Will Michelle Continue to Trust the IDF?
In its lead story August 1, the Hebrew edition of Ha’aretz online reported that the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) claim that Hezbollah missile launchers and Hezbollah fighters were in and around the building in Qana which they shelled early Sunday morning was false.
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Initially, Israeli military sources had reported that the deaths in Qana where caused not by the Israeli air attack early Sunday morning, but by an accidental explosion, many hours later, of Hezbollah ordnance that was stored inside the building. According to the Ha’aretz article, this is not true. Israeli Air Force sources have admitted, according to Ha’aretz, that the deaths in Qana were caused by the Israeli shelling. Between 30 and 60 deaths were reported as a result of the building collapse. Many bodies are still believed to be buried beneath the rubble.Additionally, the claim of the IDF that leaflets were dropped on the weekend warning of an attack were also untrue. The leaflets were actually delivered “some days” before the weekend, according to military sources.
Michelle has attempted to make hay out of “asking questions” concerning the atrocity at Qana. Just as with our own military’s penchant for covering up massacres as they have occurred in Iraq and Afghanistan, the IDF went into CYA mode and found the jingoblogs to be willing victims of misinformation and exploitation.
As a proud Pajamahideen and member of the New Media, I’m sure Malkin will be eager to give her readers a quick update and will question the veracity of Israeli military spokesmen in the future.
[via LGF Watch]
The EU Referendum has a strong rebuttal to the Qana story with many photos. Including an analysis of Who is this Man? and a summary Game, set and match
There is also an informative August 2 update.
Comment by JBenson2 — August 3, 2006 @ 11:34 pm
That first post is not only not a rebuttal to the Qana story, but is unmitigated bullshit.
Even if it were true, what the fuck would it prove? That rescuers were pissed off about these DEAD FUCKING KIDS - one of them who had a GODDAMN BINKY STILL ATTACHED - and wanted to make sure the world saw them?
Are you going to tell me that no photos were staged during the cleanup from 9/11?
Goddamn, you’re a sorry sack of shit.
Comment by Auguste — August 4, 2006 @ 2:20 am
the cleanup from 9/11
It sounds like you are one of those ding-a-ling scatterbrains that believes the US government created 9/11.
As Ryan,your partner in crime says:
That’s so asinine it doesn’t deserve a response.
Comment by JBenson2 — August 4, 2006 @ 9:12 am
I guess you don’t read Eschaton, Mr. Benson. He linked to this yesterday.
WaPo
They’re conspiracy theorists through and through. Their claim that Hizbollah caused the building’s collapse is mangled, so this amateur analysis of photos posted on the Internet (where data is always 100% accurate) is all they have to hold onto.
And I can vouch for Auguste: He’s no “9/11 Truther.”
Comment by Ryan — August 4, 2006 @ 9:49 am
Heh. What can you do with someone who misreads so willfully?
It’s exactly as likely that the US Government was behind 9/11 as it is likely that Hizbollah is behind Qana.
Make of that whatever you will - you’ll do it anyway.
Comment by Auguste — August 4, 2006 @ 12:17 pm
“All I have to go on is gut instinct,” North replied.
You sound like one of those long-a-dong scatterhead moonbats that believes in facts.
As my grandfather used to say:
JBenson is so stupid you almost feel guilty laughing at him.
Comment by bvac — August 4, 2006 @ 12:42 pm
bvac, sounds like your decrepit grandfather has gone senile.
The whole Qana coverup is unwinding. Have “grampy” take a look at these fraudulent photostaken by the same photographer who took the Qana photos. You don’t have to be a professional photographer to realize that this guy is “cooking the books”.
Yeah, I already know what he will tell you. The same lame answer. It is all a Bush conspiracy cooked up by Karl Rove!
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Comment by JBenson2 — August 5, 2006 @ 10:24 pm
Did you really think I was serious when I said my grandfather said that?
Comment by bvac — August 6, 2006 @ 1:13 am
PRICELESS!
Gee, we’re sorry you caught us. (Sounds like Dan Blather.) Just another example of how the media is distorting the news to fit their agenda. This photo was taken by the same guy who took the staged Quana dead baby photos. (the ones where he pulled a dead baby out of the recently crumbled building and the baby already had rigor mortis )
“A Reuters photograph of smoke rising from buildings in Beirut has been withdrawn after coming under attack by American web logs. The blogs accused Reuters of distorting the photograph to include more smoke and damage.”
“The photograph showed two very heavy plumes of black smoke billowing from buildings in Beirut after an Air Force attack on the Lebanese capital. Reuters has since withdrawn the photograph from its website, along a message admitting that the image was distorted, and an apology to editors.”
Please forgive us!!! Even though we photoshopped the hell out of this photo and tons of past photos, we won’t do it again, honest!
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Comment by JBenson2 — August 6, 2006 @ 9:57 am
Hey, that’s just the market forces at work.
Comment by bvac — August 6, 2006 @ 10:25 am
It’s true that the photo was manipulated to give the smoke more contrast and it was a shitty job at that.
But hey, now that we see that the smoke was gray, those civilian casualties and destruction to infrastructure is no biggie.
Comment by DUDACKATTACK!!! — August 7, 2006 @ 11:56 am
In 1948, the same year that the modern state of Israel was sanctioned by the UN, Pakistan was carved out of India, and millions of innocent Hindu Indians were disposessed of their homes.
Yugoslavia has been carved up into other nations on numerous occasions, leaving masses of disposessed people.
How come neither of those situations animates the Left’s anger ?
(pssst, because the Left is obsessed with Israel)
Comment by Joseph Longo — August 22, 2006 @ 3:34 am
her career is in the shitter..fox news FIRED her this month!!!hehehe..2008 is gonna be a great year!!!
Comment by dude — December 31, 2007 @ 3:16 pm
her career is KAPUT!!!
Comment by dude — December 31, 2007 @ 3:17 pm
sooo long michelle..raise your kids now ya jobless washout!!!
Comment by dude — December 31, 2007 @ 3:18 pm