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Gaza Update: Cluster Bombs
Firedoglake —
There’s more evidence today of Israeli use of cluster bombs, originall y noted by Laura Doty at Oxdown. The Times of London features a photo in it’s coverage (see Gaza Conflict slide show) with the following description: ...
Reports suggest Israeli forces using cluster bombs in Gaza.
Think Progress —
Haaretz reports that, as Israeli ground forces entered the Gaza yesterday, “hundreds of shells were fired, including cluster bombs aimed at open areas.” FireDogLake’s Siun writes, “The use of cluster bombs — which have a large footprint when initially dropped and then remain a threat for decades — in a location like the Gaza Strip which is so packed with people is horrifying.” (FDL notes that
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">video footage seems to confirm the use of cluster bombs.) Last summer, a former ...
Is Israel Using Cluster Munitions On Urban Areas? (Updated)
Newshoggers.com —
By Cernig
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Is Israel Using Cluster Munitions On Urban Areas?
Newshoggers.com —
... The image above is captioned.in the London Times, as "Israeli artillery shells explode with a chemical agent designed to create smokescreen for ground forces." But last night the same picture was simply captioned as an artillery shell exploding over Gaza and other similiar images at AFP/Getty are similiarly captioned. One wonders why Murdoch's flagship newspaper decided to change the caption. ...
Divide And Conquer: Gaza Cut In 3
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
Times Online:
by James Hider on the Gaza border and Azmi Keshawi in Gaza City
Israeli troops fought heavy battles with Hamas fighters in two densely populated Gaza towns today as the Army sought to split the strip into three sections to cut off the Islamist group’s supply lines.
The Israeli Defence Force (IDF) suffered its first fatality of the ground war after one of two seriously injured soldiers died from his wounds. Thirty-three other troops were injured, including one who was in critical condition.
Nineteen Palestinian fighters ...
FDL Hysteria: Oh, Those Evil Cluster Bombs!
Pirate's Cove —
Well, I had an interesting, if somewhat pissed off sounding, post about AGW teed up, but, then I ran across the unhinged Left at Firedoglake
There’s more evidence today of Israeli use of cluster bombs, originally noted by Laura Doty at Oxdown. The Times of London features a photo in it’s coverage (see Gaza Conflict slide show) with the following description..
An artillery round sends out bomblets above Gaza City, which continues to be attacked by Israeli forces
So, let’s see: The post at FDL sources another post at FDL which sources another at FDL, which was sourcing one from a ...
FDL Hysteria: Oh, Those Evil Cluster Bombs!
Stop The ACLU —
[image] Well, I had an interesting, if somewhat pissed off sounding, post about AGW teed up, but, then I ran across the unhinged Left at Firedoglake There’s more evidence today of Israeli use of cluster bombs , originally noted by Laura Doty at Oxdown . The Times of London features a photo in it’s coverage (see Gaza Conflict slide show ) with the following description.. An artillery round sends out bomblets above Gaza City, which continues to be attacked by Israeli forces So, let’s see: The post at FDL sources another post at FDL which sources another at FDL, which was sourcing one from a Palestinian in Gaza writing a blog . No actual other ...
ANOTHER BIG ANTI-ISRAEL LIE - OUT OF GAZA AND THE LEFT: CLUSTER BOMBS OVER GAZA
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS —
RWN: the unhinged Left at Firedoglake There's more evidence today of Israeli use of cluster bombs, originally noted by Laura Doty at Oxdown. The Times of London features a photo in it's coverage (see Gaza Conflict slide show) with the following description.. An artillery round sends out bomblets above Gaza City, which continues to be attacked by Israeli forces So, let's see: The post at FDL sources another post at FDL which sources another at FDL, which was ...
Chris Meserole: Israel and International Order
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
As Israeli ground forces continue to fight their way through Gaza, there's been no shortage of commentary on the causes and possible consequences of the current conflict.
For the most part, the consensus runs as follows: Hamas began the violence when it resumed launching rockets indiscriminately into southern Israel; Israel escalated the situation with a disproportionate response; and now, with Israeli soldiers in Gaza, whether the conflict destabilizes the region as a whole depends on the extent of Iranian interference.
In basic terms this consensus is accurate, but two further points ought to be noted.
The first is the ...
