23 August 2006

Finally!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1856587,00.html

Amnesty report accuses Israel of war crimes
David Fickling
Wednesday August 23, 2006
Guardian Unlimited

"Israel deliberately targeted civilian infrastructure and committed war crimes during the month-long conflict in Lebanon, according to an Amnesty International report.
The report said strikes on civilian buildings and structures went beyond "collateral damage" and amounted to indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks under the Geneva conventions on the laws of war...

"Israel's assertion that the attacks on the infrastructure were lawful is manifestly wrong," she said.

"Many of the violations identified in our report are war crimes. The pattern, scope and scale of the attacks makes Israel's claim that this was collateral damage simply not credible."

Amnesty called for an official UN inquiry into human rights violations on both sides of the conflict..."

Read it all: http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1856587,00.html

NY Times on this topic: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/24/world/middleeast/24lebanon.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

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