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Sunday, January 11, 2009

Israel: Still Fighting, Headline Roundup.

From a pro-israel point of view: Hamas rocket chief killed when his cowardly rocket-launching muslims won't go out and fight

Hamas says: "The enemy has failed – it has not achieved its goals." well not quite. The enemy is not finished pounding you yet. Apparently hamas and Israel are the only nations in Europe that understand this is a conflict with goals that must be met or not by the fighters, not the politicians. That's why hamas rejected the Egyptian truce plan and said they would treat peacekeepers and international inspectors as an occupying force (targets)

Unsurprisingly, the US house has voted for a resolution supporting Israel.

Not so pro-Israel point of view: Israel is being criticized for using white phosphorous ("incendiary") munitions. They are using them to mark targets after warning civilians to get out of the way. "If they wanted to kill or maim civilians high explosive rounds are exponentially more effective. They don't which is why the place hasn't been carpet-bombed. (beware ignorant reporters with a bias!)

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