplanes hit Taibeh, about 5 kilometers (3 miles) from the Israeli border, destroying a house where 17 people had taken refuge. (AP)

From other sources:

CNN Breaking News Banner said: Security officials say Israel airstrikes flattened houses in two south Lebanon villages and that 57 people were buried in the rubble, The Associated Press reports

From another CNN article:

<snip>
In southern Lebanon, security officials reported that Israeli airstrikes flattened houses in two villages burying 57 people under rubble, according to The Associated Press. No other details were immediately available.
</snip>

Ha'aretz News ticker reporting this at the top:
19:59 Sources: 57 people buried under rubble of homes in 2 villages struck by IAF (Haaretz)

[idgiehkt]

1. sigh. n/t

[ShockediSay]

52. Overreaching, overkilling, Lord you found us overly willing nt

[uppityperson]

2. Reuters says 7? Hard to tell how many where and if same thing

ISRAELI STRIKE KILLS SEVEN CIVILIANS, WOUNDS 10 IN SOUTH LEBANON VILLAGE - SECURITY SOURCE
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L04654097.htm

[Cooley Hurd]

3. That link doesn't say much - AP reporting specifically 57...

...still looking for the link.

[Poll_Blind]

4. Ha'Aretz is also reporting 57 on their Flash News:

19:59 Sources: 57 people buried under rubble of homes in 2 villages struck by IAF (Haaretz)

(5 minutes ago)

PB

[MrPrax]

5. More war crimes...

Israel's supporters Top Ten responses:

10) they were crippled kids
9) the building was weakened and collapsed
8) Israel warned them to leave
7) they were human shields
6) not civillians, but Hezbullah fighters
5) Israel is defending itself
4) Hezbollah was firing 'shit' from around there
3) They should have disarmed the terrorists if they didn't want to die
2) Could have been worst -- Israel has nukes
and the number one answer...
1) They're towelheads -- Kill'em all

[Mandate My Ass]

19. Thanks for the list, MrPrax

since I have them all on ignore now, I've forgotten some of the pathetic rationalizations they use.

[ThomCat]

26. Damn, I think you got 'em all.

:grr:
You're a patient man to catalog this shit.

[AliceWonderland]

49. Sadly complete list. (n/t)

[Scurrilous]

6. Officials: Israeli strikes in Lebanon flatten houses, 57 buried in rubble

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3286381,00.html

"Israeli air strikes on two villages in south Lebanon on Friday flattened two houses, and 57 people were reported buried in the rubble, security officials and the state news agency reported.

The number of dead was not immediately known. The warplanes hit Taibeh, about 5 kilometers (3 miles) from the Israeli border, destroying a house where 17 people had taken refuge."

[Cooley Hurd]

8. Thank you!

:thumbsup:

Updating the OP now...

[cali]

7. 57. And that's nothing

compared to the number that will die if Israel keeps bombing and aid is unable to get through to the 1 million refugees.

[madrchsod]

11. one million? no you forgot that a lebanese citizen is worth less

than an israeli citizen, i`m not sure how much but the best example maybe our own 3/5ths...

[Karenina]

30. One million Arabs

are not worth a Jewish fingernail, as many of us learned young. :shrug:

[uppityperson]

14. Overview of humanitarian situation, and relief/aid group info

http://www.alertnet.org/thefacts/reliefresources/115348060912.htm

Here's an overview of the humanitarian situation as of Aug. 4:

* Some 900 people have been killed and 3,000 wounded in Lebanon so far, with a third of the casualties children under 12, according to a statement by the country's prime minister, Fouad Siniora. Reuters gives a more conservative estimate, reporting that at least 720 people have been killed as of Aug. 4. Around a million people (25 percent of the country's population) have been displaced by the conflict, according to the Lebanese government.

* Key roads and bridges were bombed north of Beirut on Aug. 4, cutting a vital supply and evacuation route to Syria. The bombing of the highway between Beirut and Syria could "sever the vital humanitarian lifeline" into the country, the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) warned. The U.N. refugee agency UNHCR is among the agencies that has a supply base in Syria and has been dependent on the destroyed highway for its relief transports. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM), which is helping stranded migrants leave the country, is now looking for alternative roads with the help of Lebanese authorities....(more@link as to what different relief organizations are trying to do)

[Lerkfish]

9. the houses were evil?

residential homes were hiding rocket launchers?

er...ok.

