P R E S S R E L E A S E: THE MASSACRE AND COVER-UP AT THE U.N. BASE IN QANA Press Contact: 202 362-5266, Ext 777 (24-hours) Email: COME@MiddleEast.Org / Fax 202 362-6965 For additional information: http://WWW.MiddleEast.Org THE COMMITTEE ON THE MIDDLE EAST 16 April 1997 The "Qana Massacre" took place on 18 April of last year, this Friday. The absolutely grizly scenes of tremendous carnage were broadcast throughout the world. But that in itself has happened before in various ways, in various places, with various perpetrators. In the case of Qana, however, there are some unprecedented aspects which make this particular massacre stand out differently from others. For the first time in the Middle East a large number of civilians specifically under United Nations protection were specifically targeted. For the first time investigations by the United Nations, as well as independent organizations such as Amnesty International, uncovered not only that the attack was on purpose, but that a massive [84 lines left ... full text available at <url:http://www.reference.com/cgi-bin/pn/go?choice=message&table=04_1997&mid=2695531&hilit=CHOMSKY> ] -------------------------------- Article-ID: 04_1997&2674561 Score: 78 Subject: Re: Natural Language