An Israeli bomb destroyed a U.N. observer post on the border in southern Lebanon, killing two peacekeepers and leaving two others feared dead in what appeared to be a deliberate strike, U.N. chief Kofi Annan said.
The bomb made a direct hit on the building and shelter of the observer post in the town of Khiyam near the eastern end of the border with Israel, said Milos Struger, spokesman for the U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon known as UNIFIL.
This sort of reminds me of the time we accidentally bombed the Chinese embassy during the air war in Yugoslavia. Hey, it happens.
Kofi Annan thinks the attack was deliberate, and based on some reporting from the other day which indicated that UN forces "observed" and made no attempt to intervene as Hezbo soldiers fired on Israel, I'm not so sure he's incorrect. Israel might have been sending the UN a message.
Whether deliberate or not, it won't help the process of recruiting foreign military forces to serve in a peacekeeping force.
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