Tel Aviv - Israeli ministers called Sunday for the
assassination of Lebanese Hezbollah guerrilla organization leader
Hassan Nasrallah, a day after he claimed his group was holding body
parts of Israel soldiers killed in the 2006 Lebanon war.
The Ha'aretz daily quoted Interior Minister Meir Shitreet as
saying that Israel did not 'need to negotiate with (Nasrallah), we
need to destroy him,' while Absorption Minister Zeev Boim called the
Hezbollah head a 'sewer rat,' and said Israel 'must make sure he does
not see the light of day.'
Nasrallah, in a rare public appearance Saturday, said that
Hezbollah had in its possession arms and legs of Israeli soldiers
killed in the war, as well as a near complete body.
The Israeli military reacted with outrage to the claims, saying
they 'constitute a cruel and cynical move by an organization that
fragrantly tramples the most fundamental, ethical codes, shows no
respect for human rights or the international conventions that govern
these matters. '
Nasrallah's speech Saturday, the Israel Defence Force Spokesman
said in a statement, 'demonstrates that the Hezbollah terrorist
organization violates the values that are sacred to all religions
including Islam. We call upon all those with the most basic common
sense to view him as cowardly and to condemn him.'
Ha'aretz quoted 'highly-placed sources in Jerusalem' as saying
Saturday that Israel would not negotiate with Hezbollah over the
return of any body parts the group might be holding, but was instead
focused on obtaining the release of two Israeli soldiers, snatched in
the July 12 2006 cross-border raid which sparked the war.
© 2008 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur 
NoharnessJan 20th, 2008 - 16:49:25
Next time, start out using more napalm and less precisely placed HE. You're going to get a black eye anyway PR department anyway. If you are already convicted, you may as well be good and frackin' guilty.
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