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Hundreds of legal experts in the UK sign a letter urging the UK government to, among other things, stop supplying weapons to Israel.

The letter in question.

Well you didn’t have to do that much work for me Starver, so I appreciate the efforts. Thanks.

I read a BBC Verify article about it last night which did outline there were three attacks on the three different vehicles that were destroyed, the second ~half a mile after the first, and the third about a mile beyond that, and various “experts” quoted as saying that from the pictures they were shown that it would be from drone-launched missiles. I would expect the operator of said drone would be able to see the insignia of the aid organization on the roof of at least some of the vehicles.

It does seem a little bit ridiculous to hit the convoy if the Haaretz report is accurate, in that the supposed terrorist wasn’t actually in it and the IDF knew that.

Earlier reports (I forget about how long ago[1]) were that the IDF were convinced that a particular Hamas target was on board the convoy. That same report said that he absolutely wasn't there, after all, but someone was clearly more convinced that he was than of the sancity of those "he was riding with". I wasn't aware, until now that the vehicles were so separated, so sounds like they also thought it was a "shell game" and were happy enough to strike all three targets knowing that two were not even "accidental collateral damage" but total misses which would include purely innocent victims.

Not saying I approve (definitely not, and yet another nasty own-goal for their reputation), but sounds like someone really ranked the guy they apparently ended up missing anyway. I just wonder if they still think it was worth the try/are still looking for another window of opportunity...


(And I might be outdated even on the above report.)


[1] Wasn't this all yesterday? The bodies had already been recovered and brought out, a while ago now. I almost posted to break this myself, but the forum seemed very quiet, maybe you were all asleep? (Late nights + early mornings and a rather convoluted day very much not paying attention to anything as mundane as news, so far, has distorted my impressions of time a bit, even whether I slept since.)

Do you have any links about reports of Hamas being present (or not)? I’d like to read about it. Apparently not enough to try looking for it myself,  it still.

Your responsibility is to yourself and your family. You also know you wouldn’t behave like this under “normal” circumstances, and if company A has their ducks in a row, they’ll have a fall back to fill the position you’re not filling anymore. You’ll be causing them inconvenience at worst.

I much preferred the first one. EG2 should be called power management simulator.

I’d third that, aye.

I still get ads in Spanish from when I watched the Spanish broadcast of the World Cup a few years ago.

Hugh Laurie is also in the final episode of the second series of Blackadder, in which he plays a German particularly skilled in disguises.