pics from Lebanon (warning)
El_Kabong
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***WARNING VEEEEEERY graphic/sensitive...***
I know how much it sucks to not be ready for some ugly stuff when you click on a link, but we should look war in the face and see what those actually living through it don't have the choice of not seeing
http://fromisraeltolebanon.info/
I know how much it sucks to not be ready for some ugly stuff when you click on a link, but we should look war in the face and see what those actually living through it don't have the choice of not seeing
http://fromisraeltolebanon.info/
standin above the crowd
he had a voice that was strong and loud and
i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
eager to identify with
someone above the crowd
someone who seemed to feel the same
someone prepared to lead the way
he had a voice that was strong and loud and
i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
eager to identify with
someone above the crowd
someone who seemed to feel the same
someone prepared to lead the way
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May the people pictured rest in peace.
When to smile and just what to say
They say have your own fun...
Need vinyl, doggs.
Oh my god...
It just digs away at you...it's hard to express the emotions
Israel Must Allow Civilians Safe Passage
Lebanon/Israel: Israel Must Allow Civilians Safe Passage
Warnings Do Not End Duty to Avoid Civilian Casualties
(Beirut, July 21, 2006) Israel must allow civilians safe passage out of
Lebanon's embattled south, Human Rights Watch said today. Warnings by
the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to civilians that they must evacuate
southern Lebanon within 24 hours do not absolve Israel of the duty to
avoid attacks likely to cause indiscriminate or disproportionate loss of
civilian life.
Yesterday, the IDF advised all civilians south of the Litani River in
southern Lebanon to evacuate the region within 24 hours for their own
safety. Through leaflets dropped by aircraft, radio broadcasts and a
recorded message to mobile phones, residents were advised not to travel
on motorcycles or in vans or trucks lest they be "suspected of transporting
weapons and rockets," and become "a potential target."
"Israel should warn people of attacks, but those warnings can't be used to
justify harming civilians who remain," said Sarah Leah Whitson, director
of the Middle East and North Africa division at Human Rights Watch.
"Civilians who can't evacuate are still fully protected by international
law."
The Israeli military's extensive destruction over the last several days of
bridges, roads and vehicles, as well as shortages of food and fuel, have
made evacuation in 24 hours impossible for many. An estimated 300,000
people live south of the Litani River, which lies about 20 miles north of
the Lebanon-Israel border. Some 60,000 civilians have fled the area over
the past week, the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz reported.
International humanitarian law requires armed forces to give "effective
advance warning" of attacks when circumstances permit. However, even
after warnings have been given, these forces must still take all feasible
precautions to avoid loss of civilian life. This includes canceling an attack
when it becomes apparent that the target is civilian or that the civilian loss
would be disproportionate to the expected military gain.
Human Rights Watch expressed particular concern over continued air
strikes that have killed and injured civilians trying to flee. On Wednesday,
an air strike on a car reportedly killed four civilians: Ghassan Faqih, 31;
Laila Aqil Abu Zayd Nami, 71; As'ad Habas, 42; and an unidentified
fourth woman, who were driving from their village of Aitaroun to the city
of Tyre.
Israeli air strikes the same day killed more than 50 people across the
country, the highest daily death toll since the conflict began on July 12.
Air strikes have hit civilian trucks, including those carrying sugar, flour
and rice. Other attacks have destroyed public infrastructure, notably
bridges and roads needed by the civilian population to flee.
"The Israeli military is telling civilians to leave, but the casualties caused
by its attacks on the roads have made many people too frightened to
travel," Whitson said.
Israel's military campaign has already displaced 500,000 Lebanese
residents, or one-eighth of the country's population, the United Nations
said. The humanitarian situation is especially grim in Tyre, a few miles
south of the Litani River, where an estimated 60,000 residents as well as
displaced people from nearby villages are trapped with dwindling supplies
of medicine and food.
The IDF announced on July 19 that it is "operating with great caution in
order to prevent any harm to uninvolved civilians." At the same time, the
military said, "Southern Lebanon is a combat zone in which Hezbollah
terrorists operate against Israeli civilians from within the civilian Lebanese
population, using them as human shields."
