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"Amnesty's letter to the meeting of Foreign Ministers in Rome on Wednesday refers not to the destruction of virtually the entire Lebanese nation by Israel (who has invaded Lebanon seven times in thirty years) but that: ' ...serious violations of the laws of war have been committed by both sides (any serious follower of events would surely have concluded that like Iraq and Palestine, this was an illegal invasion) launching indiscriminate attacks are war crimes.' So are wars of aggression. Also unadressed are the now numerous - many very credible - reports, that this is a long planned action and that the 'kidnapped soldiers' had infact been seized inside Lebanon, not snatched from Israel. Nevertheless:"
http://web.amnesty.org/pages/isr-210708-action-eng
[Amnesty's call, in part:]
"Urge Lebanese Prime Minister, Fouad Siniora to take measures to ensure that Hizbullah immediately ends its targeting of Israeli civilians, notably its firing of Katyusha rockets and other projectiles into Israeli towns and villages, and that Hizbullah fighters do not initiate armed attacks from residential civilian areas and avoid locating military objectives within civilian areas. Call on him to ensure that Hizbullah treats the two captured Israeli soldiers humanely and allows them immediate access to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)."
"Take action!"
"Write to Lebanese Prime Minister, Fouad Siniora"
SIRATYST (Stuff I Read and Thought You Should Too) -- “To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false titles, they call empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace.” (Calgacus, as quoted by Tacitus, Agricola 30-31)"
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