4 UN Observers including 1 Canadian murdered by IDF

UN observers are killed by an Israeli bomb dropped on their observation post, ending the lives of peacekeepers from Austria, Canada, China and Finland, after they had managed to survive being shelled 14 times earlier by Israeli artilery.

“I am shocked and deeply distressed by the apparently deliberate targeting by Israeli Defence Forces of a UN Observer post in southern Lebanon,” said UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.

UN observers have been in the area since 1978—both sides of this conflict know exactly where the UN forces have been stationed. Shelling and then bombing such a location can hardly be classified a “mistake”.

When is this madness going to stop? Another checkbox on the potential war-crimes list… is this Stephen Harper’s idea of a “measured response”?