The New York Times headline about a family van hit by an Apache missle seems to blame the family for not choosing to leave earlier. What about the Israelis military choice to destroy Lebanon's economy and take 10 eyes for an eye.
NY Times map of the war:
I wish this map had attacks on Israel. It would be a comical comparison. Thanks to poxonyou.
http://www.nytimes.com/...
they had held out for days in their village of Tireh in southern Lebanon, terrified of the Israeli bombardment, but more terrified of what might happen if they risked leaving. On Sunday they gave up their stand, and all 18 members crammed into the family's white Mazda minivan. They planned to head north toward the relative safety of Beirut.
Within minutes they became casualties of Israel's 12-day-old bombardment of southern Lebanon, which the Israelis say they will continue indefinitely to destroy the military abilities of Hezbollah, the Shiite militant group. By the Lebanese official count, Israel's attacks have killed more than 380 Lebanese.
How many are civillians? Article doesnt say.
"They said leave, and that's what we did," said Musbah Shaito, another uncle, as his niece, Heba, 16, cried hysterically behind him for her dead father, whose head was nearly blown off. This reporter watched as paramedics struggled to remove the dead from the van, but soon gave up, as an Israeli drone hovered overhead.
Funny how a helicopter named after a people our military nearly wiped out is used to massacre another darker skinned people. Thats funny in a dark way.
"They said leave, and that's what we did," said Musbah Shaito, another uncle, as his niece, Heba, 16, cried hysterically behind him for her dead father, whose head was nearly blown off. This reporter watched as paramedics struggled to remove the dead from the van, but soon gave up, as an Israeli drone hovered overhead.