"It said it believes the use of cluster grenades in populated areas could violate a ban on indiscriminate attacks contained in international humanitarian law."

This applies to everyone. ie) international, humanitarian

Human Rights Watch addresses Nations, not criminal activity like terrorism.



"Hezbollah, Lebanese Army--same thing, no?" - from Peace

Absolutely not. Lebanon has its own military.

Hezbollah is not the Lebanese army.


"Lebanon's army, which so far has sat on the sidelines of the violence raging in the country, will join the fight against Israel if Israeli forces invade the country, Defense Minister Elias Murr said on Al-Jazeera television. "The Lebanese army -- and I stress -- the Lebanese army will resist and defend and will prove that it is an army that deserves respect," he said. In most of the previous Israeli attacks, including in 1978 and the 1982 invasion in which Beirut was occupied, the Lebanese army largely stayed out of the fighting. Twenty Lebanese soldiers have been killed in strikes on their bases during the nine-day-old Israeli bombardment of Lebanon."

Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora told the New York Times that the abducted Israeli soldiers could be released and the Lebanese army moved to the south of the country if Israel meets certain conditions. Siniora said the conditions include Israel's withdrawal from the disputed Shebaa Farms area of the border, the release of Lebanese detainees in Israeli jails and a return to the terms of the 1949 armistice between the two countries, the Times reported. He suggested that the Lebanese army would move to southern Lebanon – an Israeli demand -- once these conditions were met. He backed the idea of a more robust international force, but only after "all the issues" were put on the table, and he stopped short of condemning Hezbollah, the newspaper said.

Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said Israel would be ready to call a cease-fire with Hezbollah if its captured soldiers are returned, the Lebanese army deploys along the countries' shared border and the future disarmament of Hezbollah can be guaranteed. In recent days, Israeli officials have sent conflicting signals about whether Israel would demand Hezbollah's immediate disarmament as a condition for a halt in fighting.

Israeli fighter-bombers killed five Lebanese soldiers and wounded 41 others in an overnight strike on a Lebanese army base in the area of Kfar Chima, security officials said. The Lebanese army has largely stayed out of the fighting between Hezbollah guerrillas and Israel, but its positions have been repeatedly attacked by Israeli warplanes."

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB115306760246608000-aC9JLHSn5Kn6cCdR4X1jlOAoFgQ_20060820.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top

Trouble with the Israeli mentality is that they consider EVERYONE their enemy. Its usually a good idea to know your enemy before you start lobbing bombs.

btw - Seven of the Canadians that were killed in Gaza were from the same family. The remaining family members returned today. One of the women said they were ordered by the Canadian embassy to stay in their homes when the bombing began, not to go on the streets, not to flee. They stayed and were blasted to smithereens.