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Israeli airstrikes kill 3 Palestinian journalists
Yahoo! News ^ | 11/19/12 | Ibrahim Barzak | AP

Posted on 11/20/2012 2:28:02 PM PST by NormsRevenge

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes killed three Palestinian journalists in their cars Tuesday, a Gaza health official and the head of the Hamas-run Al Aqsa TV said. Israel acknowledged targeting the men, claiming they had ties to militants.

The strikes came on the seventh day of Israel's offensive against Gaza's Hamas rulers. A number of journalists have been killed over the years while covering fighting between the Jewish state and the Palestinian militant group, but not in targeted strikes Israel acknowledged.

Two of those killed were cameramen working for Al Aqsa TV, the centerpiece of a growing Hamas media empire, said station head Mohammed Thouraya. The two were driving in a car with press markings in Gaza City on Tuesday afternoon, shortly after wrapping up an assignment at the city's Shifa Hospital, Thouraya added.

The station said the car was hit by a missile, broadcasting the aftermath with the vehicle consumed by flames. Thouraya said the bodies of the two, Mohammed al-Koumi and Hussam Salam, were badly burned.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: airstrikes; alaqsa; israeli; journalists; palestinian
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To: NormsRevenge

“MSNBC....pick up the white courtesy phone....”


21 posted on 11/20/2012 3:09:03 PM PST by SnuffaBolshevik (In a tornado, even turkeys can fly.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Comming home to their 72 virgins. How nice.


22 posted on 11/20/2012 3:18:28 PM PST by ncfool (Obama's aMeriKa 2012 can we make it until 2016?)
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To: NormsRevenge

Cameramen by day, rocket launchers by night.

Ok, got it.


23 posted on 11/20/2012 3:20:57 PM PST by franklin50
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To: NormsRevenge

Maybe they could get some of ours? We have too many.


24 posted on 11/20/2012 3:23:14 PM PST by rcofdayton
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To: NormsRevenge

I understand they were working on an article about baby milk factories.


25 posted on 11/20/2012 3:28:31 PM PST by wideawake
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To: NormsRevenge

It is really a shame that we have to be joyous over the Media being killed. It has come to this though. I do think that if this is really happening, then they just might be doing their job!

When you have the Media doing their anti-democratic thing or at the least the pro che thing, you do have to take notice.

We no longer have a Media that cares about what happens only about what they thing should happen. They care little about what and why, much less about who. We have become victims of this Media and unfortunately have not recognized the problem.

In reality, we have NO media today! They are all very biased to some extent and if you really want the truth, you have to go to so many places that it is not viable.

Maybe that is the goal of the leftists.


26 posted on 11/20/2012 3:36:51 PM PST by Deagle (quo)
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To: NormsRevenge
A dull blade from the back to the front neck would've been more efficient.
Kibbles will do though.
27 posted on 11/20/2012 3:37:36 PM PST by MaxMax
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To: NormsRevenge

I cannot think of a better target. 3 propagandists.

Find where they worked and hit that too.


28 posted on 11/20/2012 3:38:01 PM PST by Venturer
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To: NormsRevenge

“Palestinian journalists’.....a two-fer.


29 posted on 11/20/2012 3:38:40 PM PST by clintonh8r (Happy to be represented by Lt. Col. Allen West)
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To: NormsRevenge
How soon can we replace them with CNN/ABC/CBS/NBC/LAT/NYT/etc....

I'm sure the IDF will appreciate a "Target Rich Environment".

30 posted on 11/20/2012 4:23:38 PM PST by Feckless (I was trained by the US << This Tagline Censored by FR >> ain't that irOnic?)
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To: NormsRevenge

The Israeli news services ALL say these journalists were killed in Jerusalem by rockets fired by Hamas.

So this is complete BS.


31 posted on 11/20/2012 5:26:25 PM PST by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: NormsRevenge

The Israeli news services ALL say these journalists were killed in Jerusalem by rockets fired by Hamas.

So this is complete BS.


32 posted on 11/20/2012 5:27:23 PM PST by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: NormsRevenge

Give the IDF the coordinates of MSNBC...


33 posted on 11/20/2012 5:28:34 PM PST by Jim Noble (Diseases desperate grown are by desperate appliance relieved or not at all.)
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To: Jim Noble

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pKV6HBJxsM


34 posted on 11/20/2012 5:29:20 PM PST by Sir Francis Dashwood ("Arjuna, why have you have dropped your bow???")
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To: txnativegop

Good x 3 ...


35 posted on 11/20/2012 5:49:41 PM PST by Patton@Bastogne (Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin will DEFEAT the Obama-Romney Socialist Gay-Marriage Axis of Evil)
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To: NormsRevenge

Were these 2nd rate journalists? Why were they in a car with “press markings”? All the ambulances were taken by the others?


36 posted on 11/20/2012 6:24:13 PM PST by wrencher
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To: NormsRevenge

Whew! At least they weren’t bloggers.


37 posted on 11/20/2012 7:11:37 PM PST by joelt
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