Lawyers lodge complaint against Israel for crimes against humanity

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BEIRUT: Israeli warplanes on Tuesday hit residential areas, bridges, churches and roads, leaving behind nothing but wreckage, prompting Lebanon's lawyers to file a complaint against Israel for crimes against humanity to the UN.

Following a meeting of the Beirut Bar Association on Tuesday, the association's president, Butros Doumit, said he was discussing with government officials the "possibility to file a complaint with the UN against Israeli political and military leaders, who are committing war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide on Lebanese territory."

The Israeli forces hit two trucks during a pre-dawn bombing raid on the coastal town of Jbeil, about 30 kilometers north of Beirut, Lebanese police said. There were no reports of casualties.

A truck carrying medical supplies donated by the United Arab Emirates was hit and its driver wounded on the Beirut-Damascus highway, the Health Ministry said.

Daily Star

[rodeodance]

1. King George says they have a week yet .

[bemildred]

2. There is no statute of limitations for war crimes. nt

[liberalmuse]

3. I guess they haven't killed enough civilians...

after all, the dangerous dunce has killed 100,000 in Iraq without batting an eye.

[ThomCat]

4. Shhh! Israel never kills civilians. Haven't you heard?

Only those other guys target civilians. They're evil. Israel is saintly.
:eyes:

[MrPrax]

6. and if they do...

kill children, then it's because the 'terrorists' hide among them -- so they have no choice but to kill children. Ultimately we are all potential victims of Israel's security concerns.

[AnOhioan]

7. Ultimately we are all at risk because of.........

the actions of the US and Israeli governments.

[cool user name]

10. Yes ...

They only kill terrorists:

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http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2006/...ry-for-him.html
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2006/...a-massacre.html
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2006/...an-in-tyre.html
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2006/...assacre-in.html
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2006/...-announced.html
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2006/07/finally.html
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2006/...itor-at-as.html
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2006/...e-pictures.html

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article14069.htm

[DemFromMem]

5. Safer to do this than

to instead complain publicly about what Hizbollah has done to the country. A number of reporters have made the comment that on camera no one in Lebanon will say anything negative about Hizbollah. Turn the camera off, however, and you'll get an earful. Why? Hizbollah will kill you if you don't keep your trap shut.

[Scurrilous]

8. UN warns of war crimes in Lebanon

Killing of civilians in Lebanon is likely to subject Israeli soldiers to war crime trials in international courts, UN human rights high commissioner says

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3278907,00.html

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"The continuation of Israel's operation in Lebanon and the rising civilian death toll is likely "could engage the personal criminal responsibility of those involved, particularly those in a position of command and control," Louise Arbour, the high commissioner for human rights, told the New York Times.

“International humanitarian law is clear on the supreme obligations to protect civilians during hostilities,’’ she said.

“Indiscriminate shelling of cities constitutes a foreseeable and unacceptable targeting of civilians,” she said in a statement released by her office in Geneva. “Similarly, the bombardment of sites with alleged innocent civilians is unjustifiable.”

“Hizbullah fighters too are bound by the rules of international humanitarian law, and they must not target civilian areas,” it said, referring to the indiscriminate shelling of Israeli cities."

[McCamy Taylor]

9. The US will just veto this. They need to charge W. with war crimes, too

But do they have the cojones?