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IDF won't charge officers who fired cluster bombs in Lebanon war
By Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondent, and The Associated Press
Tags: IDF, Second Lebanon War 

The Israel Defense Forces will not take legal action against senior officers who were involved in the firing of cluster bombs into populated areas in southern Lebanon during the Second Lebanon War, the Military Advocate General said Monday.

Brigadier General Avihai Mandelblit acknowledged that cluster bombs were fired into populated areas, but said that this did not constitute a criminal violation.

Mandelblit also decided against taking any disciplinary action, in part because those involved, including Major General Udi Adam, GOC Northern Command during the war, have retired from the IDF. Mandelblit also said that the IDF shooting was conducted in an effort to stop the continued launch of Katyusha rockets against Israel's civilian population.
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Mandelblit is the third officer examining this issue, which focused on the legality of firing cluster bombs into populated areas. These probes were initiated following Lebanese claims, which the U.S. administration sought to verify, that many civilians became cluster bomb casualties.

In Beirut, a Lebanese government official rejected Mandelblit's decision, saying that the decision "indicates that there is no difference between the judicial authority and political authority in Israel. They all work to commit and cover up crimes which are against humanity."

The IDF used three main types of cluster munitions in the war: those dropped through air force bombs; others fired through artillery; and in rockets fired by the Multiple Launch Rocket System.

In the past Israel had promised to the U.S., which provided the ammunition, not to use cluster bombs against populated areas.

Wartime Chief of Staff Dan Halutz issued similar restrictions, on a number of occasions, to the Northern Command.

However, in practice the IDF fired thousands of cluster munitions during the war, some of which targeted populated areas.

During the IDF investigation it emerged that the air force did not violate the instructions, but the artillery and rocket batteries, commanded by the Northern Command officers, did fire into populated areas.

Most of the ammunition was used to target fields near populated areas, where Hezbollah was known to have bunkers and other positions used to launch Katyushas. However, in some instances, the batteries also fired into populated areas, contrary to Halutz's orders.

Mandelblit concluded that the use of cluster munitions is permissible under international law and noted that Western armies use this type of weapon.

Mandelblit said that cluster munitions are the sole effective means for countering the threat of the Katyusha rockets, in instances where ground forces are not used to take over the launch sites.

The advocate general says that the firing was executed in areas where the launch of Katyushas was identified with certainty, and that the shooting was not meant to disrupt the lives of civilians in the populated areas.

The violation from regulations occured, Mandelblit says, when the Northern Command did not obey the specific orders issued by the chief of staff.

