Israel hits civilian vehicle near UN Lebanon convoy

[Karmadillo]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L06742085.htm

TYRE, Lebanon, Aug 6 (Reuters) - An Israeli aircraft fired on a vehicle travelling just ahead of a United Nations humanitarian convoy on Sunday, killing at least one civilian, U.N. and Lebanese security sources said.

The strike drew a swift reaction from the U.N., which has complained along with other aid groups that Israeli bombing and a naval blockade are preventing them from helping many of the 800,000 to 1 million people displaced by the war.

"A truck on the opposite side of the road of the U.N. convoy was heading to Beirut. When it was about 40 metres (yards) away from the convoy, it was hit, apparently by a rocket," said U.N. spokesman for Lebanon Khaled Mansour.

"We are investigating the matter. It's a cause for deep concern that it was so close to a convoy whose details were conveyed to the warring factions."

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[Poll_Blind]

1. I don't care WHO leaves DU- IT IS WRONG TO KILL CIVIIANS!

What a nightmare...

PB

[chimpymustgo]

3. So true!! This is just wrong, and some of us aren't going to shut up

about it.

It's slaughter.

[malaise]

7. Ditto

One more war crime.

[leftchick]

9. It Is Wrong To Kill Anyone!!!!

said the total peace activist leftchick! :cry:

[The Stranger]

10. Someone's leaving?

[Warren Stupidity]

2. 20 - 25% of the population of Lebanon are now refugees.

To put this in perspective, with a population of almost 300,000,000 a similar crisis in the United States would have 60,000,000 - 65,000,000 refugees seeking food clothing and shelter having been displaced from their homes by bombs and threats of more bombs.

The logical inference is that Israel has conducted a deliberate terror campaign against the population of southern Lebanon and is attempting to depopulate the southern region of the country.

[Tom Joad]

5. got that right, warren. State sponsored terrorism. Another Nakba.

[MrPrax]

4. Revenge killings...

There is no military objective anymore -- the killing is being done entirely out of political necessity for Olmert and his government. Another stunning neo-con failure where innocents get killed and elites wallow in self-righteous bigotry.

[TomClash]

6. It's a war

The IDF targets truck convoys because they might be carrying weapons or ordinance. Hezbollah targets urban areas because its rockets are not precision guided. And "precision-guided" is a dubious term anyway - those missiles often fail, as we've seen in Iraq.

Nothing stops the killing of civilians except an end to war.

[breakaleg]

8. clearly Israel hasn't learned anything from their "mistakes" thus far.