shropshire 0 #1 August 27, 2006 Israel gets their own back on Reuters clicky Good job the cease fire is holding . (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
purnell 0 #2 August 27, 2006 No worries ... the UN force has arrived. Although their choice of flag leaves one wondering. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrad 0 #3 August 27, 2006 There is a truce, they are flying the flag of truce, so what?When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoop 0 #4 August 27, 2006 Yep, appears your right, according to Geneva Convention protocol... QuoteArt 37 prohibits the killing, injuring or capturing of an adversary by resort to perfidy. Examples of perfidy mentioned in the Protocol are the feigning of an intent to negotiate under a flag of truce or of a surrender and the feigning of protected status by the use of signs, emblems or uniforms of the United Nations or of neutral or other States not Parties to the conflict. So interestingly it looks like they are displaying the sign to indicate they are not here for conflict but to aid negotiation. I always thought white flag meant surrender too Obviouslly not Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miked10270 0 #5 August 27, 2006 QuoteNo worries ... the UN force has arrived. Although their choice of flag leaves one wondering. It's a French soldier with Fixed-Bayonet. The white cloth is to keep the bayonet clean!.. They say. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darius11 12 #6 August 30, 2006 They had a bomb hidden in that Photo according to an Israeli investigation so it must be trueI'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,155 #7 August 30, 2006 QuoteSo interestingly it looks like they are displaying the sign to indicate they are not here for conflict but to aid negotiation. I always thought white flag meant surrender too I don't think it is a white flag. If you look closely, it looks more like a sun bleached UN blue flag with the UN emblem on it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
