Israeli drone fires on refugee convoy

[maddezmom]

BEIRUT, Lebanon - An Israeli drone fired missiles into a convoy of refugees fleeing fighting in the southern town of Marjayoun, killing or wounding up to 15 people, witnesses and security officials said.

Al-Jazeera television reported that the Lebanese Interior Minister Ahmed Fatfat said three people were killed and seven wounded.

The convoy, made up of more than 100 civilian vehicles in addition to vehicles carrying Lebanese soldiers and police from the area around Marjayoun, was hit near Chtaura in the Bekaa Valley.

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more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060811/ap_on_re_mi_ea/mideast_fighting_convoy_attack

[katinmn]

1. Targeting refugees is becoming a common theme

:(

[Megahurtz]

2. And this is what the U.S. is supporting Isreal for?

:grr:

[zreosumgame]

9. we just need to ship them BIGGER BOMBS

and somehow peace will desend in the ME, or something will desend anyway.

[Miss Chybil]

18. No. You have it all wrong.

Nobody wants peace. It's they Armageddon they want, silly. They want Jesus to descend with his flaming sword so he can chop up little Muslim and Jewish babies, or, at least their parents. The streets will run with blood and all the good, little Christians can go to heaven. Geez. You haven't figured it out, yet?

[MichiganVote]

3. Unreal...just unreal....

[fooj]

4. If one more person accuses us of being anti-semite I'm gonna scream!

Wrong is wrong. Violating International Law is a CRIME. Period.

[daleo]

5. Leave now, or we kill you

Leave now, and we kill you.

[Endangered Specie]

6. Has if ever occured to them...

that killing so many civilians is going to make things worse for them too? WHen you kill a truckload of civilians, guess what the survivors, witnesses, and family members are going to think about. Its not bound to have a positive effect on their opinion of Israel, some of them may be persuaded to join Hezbollah, or some other organization.

I would not be suprised if the IDF isnt creating more future Hezbollah members than it is actually killing.

Don't believe me, what do you think you'd do in their position?

[leftchick]

7. Photo of a convoy. I assume it is the same...

A convoy of vehicles snakes along a road toward the southern village of Marj el-Khokh, near the southern town of Marjayoun, Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 11, 2006, as smoke rises in the town of Jdeidet Marjayoun, background, following an Israeli bombardment. U.N. peacekeepers were dispatched Friday to evacuate about 350 Lebanese soldiers and police detained by Israeli forces in Marjayoun a day after Israeli soldiers swept into the southern Lebanese town, security officials said. (AP Photo/Lotfallah Daher)

:cry:

[daleo]

10. Talk about sitting ducks. n/t

[leftchick]

11. It is the same convoy

the photgrapher cerdited in the photo is in the article...

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Associated Press photographer Lutfallah Daher was with the convoy. He said he saw one dead body and many others wounded.



And yes, it is like shooting fish in a barrel isn't it? :puke:

[katinmn]

16. ...

:puke:

[zreosumgame]

8. an Israeli drone, operated by an Israeli drone

hit refugees...

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[maddezmom]

13. Michael Ware on CNNI talking about the convoy strike

[maddezmom]

14. another link with more details

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Two armored UN peacekeeping vehicles had led the convoy out of Marjayoun on Friday afternoon, but it was not known if they were still accompanying it when the attack occurred.

An Associated Press photographer was with the convoy and said he saw the body of one dead man and many others wounded. The state-run National News Agency said at least four people were killed.

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http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/749479.html

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[zreosumgame]

17. yup instead of IED's they use DED's

Deliberate Explosive (and incendiary) Devices. It all comes down to brand names it seems...

[sarcasmo]

19. No war crime here, move along nothing to see.

[Poll_Blind]

20. These were captives freed by the Israeli army, only to be accked!

Please, see this.

PB

[ShockediSay]

21. US must stop supplying WMDs to Israel.

[Raydawg1234]

22. CNN's coverage of this was interesting

Seemed like they wanted to change the subject fast, they responded to their reporter in the field, "uhh.....we'll have to ask Israeli officials about that"

Seems to me that they don't like to report on stories that make Israel look bad.