[madrchsod]

15. yes

the missiles are mounted on trucks and as soon as the bad guys fired the missiles they took a 30 minute lunch break giving the idf enough time to target the posistion...

[Lerkfish]

16. were they watching reruns of "leave it to beaver"?

probably at some guy's new bigscreen, downing brewskis and eating pork rinds...well, maybe not the pork rinds.

Hey! somebody left the missile truck running! go and get the keys!

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[Snivi Yllom]

41. broad brush smear

offensive too

"lower than scum"

[partylessinOhio]

12. Why is the rest of the world doing nothing to stop these murders?

What is the world afraid of? This is really not making any sense anymore?

This destruction and killing is being done in full view of the world with instant reporting at the scenes of these war crimes. It is not hidden and no country can say they didn't know it was happening. So why are all nations ignoring this?

[Lerkfish]

17. all nations are being vetoed by Bolton

[atreides1]

18. Unlimited support from the US and its citizens

That's why!!!!

[MysteryToMyself]

22. Lebanon is 40% Christian. (or was)

America is the only one that can stop Israel. Condi & Companies want to give Israel time to kill all the Hezbollahs plus a lot of Christians while they are at it.

Lebanon is 40% Christian. (or was)

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[mom cat]

20. Why isn't the world screaming? Where are our peace groups?

At least Amnesty is protesting and so is ANSWER.

[MysteryToMyself]

25. No one can stop them

The UN doesn't have strong enough weapons and NATO is in the hands of Israel. Condi doesn't care, she just wants the Hezbollah all dead so she won't have to keep going back. She wants to shop for shoes not keep running back.

[mom cat]

31. Welcome to DU! ... I think that you are right about the shoes.

:hi:

[MysteryToMyself]

27. Who do they protest to?

Do you think George and Condi would listen?

It is like calling the police about a gang of murderers and they say it is o.k., they are defending themselves.

[mom cat]

32. We can't be silent like the Good Germans.

[Az_lefty]

21. nero & Co could have prevented this...

more and more I get the impression that our psychotic leaders think they can bring on the 2nd coming by creating Armageddon. nero's hearing voices alright, but it isn't God talking to him.

[Tight_rope]

23. This is Fucking outrageous....Israel has no excuse to keep killing

And "NO ONE" should be using that sorry fucking excuse about them protecting themselves.

[w4rma]

24. This war is a racist war. (nt)

[jonnyblitz]

34. very much so. It explains the total disregard for civilian life. nt

[partylessinOhio]

28. How much longer will this immoral killing continue?

The bodies of Syrian kurd farm workers lie on the ground after an Israeli air raid on a farm in northeastern Lebanon, August 4, 2006. The raid on Qaa in the Bekaa Valley killed 33 and wounded 20. Israel struck four bridges linking Beirut to the north of the country earlier during the day.



These are human beings, people!

[truth2power]

37. Kinda gives the lie to the

"poor little Israel. We're so victimized" mantra.

If any good is to come of this carnage, it's that the world is finally going to realize that Israel isn't entitled to any special consideration. Time for them to grow up and stop whining. War criminals!

[BeHereNow]

39. And DON'T forget the blowback Israel is creating for US.

The Arab world is MORE than aware of the neocon
connection to Israel and their military.
I am beyond infuriated that OUR tax dollars
are being used by Israel to increase OUR
chances of being targets of retaliation for
THEIR war crimes.
BHN

[partylessinOhio]

29. Bombing fruits and vegetables to starve the Lebanese:

[donkeyotay]

33. This is insane. These right wing fascist treasonous rat bastards

are destroying the world, destroying hope, destroying decency. Even if one set aside the moral issues, even if one granted Israel a military victory here, what does it accomplish? Is Olmert Israel's George Bush? What end justifies this means? Even if they win the battle, they are losing the war. Heck, the Mercan people might even begin to wonder why we pay for this with our money, blood, standing in the world and our voice.

I'm furious. I don't want my taxes being used to bomb Lebanon. Then, I suppose after they make rubble of another country those patriotic defense contractors will make billions more "rebuilding." We could hope they'd do a better job than those crooks did in NOLA or Baghdad.

