Well, as long as Maltese politicians Side With Life, we're covered with God and Mammon
The Canadian Press – ONLINE EDITION – today
UNICEF: Snipers targeting children in besieged Libyan city of Misrata
By: The Associated Press
GENEVA – Snipers are targeting children in the besieged rebel-held Libyan city of Misrata, the U.N.’ s children agency said Friday.
Hundreds of residents have been killed and wounded in the assault by Gadhafi’s forces on Libya’s third-largest city, and residents are running short of water, food and medicine.
“What we have are reliable and consistent reports of children being among the people targeted by snipers in Misrata,” UNICEF spokeswoman Marixie Mercado told reporters in Geneva.
The information was based on local sources, Mercado said. She was unable to say how many children have been wounded or killed in this way.
The International Committee of the Red Cross said it is sending a team to Misrata by boat Friday and would investigate the reports of snipers targeting children.
A spokesman for the Geneva-based aid group, Christian Cardon, told The Associated Press that children and other civilians not involved in hostilities are never a legitimate target in an armed conflict. “But without having any more information, we can’t comment on what is happening there,” he said.
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Well, as long as Malta’s foreign minister has a spokesman like this:
http://www.wayn.com/profiles/Melvynmangion
They have got to be joking.
I notice he doesn’t tell CNN to email their questions, or refuse to answer them on the grounds that he is only a spokesman and must ask his minister what he should say. See below:
http://feb17.info/news/libya-proposed-swapping-jets-for-dutch-prisoners/
Maybe they’d cut a deal with CNN, who travelled to Misrata and returned on the same boat that brought in the Shatwan family.
Watch this from about 10’30”:
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/04/04/bs.libya.pleitgen.sea.cnn?iref=allsearch
Students, dissenting officers, political opponents, children, babies … Gaddafi spares no one.
http://www.neontommy.com/news/2011/04/april-7th
If ever anyone needed a specimen of evil incarnated, Gaddafi sure is one good prototype.
On Malta’s role in the Libyan conflict –
“It is not at all surprising to me that the government of Malta has indeed been contacted numerous times in the last weeks by Libyan and officials from other nations for the purpose of exploring possible diplomatic ways to resolve the conflict. For those of us who find prayer indispensable, we will be saying more than a few for the success of those diplomatic efforts,” he (Douglas Kmiec) said.
Pray. Pray. Pray. What an easy way to feel like you are doing your bit! With all these prayers being said we should have world peace and an end to hunger in no time.
Not holding my breath!
you should try harder