A senior Israeli military officer had also said Israeli troops shelled the compound after coming under fire from Palestinian militants there — an account dismissed by a U.N. official there at the time as "nonsense." Full Story »
Posted by Mike LaBonte
The standard Israeli claim that atrocities were undertaken because they were fired upon from the site is put forward and dismissed by witnesses at the scene.
The continued assault on the UN seems to show a general intent to attack international bodies who might provide humanitarian aid or give independent witness to the genocide.
The article starts out with the attack on the UN food compound, than moves on to the now seemingly required claim that Israel is defending itself (never mind that Israel drew First Blood with the blockade), then finally gets on with the details of what happened at the UN food compound. In passing the end of the article mentions that Israelis struck near yet another UN school. I recommend this story as an example of sly, biased reporting.
As a former Artillery Forward Observer (MOS 13F) I find it hard to believe that Israeli forces, using the latest GPS & targeting technology-and have been given the GPS locations of all UN facilities, are accidentally hitting those facilities. Also, witnesses in those areas counter the Israeli claim that they were being fired at from those facilities, but of course the U.S. Main Stream Media does not consider victims (in this case Palestinians in Gaza) reliable sources of information.
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