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United Nations: Israel Targeting Our Posts
Officials in the United Nations department of peacekeeping affairs (DPKO) charge that in addition to the U.N. observer post struck late Tuesday night in Lebanon - where at least 4 U.N. peacekeepers were killed - 9 other posts in the same region have also been hit by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in the last few days. "This was not the only post taking fire," charged one U.N. official, speaking on background. The DPKO official then produced a map showing nine other locations that had come under IDF fire in the last 24 hours. Israeli military officials had the same map, and all of the U.N.'s observer post locations are clearly illustrated, said the official. "There were no Hezbollah personnel at the posts or in the vicinity of the posts," the U.N. source told NewsMax's Stewart Stogel. The source went on to say that the U.N. had been in "direct" contact with the Israeli defense ministry in Tel Aviv to inform them that U.N. observer posts were taking incoming fire. "They knew we were taking fire because we called them," the U.N. official explained.
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But why would Israel attack unarmed U.N. military observers? "Maybe they want us out," speculated the U.N. official. "The pressure is building on us. Will we continue to stay [in Lebanon] under these conditions? I jut don't know," lamented the U.N. staffer. U.N. chief Kofi Annan blasted the Israeli assault saying he was "distressed and deeply shocked" by the "apparently deliberate attack."
That brought a stinging rebuke by Israel's U.N. Ambassador Dan Gillerman, who not only strongly denied the Annan allegations but added: "Maybe the secretary general should go home, get some sleep and re-think his accusations." Annan, now in Rome to attend a foreign minister's meeting on the Middle East, is considering traveling onto Jerusalem to confer with Israeli officials, say U.N. sources. The security council expects a private briefing on the latest developments on Wednesday. Editor's note:
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