Amnesty International has called on the Obama administration to suspend military aid to Israel because of white phosphorus and other evidence found following the Gaza slaughter:
Amnesty researchers in Gaza found several weapon fragments after the
fighting. One came from a 500lb (227kg) Mark-82 fin guided bomb, which
had markings indicating parts were made by the US company Raytheon.
They also found fragments of US-made white phosphorus artillery shells,
marked M825 A1.
On 15 January, several white phosphorus shells
fired by the Israeli military hit the headquarters of the UN Relief and
Works Agency in Gaza City, destroying medicine, food and aid. One
fragment found at the scene had markings indicating it was made by the
Pine Bluff Arsenal, based in Arkansas, in October 1991.
The
human rights group said the Israeli military had used white phosphorus
in densely populated civilian areas, which it said was an
indiscriminate form of attack and a war crime. Its researchers found
white phosphorus still burning in residential areas days after the
ceasefire.
At the scene of an Israeli attack that killed three
Palestinian paramedics and a boy in Gaza City on 4 January, Amnesty
found fragments of an AGM114 Hellfire missile, made by Hellfire Systems
of Orlando, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Boeing. The missile
is often fired from Apache helicopters.
Amnesty said it also
found evidence of a new type of missile, apparently fired from unmanned
drones, which exploded into many pieces of shrapnel that were "tiny
sharp-edged metal cubes, each between 2 and 4mm square in size".
I assume that AI has praised Hamas and requested US aid in order that they be able to re-arm.
Witty suggested a while back that if we were consistent we'd turn off any home computers using Intel chips from Israel. That's fine and a good start. In the meantime we might also want to boycott Ratheon, Boeing and Lockheed Martin for making weapons used to kill kids in Gaza.
…because in Chris's little world, if you're against white phosphorus, you're in favour of Hamas. Go, Chris, go smite the enemies of the living God! White phosphorus is too good for them. They're just goyim, after all, not real humans.
One such "medic" was Anas Naim, the nephew of Hamas Health Minister "Bassem Naim, who was killed during clashes with the IDF on January 4 in the Ash Sheikh Ajlin neighborhood of Gaza City.
Following the clashes, the Palestinian press reported that Naim was killed, and that he was a medic with the Palestinian Red Crescent. An investigation by the CLA revealed several photos – posted on a Hamas Web site – of Naim holding an RPG launcher and a Kalashnikov assault rifle."
Ouch! That's got to hurt, Phil? I mean, doesn't that one little photo prove that your not much more than a lying sack of shit who'll post anything to inspire hatred of Jews?
Think Sophie's Choice.
chris, Phil is unwittingly on your side since zionism is premised on eternal hatred of the jews by the whole non-jewish world; the more such hatred is evoked, the brighter the flame of zionism burns. Inspiring. Here's a couple more photos to inspire and inflame the base of your faith.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/21/gaza-phosphorus-shells
Actually, if that were true rather than a moot philisophical stance, you are the best advertisement for zionism. Phil's just a nut job. You're an antisemitic piece of work.
There's a good reason though why WP has been banned by most countries due to its incendiary nature, a city is still a bad place to use it, especially when you claim you're not targeting civilians on purpose (or by 'ignorance', in a city you're always sure to hit a bunch of innocent people whatever you do and it's not necessarily using civilians as shield, it's the nature of the terrain and why armies are reluctant to fight in cities).
Neither the usa or israel has signed the ban on use of WP; the usa & britain used it in some iraqi cities.
israel used it in gaza and lebanon. The legal use of it is for cover or light.
WP makes peculiar sorts of wounds. Such wounds have been found on many during the 3 week seige last
in Gaza.
The Foreign Ministry has slammed a report by the human rights organization Amnesty International that called for an end to arms sales to Israel. The London-based group has also asked the international community to embargo delivery of military supplies to Israel and the terrorist groups that have vowed to destroy the Jewish State.
Israel's Foreign Ministry fired back Monday morning with a statement saying the report "presents a biased version of the events" of the recent counterterrorist Operation Cast Lead in Gaza, noting that the report neglected to mention the 10,000 rockets and mortars fired at Israel over the last eight years.
Moreover, asserted the ministry, the report "does not adhere to professional criteria and objectivity," noting that there was no mention in the organization's report of Hamas's open and deliberate use of civilians as human shields. "Hamas openly and in an organized fashion uses women and children to protect military targets, and booby-trap homes and public buildings," read the statement. "The IDF never intentionally targeted civilians," it pointed out.
The ministry added that credibility of the report is also suspect due to the data having been gathered from witnesses who were "interested parties and under Hamas pressure, as has been documented by many independent investigations in the international media."
Amnesty International also blatantly ignored "the basic fact" that Hamas is recognized as a bona fide terrorist organization by the European Union, the United States and other countries, the ministry said. "This organization [Hama has constantly refused to recognize Israel, rejects any opportunity for peace with it, and openly aspires to bring about its destruction."
NGO Media Monitor: 'Campaign to Deprive Israel of Self-Defense'
The harsh report was "clearly part of a campaign to deprive Israel of the means to defend itself," according to NGO Media Monitor director Prof. Gerald Steinberg.
"Amnesty's moral bankruptcy is further reflected by the refusal to condemn the aggression and blatant genocidal objectives as proclaimed by Hamas leaders," he said.
"Journalists who quote from this report without independent verification of the claims, and who omit mention of Amnesty's systematic ideological bias, are contributing to these false claims," the NGO Monitor warned.
"10,000 rockets and mortars fired at Israel over the last eight years."
That works out to six rockets fired for every Palestinian child killed during the same period. These, I believe, are pre-Gaza numbers. The rockets-to-dead-kids index is, I think, considerably lower now.
would that be the Israeli foreign ministry chris is quoting? That's like an American believing Bush Jr.
Tell Obama – No Military Aid to Israel
From: Council for the National Interest Foundation (cnif@democracyinaction.org)
"The recent attacks on Gaza vividly demonstrate why we need to reevaluate military Aid to Israel. During the Bush Administration a memorandum was signed to provide Israel with $30 billion dollars of military aid to be disbursed over the next 10 years. Each year this estimated $3 billion dollars of American taxpayer money goes unaccounted for. Without a doubt this aid financed the assault on Gaza…
Please send a letter … to President Obama encouraging him to with hold military aid to Israel and to work towards a resolution of the Palestinian situation. Without US pressure Israel will never agree to allow the creation of a Palestinian state."
TO SEND E-MAIL –
Tell him Dicky. While you're at it, tell him to shit in your hand. Guess which will happen first.