De Israelische Terreur 86

Slachtoffers van de Israelische terreur. Na de grootschalige oorlogsmisdaden die onze bondgenoot in het Midden Oosten deze zomer in Libanon beging, vallen er nog steeds slachtoffers.

De Independent bericht: 'Deadly harvest: The Lebanese fields sown with cluster bombs.
Lebanese villagers must risk death in fields 'flooded' with more than a million Israeli cluster bombs - or leave crops to rot.

The war in Lebanon has not ended. Every day, some of the million bomblets which were fired by Israeli artillery during the last three days of the conflict kill four people in southern Lebanon and wound many more.

The casualty figures will rise sharply in the next month as villagers begin the harvest, picking olives from trees whose leaves and branches hide bombs that explode at the smallest movement. Lebanon's farmers are caught in a deadly dilemma: to risk the harvest, or to leave the produce on which they depend to rot in the fields.

In a coma in a hospital bed in Nabatiyeh lies Hussein Ali Ahmad, a 70-year-old man from the village of Yohmor. He was pruning an orange tree outside his house last week when he dislodged a bomblet; it exploded, sending pieces of shrapnel into his brain, lungs and kidneys. "I know he can hear me because he squeezes my hand when I talk to him," said his daughter, Suwad, as she sat beside her father's bed in the hospital.
At least 83 people have been killed by cluster munitions since the ceasefire, according to independent monitors.

Lees verder: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article1616665.ece

Israel fired over 1.2 Million Cluster Bombs at Lebanon during its 33 day offensive, 90% of which were fired in the last 3 days of the conflict, AFTER the UN Resolution 1701 was passed.The BloggingBeirut.com Team spotted many unexploded cluster bombs and tank rounds in our journeys to the South of Lebanon. The photos below were taken in Maroun el Ras, the day after the cessation of hostilities.

Lees verder: http://www.bloggingbeirut.com/archives/741-Israel-fires-1.2-Million-Cluster-Bombs-at-Lebanon.html

Voor foto's van de Israelische terreur: http://ourworld.cs.com/nonzion/id81.htm?f=fs

Voor meer achtergrondinformatie zie: http://electronicintifada.net/lebanon/

Vorige week maandag interviewde ik Phyllis Bennis, een joodse Amerikaanse die veel over de Amerikaanse politiek in het Midden Oosten en de terreur van Israel heeft gepubliceerd. Onlangs hield ze in Amsterdam een lezing over het Midden Oosten na de meest recente Israelische oorlogsmisdaden. U kunt de lezing en het interview hier beluisteren: http://www.stanvanhoucke.net/audioblog/ onder de titel Phyllis Bennis 2+3.

Op dit moment reist een groep Nederlanders door Libanon om er de verwoestingen te onderzoeken. Hier kunt u hun dagboek lezen: http://www.d4net.nl/l