The Dorktator’s wetting his pants: Syria says the IDF is making them nervous.
According to one source, Syria expressed concern over the “the unusual military maneuvers” conducted by the IDF in the Golan Heights.
The Qatar-based Al-Watan newspaper, which reported this, also quoted Syrian Defense Minister Hassan Tourkmani, who called on the Syrian military to increase preparedness in order to resist anti-Syrian aggression.
According to the report, a Syrian source added that Israel’s military activity is increasing tensions in the region. He mentioned Chief of Staff Dan Halutz’s Monday to a Golan Heights division exercise as contributing to the heightened tensions.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. They’re folding up paper airplanes in a frenzy, I’m sure.
IDF kills terrorists, world screams “massacre”: Here we go again. Please note the words in bold.
BEIT HANOUN, Gaza (CNN) — Israeli forces killed a senior Palestinian militant commander and six others Monday in northern Gaza, Palestinian security sources said.
The raid happened in Beit Hanoun, the sources said.
The Israeli military confirmed its forces exchanged fire with militants around Beit Lahiya, a Palestinian village near Beit Hanoun, and hit 10 of them. The military did not give the conditions of those shot.
Palestinian witnesses said a small unit of Israeli special forces entered Beit Hanoun in search of Ata Shanbari, senior commander of the Nasr Salah Al-Din Brigades, the armed wing of the Popular Resistance Committees.
Shanbari was visiting his father’s home at the time, Palestinian sources said.
Gunbattles ensued when residents discovered the Israeli special forces unit, the sources said. Israeli tanks entered the area shortly afterward and shelled the house of Shanbari’s father, killing the senior commander and two of his brothers, the sources said.
So, let me get this straight. IDF Special Forces come to Beit Hanoun, are discovered by terrorists, who then fire upon them. A battle ensues, in which some of those firing on the IDF are killed, and possibly civilians whom they are hiding behind. And this is a massacre?
No. This is a massacre.
“No. This is a massacre”
They were armed with only their beliefs.
Mercy.
Sorry to nitpick, but the CNN article you linked to never used the word “massacre”. So who, precisely, is calling this incident a massacre?
Doug, go to Google News and you’ll find a few… no time to do it for you tonight. I read several articles about the same topic and sometimes forget I’m not quoting the one I’m paraphrasing.
I took your advice and Googled “Beit Hanoun massacre”. Indeed, I found many article’s calling the incident a “massacre”. However, virtually all those articles were from Palestinian or other Islamic nation’s news agencies (found one from China also). I did find one Israeli article that used the word in a quote from a Palestinian resident. Also, a CNN article quoted Abbas using that word.
I don’t doubt that the MSN is biased against Israel, it’s just in this case the bias wasn’t as clear to me.
Thanks for the tip, and I’m “pulling” for Gracie.