CNNI actually has a report that UN Peacekeepers aren't reliable.link. link LINK.....duh do you think? But NATO has a better trackrecord...if for no other reason then they have better discipline...
Jan Englund, who yesterday got headlines for criticizing Israel, now notes that the high civilian casualty rate is because Hizbollah is hiding behind civilians..."I heard they were proud because they lost very few fighters and that it was the civilians bearing the brunt of this. I don't think anyone should be proud of having many more children and women dead than armed men."
Want to bet this doesn't make the news?
(Update: CNN Mentioned how Hizbollah encouraged reporting of civilian casualties to help promote their side of the war...way to go Mr Cooper, but why are you showing their story for five minutes and then "balance" it with a ten second correction?)
What is NOT in the news is the floods in Asia.
China's death toll is now 600 from floods and mudslides, and the typhoon that is causing problems here is headed there...
And GMA gave here state of the nation address yesterday, promising aid to develop the provinces, and condemned civil rights abuses. The NPA doesn't agree, kidnapping 50 people yesterday in Agusan Sur...in our area, things aren't quite so bad...just sporadic kidanppings, NPA Caputured, and the real problem: Cheap Onion imports...
the higher priced local onions are not being sold because imported onions sell for about half the price...so the farmers are going broke and want help. But if they don't import onions, there won't be enough Onions, and of course if you are poor, you prefer lower prices via imports so you can eat more...
This is globalization in a nutshell, or in this case, an onion skin.
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