UN Withdraws Unarmed Observers
Finally, after getting four of them killed, the UN has withdrawn the unarmed UN observers (UNTSO).
BEIRUT, Lebanon - The United Nations has decided to remove unarmed observers from their posts along the Israeli-Lebanese border, moving them in with the peacekeeping force in the area, a spokesman said Friday. The decision came three days after one of the posts of the observer force, known as UNTSO, was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike earlier this week, killing four.
"These are unarmed people and this is for their protection," said Milos Struger, a spokesman for UNIFIL, the peacekeeping force whose 2,000 members have light weapons for self-defense.
This should have been done earlier instead of allowing Hezbollah to use the UN force as human shields. Which they have done repeatedly.
By Becker, Friday, 28 July , 2006 @ 9:38 am
“…should have been done earlier…” like in 1979.
By Quilly Mammoth, Friday, 28 July , 2006 @ 10:05 am
The Hizzies are going to pissed that Kofi took away their human shields.