22-01-2009, 11:43 PM
(This post was last modified: 22-01-2009, 11:51 PM by Peter Lemkin.)
[quote=Jan Klimkowski]The UK's Channel 4 News 7pm bulletin tonight broadcast a film containing compelling evidence that Israel used white phosphorus, DIME bombs and flechettes in densely populated civilian areas of Gaza. The piece included a former Pentagon weapons expert, now working with an NGO, examining a blast scene where civilians had been killed. What remained of the blast scene was very unusual.
While today's democracynow.org didn't go into it in detail [they mentioned it yesterday]; in today's show they repeatedly showed a clear scene of a doctor examining the legs of a man who had holes in his legs down to the bone wherever something had touched them - revolting - if you can stomach watching. Several experts have said that they clearly saw white phosphorous in use and evidence of it having burned persons. Ditto DIME. Those are horrible - but all done from a distance. I find most aggregious the reports of Israeli soldiers close-up killing obvious innocents and denying persons they've just shot medical care to prevent their dying in front of them!!!!! They also targeted food storage areas and 'smart bombed' buildings they told persons to seek shelter in. I'm totally revolted. I think this will come-back to haunt Israel and the callous US Public, if the above response is the way most in the USA see the events.
Adding to the whole offensive 'killing persons in a virtual prison fishbowl' is the report of who did what when with violation of the cease-fire [not the MSM version - nor Israel's nor the USA's] here http://www.democracynow.org/2009/1/22/ex...el_ignored
While today's democracynow.org didn't go into it in detail [they mentioned it yesterday]; in today's show they repeatedly showed a clear scene of a doctor examining the legs of a man who had holes in his legs down to the bone wherever something had touched them - revolting - if you can stomach watching. Several experts have said that they clearly saw white phosphorous in use and evidence of it having burned persons. Ditto DIME. Those are horrible - but all done from a distance. I find most aggregious the reports of Israeli soldiers close-up killing obvious innocents and denying persons they've just shot medical care to prevent their dying in front of them!!!!! They also targeted food storage areas and 'smart bombed' buildings they told persons to seek shelter in. I'm totally revolted. I think this will come-back to haunt Israel and the callous US Public, if the above response is the way most in the USA see the events.
Adding to the whole offensive 'killing persons in a virtual prison fishbowl' is the report of who did what when with violation of the cease-fire [not the MSM version - nor Israel's nor the USA's] here http://www.democracynow.org/2009/1/22/ex...el_ignored