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      1.   Did anyone doubt 19:05  |  Axel 24/12/07
      2.   the civilian who got blown-up last week agrees 19:09  |  POP 24/12/07
      3.   I think The Hague should decide. Send Dichter to Represent Israel 19:10  |  POP 24/12/07
      4.   War criminals rule that they`re not guilty of war crimes 19:12  |  Clickfool 24/12/07
      5.   The IDF should not be "ruling" 19:17  |  Mirqa 24/12/07
      6.   Describe WAR 19:18  |  Swanny 24/12/07
      7.   Palestinian use of kasam rockets = legal? 19:23  |  Dumb Brit 24/12/07
      8.   IDF says ue of cluster bombs legal 19:23  |  Citizen of the Worl 24/12/07
      9.   what do you expect from a CANGAROO COURT. 19:23  |  Karr 24/12/07
      10.   ZIONISTS-THE ONLY HUMANE PEOPLE ON EARTH- ARE ALWAYS RIGHT 19:28  |  JACKAL 24/12/07
      11.   The whole Lebanon war was a war crime 19:30  |  Wendy 24/12/07
      12.   surprise surprise 19:31  |  rm 24/12/07
      13.   maybe haaretz will print this for a change 19:33  |  edgar 24/12/07
      14.   and hitler ruled the Holocaust was legal 19:38  |  Labhras 24/12/07
      15.   In states of Law the purpetrator does not probe himself 19:39  |  Mark B. 24/12/07
      16.   Legality and Ethics 19:40  |  Alan 24/12/07
      17.   No Need For Any Israeli Bombs In Lebanon If ... 19:41  |  Lavi 24/12/07
      18.   Legal? Hell yes, it was a WAR they started 19:42  |  The Equalizer 24/12/07
      19.   # 6 swanny 19:47  |  Axel 24/12/07
      20.   Cluster bombs are illegal under international law 19:48  |  * BEN JABO 24/12/07
      21.   Cluster bombs 20:06  |  Paul 24/12/07
      22.   Cluster killings 20:11  |  John 24/12/07
      23.   Equalizer: Nothing was equalized!!! 20:12  |  JUDGE 24/12/07
      24.   To Citizen of the world# 8 20:15  |  JUDGE 24/12/07
      25.   To LAVI in Seattle - I Agree with you..but 20:28  |  JUDGE 24/12/07
      26.   Why So upset Arab Lovers? 20:34  |  Levi 24/12/07
      27.   WAR? I don`t think so. 20:41  |  Fred Locke 24/12/07
      28.   to #20 BEN JABO thier illegal????????? 20:41  |  Levi 24/12/07
      29.   Lobbing Rockets into centre of Israeli Towns&Villages is also Leg 20:42  |  Alan 24/12/07
      30.   Israel`s critics drool myopically over this news 20:42  |  Richard S 24/12/07
      31.   Axel - The ones that wants to see the truth won`t have a doubt 20:43  |  mj 24/12/07
      32.   Clicky-If you are looking for Warcrmes look no further than Iraq 20:45  |  Alan 24/12/07
      33.   The United Nations and human rights groups 20:45  |  eddie 24/12/07
      34.   I think with this news it is time to put aside this subject and 20:47  |  Yakir 24/12/07
      35.   aren`t zionist special? 20:49  |  proud joooo 24/12/07
      36.   POP Should be Institutionalized 20:56  |  Honest Observation 24/12/07
      37.   POP IS A BEDWETTER 20:56  |  Honest Observation 24/12/07
      38.   POP HAS DOODEE IN HIS UNDERPANTS 20:57  |  Honest Observation 24/12/07
      39.   POP is on Mommy`s Computer 20:58  |  Honest Observation 24/12/07
      40.   Cluster bombs in respnse to Kassams 20:59  |  judith 24/12/07
      41.   i am just trashing POP cause he is so much better than me 21:03  |  Honest Observation 24/12/07
