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Written by river on Jul 30, 2006
Qana Massacre...
Although the sun is blinding this time of year in our part of
the world, the Middle East is seeing some of its darkest days...
I woke up this morning to scenes of carnage and destruction on
the television and for the briefest of moments, I thought it
was footage of Iraq. It took me a few seconds to realize it
was actually Qana in Lebanon. The latest village to see Israeli
air strikes. The images were beyond gruesome - body parts and
corpses being hauled out from under tons of debris. Wailing relatives
and friends, searching for loved ones... So far, according to
humanitarian organizations, 34 were children. They killed them
while they were sleeping inside their bomb shelters - much like
the Amriya Shelter massacre in 1991.
We saw the corpses of the children on television, lifeless and
twisted grotesquely, what remained of their faces frozen in expressions
of pain and shock. I just sat there and cried in front of the
television. I didn't know I could still feel that sort of sorrow
towards what has become a daily reality for Iraqis. It's not
Iraq but it might as well be: It's civilians under lethal attack;
it's a country fighting occupation.
I'm so frustrated I can't think straight. I'm full of rage against
Israel, the US, Britain, Iran and most of Europe. The world is
going to go to hell for standing by and allowing the massacre
of innocents. For God's sake, 34 children??? The UN is beyond
useless. They've gone from a union of nations working for the
good of the world (if they ever were even that), to a bunch of
gravediggers. They're only good for digging mangled bodies out
of the ruins of buildings and helping to identify and put them
into mass graves. They won't stop a massacre - they won't even
speak out against it - they'll just come by and help clean up
the mess. Are the lives of Arabs worth so little? If this had
happened in the US or UK or France or China, somebody would already
have dropped a nuclear bomb... How is this happening?
Where is the Security Council??? Why haven't they stopped Israel?
Ehud Olmert recently told Condi that he needs 10 to 14 more days
of bloodshed - and nothing is being done about it! Where are
the useless Arab leaders? Can't the pro-American, spineless emirs
crawl out of their gold palaces long enough to condemn this taking
of lives? Our presidents/leaders are only as influential as their
oil barrels are deep.
And the world wonders how 'terrorists' are created! A 15-year-old
Lebanese girl lost five of her siblings and her parents and home
in the Qana bombing... Ehud Olmert might as well kill her now
because if he thinks she's going to grow up with anything but
hate in her heart towards him and everything he represents, then
he's delusional.
Is this whole debacle the fine line between terrorism and protecting
ones nation? If it's a militia, insurgent or military resistance
- then it's terrorism (unless of course the militia, insurgent(s)
and/or resistance are being funded exclusively by the CIA). If
it's the Israeli, American or British army, then it's a pre-emptive
strike, or a 'war on terror'. No matter the loss of hundreds
of innocent lives. No matter the children who died last night
- they're only Arabs, after all, right?
Right?
- posted by river @ 10:16 PM
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