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Gaza tower housing AP, Al Jazeera collapses after missile strike - witness
Reuters ^
| May
Posted on 05/15/2021 6:34:33 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
A 12-storey Gaza tower block housing the offices of the U.S.-based Associated Press and Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera collapsed on Saturday after being struck by Israeli missiles, a Reuters witness said.
The owner of the building had been warned in advance of an impending Israeli missile strike, and the building had been evacuated.
The Israeli military did not immediately provide comment on the incident.
The building also contained a number of apartments and other offices.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: aljazeera; associatedpress; biggayaljazeera; cockroaches; dissociatedpress; gaza; goodriddance; hamas; iran; israel; journalism; liberalmedia; media; palestinians; philistines; press; rop; socalledjournalists; terrorists; urbanrenewal; waronterror
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
One thing I like about Israel. They fight to win.
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posted on
05/15/2021 6:36:19 AM PDT
by
cuban leaf
(We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
To: All
"The strike came nearly an hour after the military ordered people to evacuate the building, which also housed Al-Jazeera, other offices and residential apartments. The strike brought the entire 12-story building down, collapsing with a gigantic cloud of dust.
There was no immediate explanation for why it was attacked."
-France24.com
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posted on
05/15/2021 6:36:51 AM PDT
by
Oldeconomybuyer
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
05/15/2021 6:37:37 AM PDT
by
null and void
(When you put bad people in charge expect bad things to happen, often in a spectacular and sudden way)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
05/15/2021 6:38:57 AM PDT
by
faithhopecharity
("Politicians are not born, they are excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Well, the Israeli Prime Minister did make it pretty clear that Hamas, et al, were going to be pounded into the ground. This is what that looks like.
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posted on
05/15/2021 6:39:09 AM PDT
by
drwoof
To: cuban leaf
One thing I like about Israel. They fight to win.
————
And, Israel knows who the enemy is. Ass Press, indeed.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Losing the AP office was the best part of the story.
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posted on
05/15/2021 6:40:55 AM PDT
by
vetvetdoug
(,)
To: vetvetdoug
First it’s the Hamas cockroaches being buried alive, now AP and Al-Jazeera hit
the good news just keeps coming!!
To: vetvetdoug
I’ve been watching the International I 24 channel.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Will the IDF include media targets in this country, too?
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posted on
05/15/2021 6:44:33 AM PDT
by
McBuff
(To be, rather than to seem)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
They’re no fun. They fell right over.
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posted on
05/15/2021 6:48:11 AM PDT
by
Noumenon
(The Second Amendment exists primarily to deal with those who just won't take no for an answer. KTF)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I am going to speculate that the Hamas and/or other terrorists thought the media would willingly serve as human shields.
This is my own speculation. Feel free to share it, or to share your counter to it.
To: vetvetdoug
They should have said, “All y’all evacuate except you AP guys.”
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posted on
05/15/2021 6:49:53 AM PDT
by
Noumenon
(The Second Amendment exists primarily to deal with those who just won't take no for an answer. KTF)
To: cuban leaf
That is the only way to fight.
If the U.S. had fought any of its post-WWII wars the way we fought WWII (total war, NOTHING held back, till unconditional surrender), the world would be a better place today.
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posted on
05/15/2021 6:50:03 AM PDT
by
Wuli
To: cuban leaf
One thing I like about Israel. They fight to win. The USA hasn't won a war since 1945.
Israel hasn't lost a war since 1947...
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posted on
05/15/2021 6:51:02 AM PDT
by
null and void
(When you put bad people in charge expect bad things to happen, often in a spectacular and sudden way)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
There was no immediate explanation for why it was attacked.My guess is that the IDF did not attack the building. They attacked the tunnel entrance that was below the building.
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posted on
05/15/2021 6:51:31 AM PDT
by
FtrPilot
To: Wuli
Once you decide to go to war... you go to war... period
Anything less just prolongs and increases the overall suffering
To: McBuff
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posted on
05/15/2021 6:52:04 AM PDT
by
null and void
(When you put bad people in charge expect bad things to happen, often in a spectacular and sudden way)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Have to wonder what kind of missiles were used to cause that much flame. In addition, amazing how it took down the building.
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