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September 14, 2006

Believe It Or Not

Amnesty International finally finds some muslim terrorists at fault for something! No, really! From AP/Yahoo:

Hezbollah militants broke international law by firing thousands of rockets into
Israel and killing dozens of civilians during the recent conflict with Israel, Amnesty International charged Thursday.

The human rights group called for a United Nations inquiry into what it called war crimes by Israel and Hezbollah, but its report focused on the actions of the Lebanese militants during the 34-day conflict.

Hezbollah launched nearly 4,000 rockets into northern Israel in July and August, killing at least 39 civilians.

The firing of rockets into urban areas in northern Israel disregarded international laws that call for distinguishing between civilian and military targets, Amnesty said.

"Targeting civilians is a war crime. There's no gray area," said Larry Cox, Amnesty's executive director in the United States.

Although Hezbollah denies targeting Israeli civilians, it fired inaccurate rockets packed with thousands of metal ball bearings to maximize harm to noncombatants, Amnesty said.

That's not to say that they didn't, as usual, find Israel guilty of defending itself and responding to acts of war war crimes, too, but at least this is a small step in the right direction.

Who knows, maybe one day the United Nations will remember that Israel is a sovereign state...

Posted by Jeff Soyer at September 14, 2006 08:21 AM

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If you'd ever bothered to pay attention to Amnesty International other than when they issue a report on America, you'd be aware that Amnesty International routinely issues reports on the Muslim countries for their human rights abuses right along with everyone else.

Posted by: Guav at September 14, 2006 11:26 AM

I read this today as well and did a double take on it. Couldn't believe my eyes.

Posted by: Southerngayrepublican at September 15, 2006 12:47 AM

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