This Is Huge!

Never - not ever - would I have believed this coming from a UN official:

But a day after criticizing Israel for "disproportionate" strikes against civilians, U.N. humanitarian chief Jan Egeland accused Hezbollah of "cowardly blending" among Lebanese civilians.

"Consistently, from the Hezbollah heartland, my message was that Hezbollah must stop this cowardly blending … among women and children," Egeland said. "I heard they were proud because they lost very few fighters and that it was the civilians bearing the brunt of this. I don't think anyone should be proud of having many more children and women dead than armed men."

This is enormous news - the UN finally admitting that Hezbollah itself is causing the bulk of the civilian casualties.

Hat Tip to Crosspatch from the comment section. (Same story on Yahoo News).

UPDATE: Ha'aretz report. Egeland is now in Israel trying to negotiate safe passage corridors for humanitarian aid.

categories War | Gaius Monday, 24 July , 2006

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