Reading this doesn't surprise me. That Israel used wp rounds doesn't surprise me. The use of wp is not a war crime in and of itself.
That Israel would "admit" it, and launch an investigation doesn't surprise me. It is what any reasonable government would do. Very different than the Hamas-led Palestinian government in Gaza, yes? Can you imagine an investigation into, say, which Hamas government-backed fighters were firing from hospitals and schools and mosques (a clearer war crime) That the Guardian would report it doesn't suprise me. They definitely lean towards the Palestinian side in all of these conflicts. (but, I have to admit, I was suprised that they report it pretty well) That you would leap from "could be guilty" (Amnesty) to "admits to war crime" does surprise me a little. Trolling for a response, or have you convicted them already? If it turns out that Israel used wp munitions on civilian population, without good evidence and danger from fighters in the immediate area, then they should be prosecuted. Not assumed to be guilty, but investigated further, and if it turns out that the shells were fired on purpose, or in error, or off target, or with complete disregard for "collateral damage", then something should be done. And, truthfully, I think it will be. On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 7:50 AM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/21/gaza-phosphorus-shells > > "Israel has admitted after mounting pressure that its troops may have > used white phosphorus shells in contravention of international law, during > its three-week offensive in the Gaza <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gaza > > > Strip." > > Reading about this doesn't surprise me.We've already seen that hospitals et > al were destroyed in a bid to get at a relative few Hamas terrorists. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:286808 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
