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1 Jun 2010

Where's the condemnation?

Below are two reports about targeted attacks, resulting in the deaths of a number of people. Following the reports are a smattering of condemnations of the attack. But, which attack was condemned? And which one is considered to have struck a blow in the fight against terrorism?

An Israeli helicopter missile strike killed Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantissi today, Saturday, April 17, 2004. Two other occupants of the car struck by the Israelis were killed as well.
http://www.mideastweb.org/log/archives/00000245.htm

Reports say the man viewed as Al-Qaeda's No. 3 leader, Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, has been killed.
U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said there is strong reason to believe that Yazid was killed in an American drone attack in Pakistan's tribal areas in the past two weeks.
...A message from Al-Qaeda posted on Islamist forums said Yazid had been killed along with his wife, three daughters, a grandchild, and other men, women, and children.
...The news agency said that attack targeted a house owned by a tribesman near Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan, a militant stronghold bordering Afghanistan. Intelligence officials at the time said six militants were killed, but residents said 12 people, including four women and two children, died.
http://www.rferl.org/content/US_Believes_It_Killed_Top_AlQaeda_Official/2058324.html

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan condemned the assassination, saying "extra-judicial killings are violations of the international law.."

A statement issued by EU foreign and policy security chief Javier Solana said the EU had consistently condemned extra-judicial killings.

German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, who was in Paris to meet the UN Envoy to Iraq, Lakhdar Brahimi, said: "Germany has always rejected targeted killings. We consider that these means should not be employed.."

...Russia said it had always opposed the practice of "targeted liquidation".
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040419/world.htm#1


And, finally. Were these statements made about the American drone strike which killed innocent civilians, or about Israel's raid on the flotilla?
The European Union demanded an inquiry into the incident, with member nations voicing their own individual calls on the matter over the course of the day.
..."I deplore in the strongest terms the killing of civilians. This is certainly a grave act," said Foreign Minister Franco Frattini.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/lieberman-to-un-chief-international-community-is-two-faced-for-condemning-israel-1.293299

1 comment:

  1. In Russia they even murder their own journalists and political activists who dare to disagree with Putin/Medvedev i.e. KGB/Gazprom. And also they work together with Chetchen terrorists against their own people!
    Chutzpah ! The descendants of Cain/Essav made the world into a giant chutzpah free for old and I hope that haShem is going to finish them off>

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