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Israel Should Release Camera Footage of Deadly Attacks
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on Jul. 2, 2009 at 9:14 PM
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(Jerusalem) - Israeli attacks with guided missiles fired from aerial drones killed civilians during the recent Gaza fighting in violation of the laws of war, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The attacks with one of the most precise weapons in Israel's arsenal killed civilians who were not taking part in hostilities and were far from any fighting.
The 39-page report, "Precisely Wrong: Gaza Civilians Killed by Israeli Drone-Launched Missiles," details six incidents resulting in 29 civilian deaths, among them eight children. Human Rights Watch found that Israeli forces failed to take all feasible precautions to verify that these targets were combatants, as required by the laws of war, or that they failed to distinguish between combatants and civilians. Israeli and Palestinian human rights groups have reported a total of 42 drone attacks that killed civilians, 87 in all, during the fighting in December 2008 and January 2009.
"Drone operators can clearly see their targets on the ground and also divert their missiles after launch," said Marc Garlasco, senior military analyst at Human Rights Watch and co-author of the report. "Given these capabilities, Israel needs to explain why these civilian deaths took place."
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/06/30/israel-misuse-drones-killed-civilians-gaza
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- by on Jul. 3, 2009 at 10:18 AM
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Don't hold your breathe on that one. You know how Zionist Israel illegally used CLUSTER BOMBS on the Lebanese civilians a few years back? Well the Lebanese have been asking Zionist Israel for coordinates of where they dropped all these bombs, so that they can make sure that there are not undetonated bombs lying around that will injure people. Well guess what? To this day, Zionist Israel has refused to simply give the coordinates. I guess the Zionists figure it would be better to let those undetonated bombs kills a few more Lebanese. It is all part of their genocidal plan.
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- by on Jul. 3, 2009 at 11:52 AM
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Quoting Gypsyuma:
Don't hold your breathe on that one. You know how Zionist Israel illegally used CLUSTER BOMBS on the Lebanese civilians a few years back? Well the Lebanese have been asking Zionist Israel for coordinates of where they dropped all these bombs, so that they can make sure that there are not undetonated bombs lying around that will injure people. Well guess what? To this day, Zionist Israel has refused to simply give the coordinates. I guess the Zionists figure it would be better to let those undetonated bombs kills a few more Lebanese. It is all part of their genocidal plan.
wow
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- by on Jul. 3, 2009 at 2:35 PM
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Oh yea... wow. I agree. You know a cluster bombs explodes then disperses hundreds of little tiny bombs, which is why the Lebanese need to know where ALL these tiny bombs may still be laying undetonated.
There are some residential areas where the people still have been unable to return because it is just absolutely LITTERED with tiny cluster bombs.
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- by on Jul. 3, 2009 at 9:15 PM
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Quoting Gypsyuma:
Oh yea... wow. I agree. You know a cluster bombs explodes then disperses hundreds of little tiny bombs, which is why the Lebanese need to know where ALL these tiny bombs may still be laying undetonated.
There are some residential areas where the people still have been unable to return because it is just absolutely LITTERED with tiny cluster bombs.
Any other country and the US would be making them go pick them up..
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