      42.   LOL @ The Israeli TERRORIST State patting itself on the back 21:07  |  POP 24/12/07
      43.   # 31 mj 21:10  |  Axel 24/12/07
      44.   pop 21:10  |  alan 24/12/07
      45.   Pedophiles and Psychopaths also see no wrong in their crimes 21:14  |  anti-racist 24/12/07
      46.   Hi Tec Killer 21:19  |  Dav 24/12/07
      47.   Are there mirrors in Israel 21:20  |  Douglas Evans 24/12/07
      48.   NO MISSILES - NO RETALIATION 21:23  |  Iskander 24/12/07
      49.   Paul #21 21:29  |  Teresa-Maria (Tess) 24/12/07
      50.   Gee, that`s a surprise 21:32  |  newageblues 24/12/07
      51.   Hezbollah is to blame 21:33  |  Theodor 24/12/07
      52.   45. often the very same people 21:36  |  i ain`t lying 24/12/07
      53.   27Fred Locke In which Newspapers did you find your lies? 21:36  |  Rob 24/12/07
      54.   POP can`t even pretend he is me correctly 21:39  |  Honest Observation 24/12/07
      55.   40. to brain dead judith 21:40  |  i ain`t lying 24/12/07
      56.   Judith, and the Katushas started when? 21:41  |  Teresa-Maria (Tess) 24/12/07
      57.   CLICKFOOL 21:42  |  JOJO 24/12/07
      58.   The number of paid Arab propagandists grows fast. 21:42  |  Rob 24/12/07
      59.   If you cant stand the heat...stay out off the battlefield 21:44  |  SLAVO 24/12/07
      60.   For Judith # 40 21:46  |  Clickfool 24/12/07
      61.   Freisler would have been proud ... 21:48  |  Watcher 24/12/07
      62.   Could we have a photo of IDF Advocate General Avichai Mendelblit 21:53  |  Chanalau, Tova 24/12/07
      63.   DUMB BRIT #7 21:55  |  JOJO 24/12/07
      64.   I have only one a brief comment on the IDF`s ruling 22:00  |  Jozef 24/12/07
      65.   Angel`s eggs 22:00  |  jjvanka 24/12/07
      66.   Isreal should be ashamed of the Lebanon 2 war 22:06  |  Michael 24/12/07
      67.   POP what War crimes please give info on LAWS broken 22:11  |  Levi 24/12/07
      68.   What else would you expect from an IDF investigation? 22:13  |  Natallie Durson 24/12/07
      69.   Dear POP 22:16  |  leo 24/12/07
      70.   In defense of the IDF investigators 22:21  |  Veritas 24/12/07
      71.   To #47 Wrong Answer 22:23  |  Levi 24/12/07
      72.   What a lie 22:24  |  Mimmi 24/12/07
      73.   Just for Clickfool. 22:27  |  David Nigel Braham 24/12/07
      74.   Israel: "See what you made me do!!??" 22:27  |  Natallie Durson 24/12/07
      75.   AXEL 22:27  |  roland 24/12/07
      76.   axel 22:31  |  birgit 24/12/07
      77.   Clihfool,Brit war criminals aquitted themselves of torture 22:32  |  Absolute Sweden 24/12/07
      78.   Hit them harder next time! 22:38  |  rm 24/12/07
      79.   Hizbollah cannot buy publicity this good 22:45  |  Natallie Durson 24/12/07
      80.   #4 Clickfool the real fool 22:52  |  Shepherd 24/12/07
      81.   Dear Natallie 22:52  |  leo 24/12/07
      82.   Still waiting for Hezbo inquiry into 4000 missiles with balls 22:55  |  Dan 24/12/07
      83.   #50 Rob - look harder 22:57  |  Fred Locke 24/12/07
      84.   If you soot 4000 rocekts with ball bearings on me and my family 22:58  |  Dan 24/12/07
      85.   28 Levi - 20 is a Fake Ben Jabo 22:58  |  Mark of Lewiston 24/12/07
      86.   Or were they? 23:00  |  Mark Lincoln 24/12/07
      87.   Ball bearings 23:02  |  MR 24/12/07
