AC writes:
An Amnesty International team in Gaza is reporting on the targeting of medics by Israel and has found evidence of US missiles being used in the attack.
The munitions appear to be AGM-114 HELLFIRE missiles, anti-tank, anti-armor laser-guided missiles developed by Lockeed Martin/Boeing out of Lockheed's "Missiles and Fire Control" division in Dallas, Texas and produced by Hellfire Systems L.L.C., a Lockheed/Boeing joint venture in Orlando, FL.
In 2005, the U.S. government sold Taiwan an order of Hellfire missiles under a foreign military sales contract. According to Lockheed Martin, "The Taiwan portion represents approximately 70 percent of the rounds to be delivered; between 5–10 percent are earmarked for Israel under FMS..."
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), a Department of Defense agency that handles arms sales and foreign military assistance, notified Congress in October 2007 of an arms sale request by Israel. Among the munitions to be sold were 1,700 Hellfire missiles of different variations. One of the "principal contractors", according to the DSCA, was "HELLFIRE Systems Limited Liability Company of Orlando, Florida."
The Amnesty International report concludes with the following: "With several ambulances in the street below, and paramedics plainly visible by their phosphorescent jackets, it must have been clear to the Israeli surveillance drones hovering above the area and the tank crews a few kilometres away in the Jabal Raiss area that there were medics in the house, yet they fired nevertheless."
Based on pure speculation. Based on reading this blog, it should be clear that MRW has been finacially supporting Hamas and should be arrested. We'll investigate later.
Chris, you're so predictable, it's funny! Always a knee-jerk reaction with no introspection. Are you writing this with a straight face? I'm starting to think you have a sense of humor.
I'm starting to think you have a sense of humor.
That was a feature of Bill/SOG, there are other similarities in thinking and general outlook.
Ana, why does a straightforward reply bother you so much? Is that because all of the poppycock you and your flock write is too easily distilled? You feel that there is more then a one dimensional massage in your writing?
Too bad. All I've seen here for the Palestinians are apes and parrots of poor thinkers.