Actually, I think the article from Reuters was written correctly. It was reported as though it was a crime. Like it would be reported in London, or Chicago.
I personally think it should have stated that the shooter was a police officer or soldier. But the nationality and ethnic background of the shooter and the shootee are irrelevant. The fact that he was drunk is an added element to the crime, but the inclusion/exclusion of that fact may have been an editorial or space limitation decision. The good news is that the young man will live, and that the shooter has been arrested. Jerry Johnson >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/01/02 11:54AM >>> When I said that Israeli soldiers where destroying and vandalizing and looting Palestinians homes and stores and schools and anything they can find when they "invaded" palestinian towns, people said I was a liar and im lying about all this to cause hate, but guess what showed up today in the Israeli newspapers.. http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=157479&contrassID=2&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y http://news.haaretz.co.il/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=158010&contrassID=2&subContrassID=3&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y&itemNo=158010 And these are Israeli papers, written by sraelis...are they lying too ? And for people to say that the media is biased towards the Palestinians ? Here is a very small example, you decide for yourself. here is the Israeli version of this story�on the Israeli newspaper. http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=156853&contrassID=1&subContrassID=7&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y IDF soldiers shot and wounded an Arab resident of East Jerusalem Saturday, who they suspected of being a terrorist. The Arab was in West Jerusalem at a discotheque close to the center of the city. During the evening, a drunken IDF soldier, of Vietnamese descent, spotted two Palestinians loitering at the entrance to the discotheque, in the company of a Vietnamese woman. An argument broke about between the Palestinians and the soldier. The three left the discoteque, and, during angry exchanges, the soldier reportedly struck one of the Palestinians, Kais Iman, with the butt of his rifle. The Palestinian ran off in the direction of Bikur Holim hospital when the soldier opened fire. Two other soldiers, hearing shots, ran to the area, where the drunken soldier told them that the Palestinian was a suspected terrorist. The two began to chase after the Arab, shot and wounded him. A short time later, the Palestinian was found unconscious on Hanevi'im Street, with four bullet-wounds. He was taken to Hadassah University Hospital at Ein Karem, where doctors described his condition as serious. The soldiers involved were detained for questioning by Jerusalem police. Here is what got reported on Reuters, and then made reference to in other US papers.. http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml;jsessionid=UZWWE4FV0HEY2CRBAE0CFEYKEEATGIWD?type=topnews&StoryID=890635 JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A gunman opened fire in the center of west Jerusalem early on Sunday, wounding two people in an attack that police said had no apparent connection to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A police spokesman said an armed man was taken into custody after the shooting near the Bikur Holim hospital in the mostly Jewish section of the city. "It's apparently not nationalistic," the spokesman said, using the term Israeli officials apply to incidents stemming from the 19-month-old Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation. Police have remained on high alert in Jerusalem, which has been the frequent site of Palestinian shooting attacks and suicide bombings during the conflict. Does it say that the gunman was a Drunk Israeli soldier ? NO Does it say the victim was Palestinian ? NO Notice it said an armed man was taken into custody ? no, the Isaeli soldier was the one taken into custody��the Un-armed Palestinian man was shot. Anyone reading that article would think the gunman was a Palestinian, and the victims where Israelis ...thats the power of the media!! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness http://health.yahoo.com ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
