U.N. Post Hit in Israel-Hezbollah Fighting
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James Joyner | Friday, July 21, 2006 |
A United Nations observation post on the Lebanon border was hit, either by IDF artillery or Hezbollah rockets.
A U.N.-run observation post near the border was struck during fighting between
Israel and Hezbollah militants on Friday, while Israel pushed ahead with airstrikes on Lebanon and warned people in the south to flee as it prepared for a likely ground invasion to set up a deep buffer zone. The Israeli army said Hezbollah rockets hit the U.N. post near Zarit, just inside Israel, but a U.N. officer said it was an artillery shell fired by the Israeli Defense Force. The facility was severely damaged, but nobody was injured as the Ghanian troops manning the post were inside bomb shelters at the time of the strike, the U.N. official said.
Fortunately, no one was injured. Such mishaps are, unfortunately, inevitable in war. There were many mishaps, for example, in the Kosovo campaign, including the shelling of the Chinese Embassy and rockets going off course and hitting Bulgaria.
I’m rather bemused that YahooNews chose the photo above to illustrate the story, both on the main page and on the story page itself. It gives those who simply scan the page the impression that injuries occured as a result of this when, in fact, they did not. The caption indicates that it is unrelated to the story:
Ahmad Ali lies in a bed, with his legs amputated, as his wife reacts next to him, at a hospital in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, July 21, 2006, after Israeli warplanes targeted the southern village of Blida a few days ago, injuring all four of his children. Warplanes resumed strikes on targets across Lebanon on Friday as Israel warned hundreds of thousands of people to flee the south ‘immediately,’ preparing for a likely ground invasion to set up a deep buffer zone in southern Lebanon. (AP Photo)
Why are they using a file photo of an Arab amputee from days ago for a story about Ghanian troops who were not injured?
About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.
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Fake but accurate, right?
Bravo. Sierra.
Why are they using a file photo of an Arab amputee from days ago for a story about Ghanian troops who were not injured?
You and your rhetorical questions.
Why are they using a file photo of an Arab amputee from days ago for a story about Ghanian troops who were not injured?
Because they are LIBERAL terrorist-sympathizers. They probably voted for Kerry and love Jack Murtha! Scums!
Because Yahoo news and AP stopped being journalist long ago.
Point of order!!
Zelsdorf; With all due respect;
As I read my Funk and Wagnals,
"Journalist" means someone who keeps a journal, and writes what he sees or thinks.
"Newsman", OTOH, means "A man who gathers, reports, or edits news"
The problem here is that they stopped being journalists, but rather that they STARTED being so, rather than NEWS men.
And that problem is hardly unique.
Maybe they have seen too many Michael Moore movies.
What about the purposeful bombing of Serbian television stations in Belgrade? NATO doesn't even try to hide it. You have to be really naive to believe the bombing of embassies wasn't on purpose, especially since we only use smartbombs, right! What about the bombing of Al-Jazeera by the US? Do you guys support attacking media outlets that don't simply shutup and flag the American flag? Freedom of speech doesn't apply to Arabs? These "accidental" bombings are no accident.
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