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Israel's military actions against Hezbollah were forced upon it after years of bombardments, kidnappings and cross-border shootings, says Alan Baker, the Israeli Ambassador to Canada. In an article published in the Toronto Star July 26, Baker also says it was no surprise that when Hezbollah terrorists kidnapped three Israeli soldiers on the Israel-Lebanese border in October 2000 they were disguised as UN peacekeepers and were driving a vehicle with a UN emblem. "Curiously enough, the real UN peacekeepers who saw the kidnapping and even videotaped it, merely sat by and let it happen," he added. |
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Four UN observers, including a
Canadian, killed by an Israeli bomb in southern Lebanon, had repeatedly warned Israeli
troops the strikes were coming too close, says Kofi Annan the UN Secretary-General. He
called the bombing an "apparently deliberate" hit.
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