Olmert blames'technical error' for deadly shelling

[Lindacooks]

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday blamed a "technical error" for the military's tank shelling of Beit Hanoun that killed 19 Palestinian civilians, mostly women and children, according to a spokeswoman with the minister's office.

The bloodshed happened early Wednesday, hours after Israel announced it had pulled out of the northern Gaza town where it was targeting militants firing Qassam rockets into Israel.

Israeli tanks, poised on the outskirts of Beit Hanoun, fired 10 artillery rounds into the town's center and killed 19 people, Palestinian medical sources said. (Watch villager describe how relatives were 'cut to pieces' -- 2:40)

Among the dead was a 13-member family that included seven children, the sources said.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/11/09/olmert.gaza/index.html

Sheesh. You'd think with all the money Israel gets and spends on defense, they could cut down on these 'technical errors'.

[BuyingThyme]

1. Shouldn't somebody be bombing their infrastructure by now?

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

2. Sorry! Your entire family was just murdered due to technical difficulties.

Please stand by.

[0rganism]

3. That does it, no more "XP-Home" on the tanks...

seriously, tho, this is really sad, and will only fuel the conflict.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

4. Uh huh.

And 9-11 happened when somebody mis-filed their flight plans.

[louis-t]

5. "I didn't know it was loaded"

"They were firing at us"
"Somebody mis-spoke"
"You stepped on my foot"
"You looked at my girlfriend"

I get so tired of hearing bullies make excuses.

[malaise]

6. That war criminal always has an excuse

Hope he can handle other people's errors. I watched that funeral prosession on BBC this morning- women, babies, little children - fugging sickening.

[Moderator]

7. locking

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