The reports this morning that Kofi Annan's smear against Israel is threatening to "unravel:"
An apparent discrepancy in the portrayal of events surrounding the deaths of four unarmed U.N. observers in Lebanon threatens to unravel Secretary-General Annan's initial accusation that Israel "deliberately" targeted the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon.
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posts a CBC radio interview with retired Canadian Major General Lewis Mackenzie discussing the emails. He noted:
"What he was telling us was Hezbollah soldiers were all over his position and the IDF were targeting them. And that’s a favorite trick by people who don’t have representation in the UN. They use the UN as shields knowing that they can’t be punished for it."
The full email from the deceased Canadian is at the site.
is not buying Kofi's krapola. Andrew Bolt at takes a closer look at UNIFIL press releases to explain why the UN post was bombed. More journalists in the MSM should follow suit.
Gene at links to which features the photo of the side-by-side U.N. and Hezbollah flags at the UNIFIL outpost that you won't see printed on the front page of the NYtimes. Let's see it again:
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The story reports:
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Contributed by Bill Faith on July 27, 2006 at 06:04 AM in , , , |