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Photo-Op Gone Bad?
AFP reports that two Palestinian journalists were injured in yesterday’s IDF ambush of an Islamic Jihad crew preparing to fire a Qassam rocket. The following AP photo makes us wonder if the injured reporters were at the scene before the IDF made its presence known:
A Palestinian militant lies dead next to a homemade rocket prepared to be fired into Israel after he was killed by Israeli army gunfire in the town of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip early Tuesday May 30, 2006. An Israel Air Force helicopter fired also a missile after the gunfight. At least three militants were killed and four other people were injured during the two attacks, Palestinian security and hospital officials said. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
The media has a history of fuzzy ethics on dubious "photo-ops" (see past incidents in Gaza, the West Bank, as well as Iraq). Were the reporters on scene simply covering a firefight, or were they perhaps being used for terror photo-op that went awry?
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I looked at this from a different angle:
http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2006/05/ap-vs-reuters-photographers.html
Posted by: Elder of Ziyon at May 30, 2006 2:26:17 PM
From the Scotman.uk, May 30th:
Israel kills four 'militants' in Gaza Strip night attack
ISRAELI forces raided the Gaza Strip early today, killing four palestinians they claimed were Islamic Jihad militants who planned to fire rockets.
When confronting this text with the picture above, the bias is so blatant!
Posted by: Joaquim at May 30, 2006 3:54:11 PM
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