Our country has been hijacked, and if you want a laugh, call up YOUR REPRESENTATIVE and ask them why they're more concerned about the Likud than the US. Then turn on the tee vee and watch through your jail cell window as your freedom disappears.

[Bretttido]

35. It's a sad state of affairs..

:cry:

[Zhade]

36. More war crimes.

HAGUE!

[BeHereNow]

38. Hideous, just hideous. I DO NOT support Israel.

I do not support ANYone who murders civilians.
God damn the neocon KKKabal and their Zionist IDF war criminal partners.
There are MANY Christians in Lebanon!
Where are the nut case fundies on this atrocity?
Why no concern from them?
Is it perhaps because these are BROWN Christians?
BHN

[Snivi Yllom]

40. video of Hezbollah firing Katyushas from apartment building

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyHQFyO_fu4&eurl=

for perspective

[Lerkfish]

42. and what perspective would that be?

because person A does something wrong, and person B does something wrong, it does NOT make person A honorable.
it only makes them both wrong.

STOP THE KILLING and STOP THE RATIONALIZATIONS.

we are on the verge of witnessing a complete destruction of a country while the world watches and does nothing.

[Snivi Yllom]

43. Too late, let the IDF finish off Hezbollah

then let the peace return and the rebuilding begin

The majority of Lebanon has been untouched and most likely will not be completely destroyed. If it comes to that, it would be internal civil war , not Israel that destroys Lebanon.


The world body blew it big time by not enforcing the disarmament of Hezbollah and providing assitance to the Lebanese government to police their own territory and borders.

Unfortunately for both Israel and Labanon,this time, it's going to going to hurt a lot more. There is no way Hezbollah will ever voluntarily disarm. Never. Israel's only option is to inflict as much damage to Hezbollah as possible, and then negotiate a cease fire that allows a world military force to police the borders and not allow Hezbollah to rearm. It's going to require

Stopping now may save some lives, but it's only going to kick the can down the road again, and ensure there is another outbreak of war.

[BeHereNow]

44. And never mind the consequences, eh?

The blowback against US troops in the region?
Ah, fuck em, eh?

The 900 dead Lebanese civilians?
Ah fuck them too, they were brown people, eh?

The building probability that eventually
the blowback will reach American soil?
Ah, fuck that too, right?

How about Israel staying in it's borders
and stop provoking the Hezbollah and the rest of
the Arab world?

BHN

[Snivi Yllom]

45. "stop provoking Hezbollah?"

There is not even supposed to be a Hezbollah according to the UN, but that's another example of the failure to solve the issue in a definitive manner. Noone stepped in to properly help Lebanon to disarm hezbollah and kept the Syrians and Iranians from using Lebanon as a base of operations to attack Israel. Israel has fulfilled it's obligations to the UN and the world to pull out of Lebanon, but Hezbollah (really Iran and Syria) still attacks and harasses Israel. Well, Israel has had enough.

You want to blame anyone for not keeping the peace? Blame the UN, blame Syria, blame Iran, and blame the world.

http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N04/498/92/PDF/N0449892.pdf?OpenElement

http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N02/233/04/PDF/N0223304.pdf?OpenElement

http://www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/TestFrame/7e93b8efbe9e9723c1256d9000289335?Opendocument

http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2004/sc8181.doc.htm

[Lerkfish]

47. but NEVER blame Israel, right?

oh, no, never do that. never blame the people actually doing the flattening.

no,no,no....that wouldn't be right.

[daleo]

46. Yes, we can't trade real lives for potential lives

"Stopping now may save some lives, but it's only going to kick the can down the road again..."

[IntiRaymi]

51. Oh, you mean "Let the IDF continue the massacre"

That is what you mean.
How can you be so callous?

[Cooley Hurd]

48. That video has ZERO relevance to the OP...

:eyes:

[Imagevision]

50. Anyone know why Hezbollah bombs/kidnaps Israel to begin with??

I'm being led to believe that the hezbollah crowd are just into killing innocent Israel people for terror? for,... the sake of just upsetting people??

I'm really confused as to why Hezbollians keep bombing poor Israel people, I apologize for my ignorance, but would some intelligent soul enlighten me?