      88.   4000 Hezbo rockets with 500 ball bearings=2,000,000 cluster bombs 23:03  |  Dan 24/12/07
      89.   #73 - Well stated, David 23:05  |  JES 24/12/07
      90.   There is nothing illegal about defending civilians from Katyushas 23:07  |  Dan 24/12/07
      91.   # 75 roland 23:08  |  Axel 24/12/07
      92.   No kidnapping ? no cluster bombs. Learn the lesson for a change 23:09  |  Dan 24/12/07
      93.   State of law? Yes, the clown country of Lebanon is one. . . 23:11  |  Dan 24/12/07
      94.   Legal - illegal 23:11  |  MR 24/12/07
      95.   Still waiting for Hezbo inquiry 23:12  |  Dan 24/12/07
      96.   ... and waiting 23:12  |  Dan 24/12/07
      97.   ...and waiting 23:13  |  Dan 24/12/07
      98.   Wake me up when Hezbo investigate its crimes 23:14  |  Dan 24/12/07
      99.   The civilians (including Arabs) who got blown-up in Haifa agree 23:15  |  Poooooooooop 24/12/07
      100.   only crimes committed were by hezbella rest is anti-semetism. 23:18  |  ralph 24/12/07
      101.   newageblues, ya think? 23:18  |  peter 24/12/07
      102.   Clickfoot, anything to say beyond your usual vile blabber 23:19  |  Dan 24/12/07
      103.   Next time, forget cluster bombs, just napalm the rocket launchers 23:21  |  Dr. L. Brnd 24/12/07
      104.   To Citizen of the Beirut 23:24  |  Dan 24/12/07
      105.   ... still waiting... 23:24  |  Dan 24/12/07
      106.   #68 - Natalie & IDF Reports 23:25  |  Yitz 24/12/07
      107.   Repeat after me: Don`t cross the border into Israel and kidnap us 23:26  |  Dan 24/12/07
      108.   Repeat after me: No Katyushas ? no cluster bombs 23:26  |  Dan 24/12/07
      109.   To Alan and Mark B. - Legality and Ethics 23:33  |  Dan 24/12/07
      110.   Farcical 23:34  |  Colin Wright 24/12/07
      111.   re #92 `No kidnapping, no cluster bombs...` 23:43  |  Colin Wright 24/12/07
      112.   #86 - Note to Mark Lincoln 23:45  |  JES 24/12/07
      113.   If the IDF really did try to kill civilians they did an awful job 23:46  |  Dan 24/12/07
      114.   ... and still waiting ... 23:46  |  Dan 24/12/07
      115.   What a bad Joke! 23:47  |  GPS 24/12/07
      116.   I wonder what... 23:52  |  JES 24/12/07
      117.   Immoral self justifying... 23:54  |  Maureen ann 24/12/07
      118.   83Fred Locke Back pedaling from your lies? 23:59  |  Rob 24/12/07
      119.   If you don`t cross the border kill & kidnap, there won`t be war 00:07  |  DUHH 25/12/07
      120.   americans provided 00:08  |  bri 25/12/07
      121.   To protect and serve time. 00:17  |  Abe 25/12/07
      122.   They should be applauded, not charged 00:18  |  Edifice 25/12/07
      123.   Israeli defense: "Terrorists do it too, we`re just better at it 00:18  |  Natallie Durson 25/12/07
      124.   # 32 Alan, How about Assad in Syria bombing 00:20  |  Max Zinger (Mossad) 25/12/07
      125.   If I were the officer, I would have fire nuclear artillary, 00:25  |  Daniel 25/12/07
      126.   Hezzbollah fired rockets from civilian areas, including Beirut 00:25  |  Rob 25/12/07
      127.   What is the most of fun on a Christmas Eve ? 00:48  |  Darth Zaider (Ed) 25/12/07
      128.   IDF savages 00:48  |  Steve 25/12/07
      129.   peter wabbit bi-national state 01:01  |  Labhras 25/12/07
