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Criticism as Two Indonesian Soldiers Flee Lebanese, Israeli Battle in Taxi
August 05, 2010

An Israeli tank maneuvers near the border with Lebanon during a skirmish between Israeli and Lebanese troops on Tuesday. Hamas have accused two Indonesian peacekeeping soldiers of fleeing the deadly clash in a taxi and criticized the United Nation An Israeli tank maneuvers near the border with Lebanon during a skirmish between Israeli and Lebanese troops on Tuesday. Hamas have accused two Indonesian peacekeeping soldiers of fleeing the deadly clash in a taxi and criticized the United Nation's as an “impotent” bystander. (Reuters Photo/Baz Ratner)
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mns_ent
10:36am Aug 7, 2010

Maybe they changed mind? When they finally realized that the fights and war were actually real?? Hmm...

peterR
7:45am Aug 7, 2010

jetset24 - what are you talking about, constructive criticism? How can you constructively criticize troops with the reputation that yours have. They kill people that criticize them. Negative sarcasm, please just give me a break? The last thing on my mind was claiming any brownie points through sarcasm. I could cry for what your troops have done to people, how they abuse and disrespect human life. It makes me so bloody angry that I am unable to do anything to stop the appalling crimes against humanity that are committed by some of your soldiers and endorsed by some in your government. So please don't tell me I have no right to write exactly what I think. I have every right.

Do you think I don't care, that I have said what I have said to what, make myself feel good?

Why should we foreigners not comment and give our opinion about an army that has and still does, commit horrendous crimes against its own people. Just because I am not Indonesian does not mean I have less rights or that my right to free speech is limited in this country. Or does it in your book?

And as for upsetting mturjuman. He had every right to say what he wishes, but like you seems to have a very strange attitude. I note that his bravado seems to have wilted somewhat under pressure, as I am sure yours will too.

TGIF
6:33am Aug 7, 2010

If I am reading it correctly "mostly non-Indonesians" as Jetset24 meant it for just about anybody other than the locals in general. But peroblanco has redefined it as the Bules...and the comment speaks for itself.


jetset24
5:46am Aug 7, 2010

@peroblanco...Sounds like it is never a dull moment in Jakarta. I would say it is a different rant and rave where I am living in the West minus the maids though...

peroblanco
12:06am Aug 7, 2010

I'm sorry, jetset24, but we bules don't do constructive criticism. It's too bloody hot outside to do anything constructive, so we'd rather sit on our bums in our Kemang homes, in front of the computer, whining about the locals while our maids cook us dinner. Much more fun, I must say.

Beirut, Lebanon. Lebanese media have lashed out at the UN Interim Force, which includes Indonesian soldiers, in Lebanon, calling it an “impotent” bystander after a deadly border skirmish between Lebanese and Israeli forces.

“The impotent international forces beat a retreat, left the place of combat and watched the unfolding events from afar,” said the daily As-Safir, which is close to the Shiite movement Hezbollah.

UNIFIL had asked its soldiers only to “make a show of arms ... against enemy forces,” the newspaper said on Wednesday. It had “encouraged [the enemy] with its reticence, without effectively intervening to prevent the Israeli aggression,” the newspaper alleged on Wednesday.

Lebanese and Israeli troops traded deadly fire on their tense border on Tuesday in the worst clash since the 2006 war between the Jewish state and the Shiite Hezbollah. Two Lebanese soldiers, a Lebanese journalist and a senior Israeli officer were killed.

The Al-Anwar daily mocked the multinational force, saying it “fulfills its role perfectly” when things are calm.

“But ... when confrontations flare it is only a simple spectator, which contacts the two parties to try to restore calm and then submits a report to the Security Council,” the newspaper said.

Daily An-Nahar daily said: “The question is, what to do if the incident is repeated ... in particular regarding the claimed role of UNIFIL.”

“Why did UNIFIL not help the army, at least by offering first aid?” it questioned, citing senior sources involved in calming the border tension.

It said an organization such as UNIFIL was “obliged to deal with the evacuation of casualties.”

On Tuesday, Hezbollah-run Al-Manar television aired images of two Indonesian soldiers, presumably from UNIFIL, leaving the site of the skirmish in a shared taxi.

New TV, which also sympathizes with Hezbollah, spoke of the “escape” of UNIFIL soldiers.

The UN force urged “maximum restraint” following the clashes along the so-called Blue Line, a UN-drawn border.

The acting force commander, Brigadier General Santi Bonfanti, flew to the site of the clashes and personally called on both parties to “stop firing in all the area.”

UNIFIL has some 13,000 troops from various countries stationed in southern Lebanon.

The force, which was set up in 1978 to monitor the border between Israel and southern Lebanon, was considerably beefed up in the wake of the 2006 war between Hezbollah and Israel.


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