Deploying military forces within populated areas is a violation of
international humanitarian law, but that does not release Israel from its
obligations to take all feasible precautions to minimize harm to civilians
and civilian property during military operations.
On July 19, Hezbollah fired more than 100 rockets into Israel, killing two
Israeli Arab boys in Nazareth. Human Rights Watch has condemned
Hezbollah for launching attacks that at best indiscriminately, and at worst
deliberately, target civilians.
More than 300 people have been killed in Lebanon since the fighting
began on July 12, most of them civilians. Twenty-nine Israelis have been
killed, including 15 civilians.
To see Human Rights Watch's ongoing coverage of the Israel-
Lebanon conflict, please visit:
http://hrw.org/campaigns/israel_lebanon/
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Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
A week into this war, and I still can't find words ....
Perhaps some of you Americans would care to e-mail some 'names' at Fox news and their equivalents?
EV: It's your band.
~Q Magazine
"Kisses for the glow...kisses for the lease." - BDRII
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Buddy... we're not allowed to show that stuff on television. I'm not saying that's how it should be, but we're just not allowed to show graphic violence or anything on standard TV.
Anymore than they showed the body parts on the news/papers after 9/11. No public channel does nor should show that kind of image.
And friends are friends, pals are pals, but buddies sleep together.
www.myspace.com/jensvad
It startles me that you can remain unaffected by these pictures. Are you incapable of empathy?
as for the remaining pictures with no caption/photographer listed i have no way of knowing what i am looking at except heartbreaking pictures
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Im the patrick bateman of the MT
Its easy to take those pictures of the little girls out of context. I still find them bothersome, but no more so than the pictures of what Arabs do when a bomber strikes Israel or when a few planes hit the U.S.
As for the rest ... Its pretty hard to take them out of context. Just disgusting and terrible, and there can really be no justification.
what about when palestinian children burn israeli flags or march through the streets with ak47s?
yeah, but that stuff is actually shown in the mainstream media, isn't it?
of course it's bad, but when you can show me how the bodycounts stack up (5:1 palestinian kids killed to israeli) and on a consistant basis let me know.
who lives under whose heel and gun barrels? it's more than just defense in retaliation when the damage and 'collateral damage' gets so high. and let's be honest, there is history of mass murder a few times.
the western media beats the suicide bomber into everyone's heads, but they fail to portray israel for the bullies they can be and are being.
he had a voice that was strong and loud and
i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
eager to identify with
someone above the crowd
someone who seemed to feel the same
someone prepared to lead the way
Thanks for posting that. I didn't want to believe what those little girls were doing was as bad as it seemed.
The girls in the blog story are pretty much an anology for the majority of Americans in regard to Iraq.
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength
I suppose you want them dead as well. Get er done. I really hope you have no siblings.
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength
does anyone actually know what was written? b/c i have a real hard time believing they were writing mesages to the infrastucture instead of ppl...they know these bombs are going to be killing people and they seem 'gleeful' about writing messages on a missile...especially given this:
http://www.captiveminds.org/misc/letter.htm
i'm not trying to demonize one side over the other here but i'm also not going to believe one is innocent, they knew what would happen w/ those weapons.
he had a voice that was strong and loud and
i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
eager to identify with
someone above the crowd
someone who seemed to feel the same
someone prepared to lead the way
Did you ever kick cats and dogs as a kid for a laugh? Just wondering, my friend did... I have a dark past..
This whole thing is a perpetual mindfuck.
I'll admit, I'm pretty much a dunce when it comes to this region of the world. I think I got around 50+ good hours of reading to get behind me on this topic before I can hope to form any kind of opinion (other than the obvious outside influences).
I am curious, who keeps breaking the ceasefires, or who has broken the most?
Most here are against it period. We are not picking sides but trying to analyze and understand it. But I could be wrong and in that case yes, you are right about that to a point. A good point. However the pictures are authentic from various sources now (to my understanding).
Besides even if they weren't, it's all definitely happening so they might as well be real. Much worse is going on than what those few pictures show in reality.
Unless you're a gaza strip conspiracy theorist.... hey that's a new one!
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