Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: In Gaza, there is no such thing as 'innocent civilians' [View all]oberliner
(58,724 posts)After Afghan Massacre, Word Games by US Media
The people of Afghanistan know who was flying the two helicopter gunships that brutally hunted down and slaughtered, one by one, nine boys apparently as young as seven years old, as they gathered firewood on a hillside March 1. In angry demonstrations after the incident, they were shouting Death to America.
Americans are still blissfully unaware that their heroes in uniform are guilty of this obscene massacre. The ovine US corporate media has been reporting on this story based upon a gutless press release from the Pentagon which attributes the mistake to NATO helicopters.
http://www.truth-out.org/archive/item/94879-after-afghan-massacre-word-games-by-us-media
As to your other question, there is this:
Hamas in Gaza funded June kidnap and murder of three teens, Israel says
The state said Wednesday that Hamas operatives in Gaza funded the June kidnapping and murder of three teens in the West Bank, the event that led up to Israels four-week Gaza offensive.
The funding aspect was revealed in a reply to a petition against the demolition of the homes of the three men suspected of the kidnapping and murder.
The state named Hussam Qawasmeh as the leader of the cell; the Shin Bet security service had previously suspected that Marwan Qawasmeh and Amer Abu Aisheh were the leaders. Last month, the polices counterterrorism unit arrested Hussam Qawasmeh at the home of relatives in the Shoafat refugee camp in East Jerusalem.
The state says Hussam Qawasmeh confessed during his Shin Bet interrogation that he had received funding for the abduction and murder from Hamas operatives in Gaza. It says one of the security prisoners released in the 2011 exchange for abducted soldier Gilad Shalit may have helped Qawasmeh with the transfer of funds.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.609167