Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Israel Violates US Law


By Attacking Lebanon!Anti Torture      Israel can of course do no wrong as far as the United States is concerned.   Also of course you can not say anything negative about Israel without being called anti-semitic and traitorous to our carte blance support for them.   If killing innocent civilians is what they consider to be necessary then of course George W Bush can't say anything because he is guilty of the same thing.   Did the Israeli learn from Bush or did Bush learn from them?   It's hard to tell, especially if you happen to be on the "being killed" end of the stick.  


Anti War.comIsrael Violates US Law With Attack on Lebanon

by Thalif Deen
July 18, 2006

Israel is in violation of U.S. arms-control laws for deploying U.S.-made fighter planes, combat helicopters, and missiles to kill civilians and destroy Lebanon's infrastructure in the ongoing six-day devastation of that militarily weak country.


"Section 4 of the [U.S.] Arms Export Control Act requires that military items transferred to foreign governments by the United States be used solely for internal security and legitimate self-defense," says Stephen Zunes, professor of politics at the University of San Francisco.


"Since Israeli attacks against Lebanon's civilian infrastructure and population centers clearly go beyond legitimate self-defense, the United States is legally obliged to suspend arms transfers to Israel," Zunes told IPS.



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