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Izraelci pobijajo bežeče Libanonce
| 23. July 2006 | | sophomore
Medtem ko so nekateri hvalili izraelsko vojsko, da je prebivalce južnega Libanona pozvala, naj se umaknejo iz svojih domov in kot begunci poiščejo zatočišče severno od reke Litani - podobnost s tehnikami etničnega čiščenja v BiH in na Hrvaškem ni zgolj naključna -, so se v Tel Avivu očitno odločili, da bodo počistili tudi ceste, ki iz juga države vodijo na sever.
The narrow roads that meander through the valleys and undulating chalky hills east of Tyre were a place of terror and death Sunday, with Israeli helicopters attacking civilian vehicles fleeing Israel’s onslaught against South Lebanon.
“They have been hitting civilian cars all over the place,” said Peter Bouckart of Human Rights Watch, who had just returned to Beirut from Tyre. “I have been in many war zones, but this is one of the most dangerous places I have seen.”
Razlog za takšno ravnanje je lahko samo eden: Izraelci želijo s strategijo “schock and awe” čimveč prebivalstva pregnati čimbolj na sever, kar bi jim olajšalo okupacijo juga Libanona. Podobno so Izraelci ravnali že v vojni leta 1948, ko so z načrtnimi masakri (npr. Deir Yassin) in razširjanjem novic o njih v beg pognali Palestince, ki so takrat zatočišče poiskali v Jordaniji in Libanonu.
Druga podobnost med situacijo v Libanonu in na zasedenih ozemljih so prizadevanja Izraela, da bi s kolektivnim kaznovanjem civilnega prebivalstva povzročili državljansko vojno, ki bi olajšala delo Izraelu pri okupaciji, saj bi tako bil oslabljen odpor proti njej. Z napetostmi med Fatahom in Hamasom zaradi humanitarne katastrofe v Gazi jim je to delno že uspelo, sedaj pa s klanjem pretežno šiitskega prebivalstva na jugu in destabilizacijo države dajejo pogum tistim silam v Libanonu, ki so z Izraelci že sodelovale ob pokolih muslimanskega prebivalstva v preteklih intervencijah judovske države.
Tretja podobnost je uničenje gospodarskega potenciala Libanoncev in Palestincev, pri čemer s svojo brezbrižnostjo in podpiranjem Izraela sodelujeta tako ZDA in EU. Tudi to služi predvsem kot podpora ambicijam Izraela v regiji.
n total, almost 24,000 Lebanese were killed throughout the Israeli attacks between 1948 and 2006, and 49,000 wounded. Considering compensation only for implicit life earnings per person ($40,000 loss in income for the wounded, and $100,000 for each death), the minimum value of possible indemnities would reach $4.2 billion (this is an under-estimate as most insurance companies quote the actuarial value of a life policy at $1 million dollars per person).
Na vzhodu nič novega torej. Vse je bilo že videno, tudi znamenita ameriška ignoranca in neomajna podpora Izraelu. Američani so za današnje stanje krivi bolj kot Hezbolah in vse druge milice, ki so imele dovolj poguma postaviti se nasproti judovskemu Golijatu.
(Še brez glasov)
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Why, for example, did the Israelis attack and destroy the headquarters of the Liban-Lait company in the Bekaa Valley, the largest milk factory in Lebanon? Why did they bomb out the factory of the main importer for Proctor and Gamble products in Lebanon, based in Bchmoun? Why did they destroy a paper box factory outside Beirut? And why did Israeli planes attack a convoy of new ambulances being brought into Lebanon from Syria yesterday, vehicles which were the gift of the medical authorities of the United Arab Emirates? The ambulances were clearly marked as a relief aid convoy, according to an Emirates official. Were all these “terrorist” targets? Was the little girl in the field at Tel Harfa a “terrorist” target?
An example of Israel’s lack of care in targeting Lebanon came yesterday morning when an Israeli plane fired four missiles into a disused parking lot in the Christian district of Ashrafieh in Beirut. Their targets turned out to be two derelict water drilling lorries which were standing tyre-deep in weeds. Were the tubes on the back of the lorries supposed to be missile launchers? And if so, who imagined that Hizbollah would ever try to conceal such weapons in a Christian area of Beirut where Hizbollah believe many of Israel’s own collaborators live.
In Beirut and Nabatea, Lebanese security men claim to have arrested “collaborators” who were “painting” houses and cars with phosphorus to guide in Israeli jets to destroy them. At the same time, the Lebanese Minister of Finance, Jihad Azour, stated that 45 bridges had been destroyed across Lebanon and 60,000 families - 500,000 civilians - have been displaced.
The ambulanceman gave Ali the job of keeping his mother alive. The 12-year-old did what he could. “Mama, mama, don’t go to sleep,” he sobbed, gently patting her face beneath her chin. Behind her black veil, her eyelids were slowly sinking. “I’m going to die,” she sighed. “Don’t say that, mama,” Ali begged, and then slid to the ground in tears.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/syria/story/0,,1827422,00.html