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To: SJackson

Also from Haaretz: "" The crew's Palestinian translator was waving a white flag lit with a flashlight."

Thus, the incident took place during night time.

The film maker came out of a house carrying a camera. During a situation when a shoulder fired missile had been fired against the Israelis...

Go figure.

A sad incident, but when you move into a war zone this is what can happen.


6 posted on 04/06/2006 1:38:39 PM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: Alouette; SJackson
Sorry SJ; I should have noted that it was mentioned in the article you posted that the incident took place during night time.

Just a point: One should consider the possibility that the verdict is not so much a result of antisemitism as the inability of British courts, media and a sizable part of the British public to understand the realities of war and warlike situations.

Compare this ase with the case of the British paratrooper Lance Corporal Lee Clegg who on patrol in west Belfast in September 1990, shot and killed two joyriding teenagers in a car speeding through an army road block.

Initially, Lance Corporal Clegg was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. At a later trial (1995) he was cleared of murder but convicted of a lesser crime. Since he had already served 4 years in prison he was released, and reinstated in the Army. However, it was not until 2000 he was finally cleared on all counts.

PC run amok!

Soldier's relief after shooting verdict

13 posted on 04/06/2006 2:12:50 PM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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