Thursday, October 19, 2006

Human Rights Watch: Hizbullah used cluster bombs

Hizbullah used cluster bombs against Israeli civilians -- its "better late than never" that the Human Rights Watch organization reported on this, though that isn't a sufficient explanation for their one-sided coverage of the issues of human rights violations in the Lebanon Summer war. It bears repeating that, taking the combatants at their own words, Hizbullah specifically targetted civilians with cluster bombs, with the intent of killing and maiming civilians (including Muslim Israelis). On the other hand, any civilian casualties caused by Israel's bombing of Lebanon was in pursuit of Hizbulla military targets that used civilians as human shields (a war crime on Hizbullah's part). It is important to understand this difference -- THERE IS NO MORAL EQUIVALENCE BETWEEN THE POSITIONS.

Report: Hizbullah used cluster bombs | Jerusalem Post

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