      130.   Napalm 01:04  |  jjvanka 25/12/07
      131.   I KILLED, AND I`M NOT GUILTY (ACCORDING TO ME) 01:17  |  indrajaya 25/12/07
      132.   Dan: ball bearings=2,000,000 cluster bombs 01:27  |  Fred Locke 25/12/07
      133.   #1 OX al 02:01  |  * BEN JABO 25/12/07
      134.   #8 Citizen of "Worl" 02:03  |  * BEN JABO 25/12/07
      135.   #20 Is a counterfeit- done by a coward 02:05  |  * BEN JABO 25/12/07
      136.   #20-2 Fake Ben Jabo 02:07  |  * BEN JABO 25/12/07
      137.   86 Mark Lincoln - American Cluster Munitions 02:12  |  Mark of Lewiston 25/12/07
      138.   IMAGINE: SS WON`T CHARGE ITS OFFICERS 02:13  |  indrajaya 25/12/07
      139.   106 Abe - Somebody Should Serve Time 02:20  |  Mark of Lewiston 25/12/07
      140.   to Clickfool,#60 02:21  |  Judith 25/12/07
      141.   to sick Nattalie #110 02:29  |  Judith 25/12/07
      142.   #119 Fred Locke 02:38  |  * BEN JABO 25/12/07
      143.   #115 Steve - Minneapolis 02:40  |  * BEN JABO 25/12/07
      144.   NUT ALLIE Durson - is not a person 02:43  |  * BEN JABO 25/12/07
      145.   INDRAJAYA #118 02:54  |  JOJO 25/12/07
      146.   Tess 56 You are WRONG !! 03:00  |  Free Gilad Shalit 25/12/07
      147.   A reminder to all 03:00  |  Rammi 25/12/07
      148.   of course the chosen people 03:13  |  Sam (UK) 25/12/07
      149.   Rob #106 Newspapers 03:13  |  Fred Locke 25/12/07
      150.   * BEN JABO #139 Cluster Links 03:19  |  Fred Locke 25/12/07
      151.   * BEN JABO #139 Cluster Links 03:19  |  Fred Locke 25/12/07
      152.   IDF Gen Mandelblit is a war criminal protecting IDF war criminals 03:42  |  Yossi Cronenberg 25/12/07
      153.   firing into civilian areas 04:03  |  marcel 25/12/07
      154.   Effective Solution: Hizbullah develop their own cluster bombs 04:19  |  hammurabi 25/12/07
      155.   #133, Ben Jabo... 05:20  |  Silvienne 25/12/07
      156.   #20 FAKE BEN JABO POST! 05:21  |  Silvienne 25/12/07
      157.   #150, Yossi Cronenberg... 05:25  |  Silvienne 25/12/07
      158.   149Fred Locke Yes, Terrorists do attack with premeditation 08:14  |  Rob 25/12/07
      159.   Free Gilad Shalit.... 08:14  |  Teresa-Maria (Tess) 25/12/07
      160.   IDF ? 11:08  |  Palestinian 25/12/07
      161.   For Dan, talking balls # 88 12:13  |  Clickfool 25/12/07
      162.   More balls from Dan # 102 12:16  |  Clickfool 25/12/07
      163.   Israeli officers should think twice about leaving Israel 12:21  |  Chris Linthwaite 25/12/07
      164.   For Judith # 140 12:24  |  Clickfool 25/12/07
      165.   #145, JOJO 13:27  |  indrajaya 25/12/07
      166.   #40 Judith and #164 Clickfool. 13:37  |  Labhras 25/12/07
      167.   #141 Judith re coming clean and fighting fair 13:44  |  Labhras 25/12/07
      168.   Dont like the verdict 14:12  |  Sabra 25/12/07
      169.   Karr # 9 14:14  |  Sabra 25/12/07
      170.   Mirqa 14:16  |  sabra 25/12/07
      171.   Edgar 14:18  |  Sabra 25/12/07
      172.   Tess 159 wrong again 14:19  |  Free Gilad Shalit 25/12/07
      173.   Wendy # 11 14:20  |  Sabra 25/12/07
      174.   Dougi Evans of Quebec # 47 14:27  |  Sabra 25/12/07
      175.   Cluster bombs are in fact 14:31  |  Sabra 25/12/07
      176.   Durson drivbels # 74 14:34  |  Sabra 25/12/07
