Cynical Palestinian Exploitation Watch
From yesterday’s post about the incident on a Gaza beach that left an indeterminate number of Palestinians dead or wounded (“indeterminate” because there have been so many conflicting reports on the number of victims we don’t know which one to trust) :
It’s incredibly common for Palestinian terrorists to put civilians (and especially children) in harm’s way as “cover” for attacks, then exploit the inevitable accidents to the hilt for their propaganda benefit.
And here we see the “exploiting to the hilt” part, courtesy of AP Palestinian propagandist Sarah El Deeb: Girl becomes sign of Palestinian mourning.
Footage of the 10-year-old screaming “Father! Father!” has played over and over again on television, driving home the devastating impact of what Palestinian leaders are calling “genocidal” and “a war crime.”
Here’s CNN’s cleaned-up version of the video they’re showing over and over to the Arab audience:
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UPDATE at 6/10/06 7:20:52 pm:
The Al-Jazeera version is more complete—and even more dubious. (Hat tip: tommy.)