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Israel/Palestine

Lars77

(3,032 posts) Sun Nov 18, 2012, 01:19 PM Nov 2012

The IDF just bombed a media center used by international media [View all]

http://www.fpa.org.il/?categoryId=73840

The Foreign Press Association is concerned at the attacks by the Israeli IDF on buildings housing journalists in Gaza last night.

The IDF stated this morning that “The sites that we targeted overnight were all positively identified by precise intelligence over the course of months.”

One building houses or has been used by the following FPA members: British news organisations Sky News, and Sky News Arabia, MBC TV ,Al Arabiya, ORF and other European broadcasters.

The other one the Shawa Husseiri building house: ARD TV. Eight journalists working for various organizations were injured.

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The IDF just bombed a media center used by international media [View all] Lars77 Nov 2012 OP

Hasn't this sort of thing happened before? Seems Israel doesn't want any 1monster Nov 2012 #1

Dead Palestinians can be ignored when there is no media R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2012 #23

Yes, everyone sure is ignoring the deaths of Palestinians oberliner Nov 2012 #30

That's a good foot soldier. R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2012 #31

Yep. Remember when we killed the al-Jazeera reporters in their hotel room? DollarBillHines Nov 2012 #26

Now thats defence at it, s best, keep up the great work IDF. teddy51 Nov 2012 #2

Killing innocents with impunity. kayecy Nov 2012 #3

Israeli SOP. One of the most important objectives is to control perception. Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #4

what was the name of that us ship isreal attacked and about which nothing was done leftyohiolib Nov 2012 #5

It was called the Mavi Marmara, it was a Turkish ship. A good friend of mine was on board. Lars77 Nov 2012 #6

thanks memory foggy on that incident thought it was an u.s. ship leftyohiolib Nov 2012 #9

That poster has it wrong oberliner Nov 2012 #12

That one saw the bottom of the rug, straight-away. DollarBillHines Nov 2012 #27

That's not what the poster is talking about oberliner Nov 2012 #11

I didn't think about the US liberty, you're right. What do you supposed i tried though? Lars77 Nov 2012 #15

You tried to guess what he meant oberliner Nov 2012 #16

Fair enough. Just to clearify, my friend was ok. He had an interesting experience in an israeli jail Lars77 Nov 2012 #18

Thanks for sharing that oberliner Nov 2012 #22

USS Liberty, a USN electronic surveillance ship shot up during the '67 War. leveymg Nov 2012 #10

There is a facebook page one can follow for images from inside Gaza Lars77 Nov 2012 #7

If it emits electronic signals, IDF treats it as a target. Shoot first, ID the target later. Or, leveymg Nov 2012 #8

Right oberliner Nov 2012 #13

IDF confirmed they knew foreign journalists were there Lars77 Nov 2012 #14

Reminds me of the US "targeting mistake" in Baghdad at the Palestine Hotel in April '03. leveymg Nov 2012 #20

hmmmm we had this thread yesterday azurnoir Nov 2012 #17

I don't actually doubt Hamas would do that, but the source is bogus. Lars77 Nov 2012 #19

The source is the Israeli government oberliner Nov 2012 #24

Hardly unbiased. Do you trust Hamas as a source? Lars77 Nov 2012 #25

I trust the Palestinian Authority government oberliner Nov 2012 #28

LOL. A little encouragement for those reluctant to leave. nt bemildred Nov 2012 #21

We bombed Al-jazeerah in Baghdad, Israel figured it could too Cicada Nov 2012 #29

That's the spirit! harmonicon Nov 2012 #32

Inexcusable. Ken Burch Nov 2012 #33

Per the AP, the head of Islamic Jihad was killed in that strike ProgressiveProfessor Nov 2012 #34