      177.   Silvienne read with more attention 14:55  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 25/12/07
      178.   ofcourse the idf wont... 15:09  |  ravi 25/12/07
      179.   Cluster Bombs 15:29  |  Nephilim 25/12/07
      180.   177 margie the purveyor of untruths re silvienne 15:31  |  Labhras 25/12/07
      181.   # 166 Labhras. Thanks for the truth. Many here hate that! 15:32  |  Toronto`s Finest 25/12/07
      182.   THE WAY IT REALLY IS!!! 15:32  |  FADI 25/12/07
      183.   funny world 15:36  |  Malak 25/12/07
      184.   Hammurabi--cluster bombs 15:59  |  Mark T 25/12/07
      185.   Steve---to reiterate 128 16:11  |  MArk T 25/12/07
      186.   LOL DUHH 16:12  |  Mark T 25/12/07
      187.   Michael Lebanon War 16:25  |  Mark T 25/12/07
      188.   Eddie--UNHR groups 16:31  |  Mark T 25/12/07
      189.   officers may not be gentlemen,but prosecution is diversion 16:31  |  focus locus causus 25/12/07
      190.   Israel continues to work for pariah status 16:34  |  Ben Alofs 25/12/07
      191.   A couple of facts 16:37  |  Veritas 25/12/07
      192.   Judge--Lebanon war 16:39  |  Mark t 25/12/07
      193.   Wendy 11---bingo 16:44  |  Mark T 25/12/07
      194.   Jackal --humaneness 16:52  |  Mark t 25/12/07
      195.   Ironic - Hizbullah was more moral than Israel 17:02  |  Danny 25/12/07
      196.   #111 colin have you heard of hiroshima 17:23  |  duncan 25/12/07
      197.   #155 silvienne insufficient force was used 17:36  |  duncan 25/12/07
      198.   Tess: You are WRONG INDDED, (re: Free Gilad Shalit) 17:46  |  Vittorio 25/12/07
      199.   2 wrongs ... 17:52  |  Space 25/12/07
      200.   Margie in Tel Aviv 18:04  |  GABE1 25/12/07
      201.   # 177 to margie the wiseacre 18:17  |  Axel 25/12/07
      202.   # 173 18:24  |  Axel 25/12/07
      203.   173 Sabra 18:25  |  Space 25/12/07
      204.   somebody firing the hizbullah folks? 18:42  |  peter 25/12/07
      205.   #148 sam(uk) Divine assistance to the chosen people 18:45  |  duncan 25/12/07
      206.   OK, Cickfool,Lahbras 18:52  |  Judith 25/12/07
      207.   #128 steve 18:53  |  duncan 25/12/07
      208.   Cluster bombs = crimes against humanity 18:55  |  Paul 25/12/07
      209.   #163 chris, world hypocricy 18:56  |  duncan 25/12/07
      210.   Paul-clusters 19:23  |  Mark T 25/12/07
      211.   Paul Most "civilians" hit were Hezbollah fighters 19:46  |  Rob 25/12/07
      212.   Axel, Please copy here your blogs re Darfur, Somalia, Congo 19:50  |  Rob 25/12/07
      213.   Chris #163, RAF Tornados used the same US cluster bombs in Iraq. 19:53  |  Dr. L. Brnd 25/12/07
      214.   Space, IDF targeted civilian areas wherefro Hezbolla fired Rocket 19:56  |  Rob 25/12/07
      215.   At what point did you all forget Israel is at war? 19:57  |  Steve 25/12/07
      216.   203Space Leb prisoners, like Kuntara, murdered kids in Israel 20:07  |  Rob 25/12/07
      217.   #212 rob 20:13  |  Axel 25/12/07
      218.   For Judith # 206 20:19  |  Clickfool 25/12/07
      219.   Space--legalities 20:21  |  Mark T 25/12/07
      220.   JES I would 20:30  |  Mark Lincoln 25/12/07
      221.   Mark of Lewiston 20:34  |  Mark Lincoln 25/12/07
      222.   Axel===comparisons 20:35  |  Mark T 25/12/07
