The lead paragraph in today's Ass. Press article says:
Israeli warplanes and helicopters pounded Palestinian targets Monday in its heaviest airstrikes in months, killing 11 people, including eight in a refugee camp where a car was destroyed. One missile exploded on a street crowded with schoolchildren, wounding four of them.The Ass. Press article omits some fundamental information, e.g. which Palestinians were killed and why:
Earlier Monday, IAF helicopters fired at least two missiles at a car near the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, killing seven Palestinians, including top Hamas militant Imad Akel and three others who were in the vehicle with him, according to Palestinian sources.No word yet from the human rights organizations who should be concerned about all those Palestinian militants operating from civilian areas and endangering innocent Palestinian lives in violation of the Geneva conventions.
Looks like the the wire service reports may have been Palestinian lies again. Surprise, surprise! According to the Jerusalem Post, there wasn't really a 'street crowded with schoolchildren'. Let's see if our papers will publish a correction.
Posted by: wilinsky on October 21, 2003 03:14 PM