Sunday Slaughter
30 July 2006 8:36 am by Taylor Marsh
Sunday Slaughter –updated–
The Lebanese are breaking the U.S. embassy windows in Beirut. They are marching in the
streets. The bodies amass, mostly children and women. Yet on “Meet the
Press” Ambassador Dan Gillerman said no cease fire, no cease fire, no cease
fire. (h/t reader John)
The only reaction can be disgust.
Dropping leaflets on the poorest of villages Qana, and expecting these poor
people to leave a village, though they have nowhere to go and no means to take
them there, is hard to comprehend.
Saniora said Lebanon would be open only to an immediate cease-fire.
“There is no place at this sad moment for any discussions other than
an immediate and unconditional cease-fire as well as international investigation
of the Israeli massacres in Lebanon now,” he told reporters Sunday.More than 5,000 people protested in central Beirut, denouncing Israel and
the United States, some chanting, “Destroy Tel Aviv, destroy Tel Aviv.”
A few broke car windows and tried briefly to break into the main U.N. building
until political leaders called for a halt to damage.Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr questioned Israel's claim that Hezbollah
fired rockets from the village. “What do you expect Israel to say? Will
it say that it killed 40 children and women?” he told Al-Jazeera television.Qana, in the hills east of the southern port city of Tyre, has a bloody history.
In 1996, Israeli artillery killed more than 100 civilians who had taken refuge
at a U.N. base in the village. That attack sparked an international outcry
that helped end an Israeli offensive.
Israel made matters worse with this bombing, but watching Gillerman was an
insult.
Ambassador Nouhad Mahmoud the Special Envoy for Lebanon still hopes Condeleezza
Rice will come to Lebanon and negotiate a cease fire. But according to Gillerman there will be none. UPDATE: CNN just reported Rice is returning to Washington to work on a U.N. resolution. She looked positively shaken this morning when talking about the slaughter in Qana. Prime Minister Olmert saying he needs 10 more days. That's just not tenable.
The airport, seaport, electrical grid, water supply was hit by Israel from the beginning, focusing
on the civilian infrastructure.
Now Israel has spent their righteousness on dead children and women. Their
military campaign has collapsed, which has been made worse with the bombing of the building in Qana. The only winner today
is Nasrallah and Hezbollah. What did Israel gain by this bombing?
| WATCH THE VIDEO Israel's Ambassador Gillerman, then Lebanon's Special Envoy Nouhad Mahmoud on “Meet the Press”. Also, Hamas promises new attacks. |
