July 25, 2006
Red Cross Ambulances Destroyed in Israeli Air Strike on Rescue Mission
· Volunteer paramedics demand UN guarantees
· Flags and lights prove no protection for aid teams
[photos from Guerra Eterna]
Even in a war which has turned the roads of south Lebanon into killing zones, Israel's rocket strike on two clearly marked Red Cross ambulances on Sunday night set a deadly new milestone.
The fateful call to the Red Cross operations room came through at about 10pm - well after dark, a time when almost no Lebanese now dare venture out.
story | Guardian
from Priapo who suggests as a photo caption or an alternate headline: "When the Red Cross is a terrorist army".
~Does the Israeli Air Force use American satellites and personnel to coordinate their air assaults? Or are they using their own (American supplied but not operated?) reconnaissance aircraft to pinpoint and destroy for example moving vehicles in certain parts of Lebanon?
Southern Lebanon is not that large of an area.
You could probably use tethered weather balloons with infrared video cameras to spot ambulances moving at night (their flashing lights would help) but Israel's surveillance must be somewhat more technologically advanced.