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Sunday 26 August 2007

The BBC at it again (part 2)

"Israelis kill seven Palestinians" is the BBC headline, oh no you might think, those horrible Israelis have killed more innocent Palestinians, I bet they were unarmed civilians and probbaly children. From the following BBC article here are what the BBC say and my commnets:

"Troops were sent to the Erez border crossing after two gunmen scaled an eight metre (25ft) wall using a ladder, the Israeli military said."
So the Israeli's were reacting to an incursion by "gunmen".

"In an ensuing gun battle, at least one Israeli soldier was lightly wounded and the Palestinians were killed."
Nice touch there "lightly wounded".

"The militants were 700m into Israeli territory when they were killed, the Associated Press news agency quoted the Israeli army's Maj Tal Lev-Ram as saying."
An incursion by "militants" according to the Isreali army. Are the BBC sure Major Lev-Ram said militant?.

"The two dead men were on a "martyrdom operation" against Israel, a spokesman for a Palestinian militant group said."
"martyrdom operation", what does that mean BBC? A suicide bombing mission by "militants" into Israel?

"In Jenin, Israeli forces said they killed three Palestinian militants when they opened fire on a car."
Again, did the Israeli forces use the word "militants"?

"According to army officials, the three militants had two assault rifles and ammunition in the car."
Armed "militants", did the army say "militants"?

"Israeli troops have killed at least 20 Palestinians in the last week."
How many were armed terrorists/soldiers or in BBC speak "militants"?

"The army says the operations are needed to protect Israeli civilians from attacks."
The army "says"? If the two "militants" on a "martyrdom operation" had not been stopped, what do the BBC think they would have done? Might they have killed innocent Israelis in a Pizza parlour or a Cafe? Maybe the BBC under the guidance of its Hamas friends thinks that no Israeli is innocent?

That's five of the seven killed, what of the other two. The deaths of the other two are at summarised at the top of the article but unlike the other two incidents there is no detail. From the following BBC article here are their words and my commnets:

"Palestinian officials said two teenage boys were also killed by Israeli troops in an unrelated incident in Gaza."
Even the BBC doesn't still think that all teenage boys are all sweet and innocent, even in Enland quite a few seem to be armed and dangerous and I imagine that guns are even easier to obtain in Gaza than Manchester, Liverpool or London.

"Medical officials said the two were civilians aged 15 and 16, who were shot close to an Israeli observation post near the town of Beit Lahiya."
"Civilians" close to an Israeli observation post, what were they doing there?

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