      223.   Yes, and we denied - originally - using them 20:36  |  Mark Lincoln 25/12/07
      224.   Let`s all be thankful Political Correctness wan`t around in WWII. 20:36  |  The Crusader 25/12/07
      225.   #191 - Veritas, NOT! 20:39  |  JES 25/12/07
      226.   Cluster bombs Axel You Idiot 21:39  |  Scott Havsy 25/12/07
      227.   #195 danny, but where is the tragedy ? 21:56  |  duncan 25/12/07
      228.   # 219 scott you idiot 22:06  |  Axel 25/12/07
      229.   195Danny Most of Leb Civilians killed were Hez fighters 22:19  |  Rob 25/12/07
      230.   #177 Margie in TA 22:24  |  Boycott 25/12/07
      231.   #88 Dan 22:29  |  Boycott 25/12/07
      232.   224The Crusader, Unfortunately you are right 22:34  |  Rob 25/12/07
      233.   #206 Judith 22:34  |  Boycott 25/12/07
      234.   Tess are you saying that they lie or do you support them? 22:54  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 25/12/07
      235.   #226 Scott Havsky re axel for your eyes only 23:06  |  Labhras 25/12/07
      236.   #225 Incorrect JES, cluster bombs were used in Beirut in `82 23:11  |  Ben Alofs 25/12/07
      237.   #230 Axel re Margie in Ta and the truth 23:12  |  Labhras 25/12/07
      238.   Cluster Bombs in Populated Areas Are Legal Tickets To Paradise 23:19  |  Joseph E . 25/12/07
      239.   233Boycott Hezb were firing from those civilian villages 23:24  |  Rob 25/12/07
      240.   218 Clicky, no, not sit on hilltops but SEND AWAY the children 23:33  |  The Equalizer 25/12/07
      241.   Re Silvienne #156 23:59  |  Esther 25/12/07
      242.   you think you`re a military genius?here`s a riddle 00:06  |  art illery 26/12/07
      243.   right blight plight;even in hindsight no light 00:21  |  lens arstrong 26/12/07
      244.   Clustbombs were proper ammunition to use against an enemy firing 00:31  |  Marwan مروان خوري 26/12/07
      245.   POP, Clicky and other Hezbollah-sympathizers 00:35  |  Marwan مروان خوري 26/12/07
      246.   What a surprise, Israel decides not to charge its war criminals 00:40  |  peacelover 26/12/07
      247.   Da (uh) Crusader 01:43  |  Mark Lincoln 26/12/07
      248.   CBUs - aka "Cluster Bomb Units" 01:49  |  Mark Lincoln 26/12/07
      249.   Axel -idiocy 01:50  |  Mark T 26/12/07
      250.   Boycott--bomb defusing 01:52  |  Mark T 26/12/07
      251.   Boycot #233 01:53  |  mark T 26/12/07
      252.   Rob 239 01:55  |  Mark T 26/12/07
      253.   # 224The Crusader...WHAT SANE REPLY! 02:24  |  Kathy 26/12/07
      254.   #240 The Equalizer re send away children 02:24  |  Labhras 26/12/07
      255.   # 234..Margie in Tel-Aviv.ABSOLUTELY SHE DOES! 02:31  |  Kathy 26/12/07
      256.   # 28 Levi...YES IT SEEMS SO--ACCORDING "ONLY" TO H.RIGHTS BUMS 02:58  |  Kathy 26/12/07
      257.   Someone ordered 03:08  |  Mark Lincoln 26/12/07
      258.   # 229 Rob.MOST OF THE LEB`CIVILIANS WERE HEZIZ. 03:19  |  Kathy 26/12/07
      259.   # 139Mark of Lewiston..ONE FIRES,WITH FIRES. 03:43  |  Kathy 26/12/07
      260.   241 Labras, War is Hell, they started it.and they targeted civs 03:46  |  The Equalizer 26/12/07
      261.   # 243 Marwan...THAT IS EXCATLY WHAT I SAID. 03:56  |  Kathy 26/12/07
      262.   # 236 Ben Alofs alofs forgets Assad`s Murders of Hama.. 04:08  |  Kathy 26/12/07
