I have no reason to doubt this as Italy doesn't have any reason to be biased.
(Note that this doesn't mean Israel hasn't been attacking UNIFIL since it was created. They have suffered 326 dead since 1978, the vast majority to the Israelis just murdering them.)
This is not unprecedented. In 1983 the US Marines were shelled and found out (I mean ffs guys any professional military can do this ) that it was from 155mm howitzers.
There were two forces in Lebanon that had 155mm howitzers: the US Marines and the Lebanese Army. Exactly the same thing. Someone shoots at you a little bit, we shoot at you a lot. Col. Geraghty warned the government about this, about not getting involved in this inter-Arab shit. Jim Webb, my pick for President in 2016 said the same thing.
@H I'm really fricking sorry if I'm on the side of the Marines.
@sandkwinn I'm sure that your heart bleeds that you couldn't fight for the "secular" factions. Shelling the refugee camps in the War of the Camps. Not like Sabra & Shatila at all.
Fourth Lebanese army soldier killed by Israeli fire in south Lebanon.
They're now up to 41 killed of the army that they're depending on to fight for them. The army whose mission is to fight them. Did it ever occur to these dumbfricks that Hezbollah could leave and not take their ATGMs with them and just leave them for the Lebanese Army?
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Huh so it was Hezbollah.
Wait.... didn't you just say the opposite?
If it's a safe resedential neighbourhood what are Army vehicles doing there?
Wait... didn't you just say....?
Idk who these guys are but they seem to enjoy printing contradictions. I don't even know what's what.
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Yeah. I see no reason for the Italians to lie about that.
That's what I just said. i Just said that Italians said completely the opposite thing, then they discovered that Hezbollah did it.
This is once again a case where you think I'm fighting for Hezbollah. I cannot tell you emphatically enough: I do not fricking care about Arabs. I have historic interest in certain Shi'a Muslim groups.
I want, to begin with, everyone involved in the murder of Malcom Kerr to be executed. But that's not good enough for you, is it? It was never about that, was it? You have another purpose, don't you?
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Agreed, but for wildly different reasons.
If Malcolm Kerr hadn't been murdered, Steve Kerr might never have joined the NBA. Even if he did, it likely would have been under different circumstances, if only slightly. Which means he wouldn't be a member of the Chicago Bulls from 1993 through 1998. As such, he wouldn't have been there for the buzzer-beater against the Utah Jazz in Game 6 of the 1997 NBA Finals. Which means the Utah Jazz might have won the championship that year. And that means the thousands (millions?) of useless "think pieces" written about why Karl Malone and John Stockton never won a ring wouldn't exist.
In other words, !schizomaxxxers, there is a direct line from Malcolm Kerr's death to an increase in useless "sports journ*lism". And there is no punishment too severe for those that caused it.
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Neighbor this is once again a case where you think I'm fighting you at all when I'm not. I'm pointing out the weird article which literally doesnt read correctly in English. I'm not saying you're wrong. I'm saying the news site may be r-slurred.
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You'd think he was a teenage girl the way he bitches and moans
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Italians once bribed Iraqi insurgents with a briefcase full of cash every month into not attacking them without anyone in the Coalition knowing so when the French took over for the Italians, it was seen as a safe area and the French didn't bother doing any upgrades because it was a safe area. The insurgents came by for their monthly briefcase of cash and told to frick off by the French so the area immediately became a bad area.
TL;DR: You cannot trust the Italian soldiers.
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Funny people but very lazy
They were only good at combat when dudes were half naked
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