Rockets Hit Haifa in Northern Israel, Killing Eight

AP ^ | Sunday, July 16, 2006 | Associated Press

[brain bleeds red]

HAIFA, Israel — Lebanese guerillas fired a relentless barrage of rockets into the northern Israeli city of Haifa on Sunday, killing eight people at a train station and wounding seven others in a dramatic escalation of a five-day-old conflict that has shattered Mideast peace.

Hezbollah's firing of at least 20 rockets at Haifa came after Israel unleashed its fiercest bombardment yet of the Lebanese capital, starting after midnight Saturday. The attack reduced Beirut apartment buildings to rubble and knocked out electricity in many areas of the city.

Within two hours of the 8 a.m. Haifa attack, Israel warplanes retaliated by bombarding the Hezbollah headquarters in south Beirut, sending a thick smoke cloud over the city.

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U.S. officials were monitoring violence in Lebanon hour-by-hour to decide whether to evacuate an estimated 25,000 Americans, possibly to the neighboring Mediterranean island of Cyprus. About 350 people — most of them Europeans — were evacuated Saturday night and early Sunday from Lebanon to Cyprus on Italian military flights.

[brain bleeds red]

I'm sick of this! Whenever it's Lebanese casualties, they're referred to as "civilian". But when AP mentions Israeli casualties, they're just called "people". Hmmm, AP, don't want to show that the TERRORISTS are killing CIVILIANS too?

[ASA Vet]

And notice they are "Lebanese guerillas" not "Hezbollah Terrorists."

What did you expect from AP?

[brain bleeds red]

And notice they are "Lebanese guerillas" not "Hezbollah Terrorists."

Yes, that was the other thing I was gonna mention. Guerillas actually fight the ARMY using "guerilla" tactics. You don't qualify for "guerilla" status if you're wantonly slaughtering CIVILIANS. Israel = targets terrorists Hezbollah = targets civilians AP = Israel's the bad guy

[Winston Smith]

Did you notice this little Sob piece for consumtion by the masses?
"A copy of the Quran, Islam's holy book, lay in the street with its dusty pagers fluttering until it was reverently lifted and kissed by a Hezbollah gunman."
Cmon? Fair and Balanced?

[Continental Soldier]

I was about to write the very same thing that you did! This morning MSNBC reported again on civilian deaths in Lebanon, but reported people killed (or worse, merely the number killed) in Israel. Surely, somebody with some clout will challenge NBC on that? No?

[brain bleeds red]

It's so obviously intentional too - Lebanese casualties are CIVILIAN, Israeli casualties are PEOPLE. It's not just one time in the article, it's multiple times. Liberals are so dumb.

[Aliska]

Would Patriot missiles help in this situation? Israel must not have any.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

That quote reveals a few things. That the "holy book" is revered by murderous terrorists, and that the reporter loves murderous terrorists.

[lilylangtree]

MSM is so biased. God bless Israel!