On 15 sept. 06, at 20:25, Carl Remick wrote:
>> From: Bryan Atinsky <bryan at alt-info.org>
>>
>> There is the one statement of the Lebanese police from the day of the
>> capture. That is the statement repeated throughout the articles you
>> mention and there are many blogs in english that mention that. There
>> definitely was fighting going on near A�ta al-Chaab...that is
>> where the
>> Israelis moved in towards about an hour after the initial capture and
>> where most of the casualties took place. I think that is what is
>> confusing to people. There was a conflation of two more or less
>> distinct
>> events (the original capture and the delayed attempt at retrieval).
>
> All the chitchat about "who started" this war misses the point. It
> was Israel alone that escalated the conflict out of all proportion,
> carpeting Lebanon with cluster bombs and using internationally
> proscribed phosphorous shells. -- e.g.:
>
> <http://www.counterpunch.org/lamb09142006.html>
> <http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/761910.html>
>
> When Israeli UN Ambassador Dan Gillerman boasted of Israel's attack
> on Lebanon, "You're damned right this is disproportionate!" --
> there was no doubt who the war criminals are.
I 100% agree with that. My original question was just for me to clarify something that seemingly can't be. Because in the end, wherever the thing took place there are still the 2 lebanese who have been abducted by Israel a little before.
Jean-Christophe