Amnesty accuses Hez of War Crimes
acutejam
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060914/ts_afp/mideastconflictlebanon
And I quote:
"The scale of Hezbollah's attacks on Israeli cities, towns and villages, the indiscriminate nature of the weapons used and statements from the leadership confirming their intent to target civilians make it all too clear that Hezbollah violated the laws of war," said Amnesty's secretary-general Irene Khan.
"The fact that Israel has also committed serious violations in no way justifies violations by Hezbollah. Civilians must not be made to pay the price for unlawful conduct on either side."
They don't go after the "human shield" issue but stated they would look into it for a future report. I'm glad this was released, my jaded side thinks it was done just to give credibility to their reports on Israel as their first effort was simply to blast Israel (which in some regards is justified).
Still, this is an encouraging move by Amnesty International -- amazingly, Human Rights Watch issued it's statement on August 5th.
And I quote:
"The scale of Hezbollah's attacks on Israeli cities, towns and villages, the indiscriminate nature of the weapons used and statements from the leadership confirming their intent to target civilians make it all too clear that Hezbollah violated the laws of war," said Amnesty's secretary-general Irene Khan.
"The fact that Israel has also committed serious violations in no way justifies violations by Hezbollah. Civilians must not be made to pay the price for unlawful conduct on either side."
They don't go after the "human shield" issue but stated they would look into it for a future report. I'm glad this was released, my jaded side thinks it was done just to give credibility to their reports on Israel as their first effort was simply to blast Israel (which in some regards is justified).
Still, this is an encouraging move by Amnesty International -- amazingly, Human Rights Watch issued it's statement on August 5th.
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