      263.   # 260 The Equalizer..YES WAR IS HELL,AND HEZ SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT 04:15  |  Kathy 26/12/07
      264.   I feel bad 04:52  |  Mark T 26/12/07
      265.   I feel bad #2 04:55  |  Mark T 26/12/07
      266.   I feel good 04:56  |  Mark T 26/12/07
      267.   So who is surprised 05:11  |  Marilyn 26/12/07
      268.   No international law was violated! 05:18  |  Shlomo 26/12/07
      269.   Margie, this is what I am saying.... 05:40  |  Teresa-Maria (Tess) 26/12/07
      270.   Uhmmm Marlyn.... 05:50  |  Mark T 26/12/07
      271.   Nephilim #179 06:28  |  Mark T 26/12/07
      272.   Fadi Fadi Fadi 06:34  |  Mark T 26/12/07
      273.   Lens..right blight etal 06:41  |  Mark T 26/12/07
      274.   Fred Locke et al ad Nauseum 07:03  |  Yakov 26/12/07
      275.   Chinese Manufaturered Katyuhas 07:29  |  Yakov 26/12/07
      276.   They should have used More Cluster Bombs 07:36  |  THE WARRIOR 26/12/07
      277.   Lebanese Officials should take their case to The Hague 08:03  |  Dutch 26/12/07
      278.   #162-From my diary 08:04  |  Yakov 26/12/07
      279.   a column of some weapons are non personna grat 08:26  |  victor hardman 26/12/07
      280.   #245 Marwan They don`t make hypocrites any better than you 08:53  |  Dutch 26/12/07
      281.   Hi Mark T 08:55  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 26/12/07
      282.   The cleverest thing said by L A B R A S 09:01  |  Labhras`s admirer 26/12/07
      283.   ALL war is immoral.Clusters are NOT ILLEGAL& were NOT targetting 09:21  |  PETER SM 26/12/07
      284.   IDF won`t charge officers who fired cluster bombs in Lebanon war 09:21  |  Martin List, M.D. 26/12/07
      285.   No one should be immune from war crimes 10:03  |  Dutch 26/12/07
      286.   Mark T, another deluded American 13:30  |  Marilyn 26/12/07
      287.   Dutch #280 16:11  |  Mark T 26/12/07
      288.   Margie 16:12  |  Mark T 26/12/07
      289.   Dutch--war crimes 16:20  |  Mark T 26/12/07
      290.   Marilyn--war crimes 16:23  |  Mark T 26/12/07
      291.   259 Kathy - Extreme Measures 16:25  |  Mark of Lewiston 26/12/07
      292.   #150 Fred Locke 03:09  |  * BEN JABO 27/12/07
      293.   Attention all fake cluster experts 03:18  |  * BEN JABO 27/12/07
      294.   #150 2nd TRY Fred Locke 03:52  |  * BEN JABO 27/12/07
      295.   #152 Yossi Cronenberg - How about it?? 04:02  |  * BEN JABO 27/12/07
      296.   #277 DEMENTED DUTCH 04:06  |  * BEN JABO 27/12/07
      297.   #157 Silvienne 04:10  |  * BEN JABO 27/12/07
      298.   Mark T - well done!!! 11:32  |  CK Tan 27/12/07
      299.   * Ben Jabo - thank goodness your posts went thru !!! 11:37  |  CK Tan 27/12/07
      300.   facetious to compare israeli clusters to hezbollah`s shrapnel 15:25  |  Hammurabi 27/12/07
      301.   #300 Hammurabi - It`s deceptive of you to pretend, 17:06  |  * BEN JABO 27/12/07
      302.   Hammurabi is not a Collerabi or is it? 23:33  |  GPS 27/12/07
      303.   give me a break! 02:08  |  Hammurabi 28/12/07
      304.   #303 hammurabi wants a break from the TRUTH 06:42  |  CK Tan 28/12/07
      305.   #303 Hammaurabi 07:02  |  * BEN JABO 28/12/07
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