Oh, look. The AP noticed that kassam rockets land on Israel almost daily, and this time, they didn’t use “crude” or “homemade” in their description.
The rescue services said in a statement that one person was wounded by shrapnel and taken to the hospital. Hamas a militant group that controls the Palestinian government claimed responsibility for the attack.
Palestinian militants often fire rockets at Israeli towns and villages that border the Gaza Strip. Last week, a woman was killed and several people were wounded, at least one seriously, in the barrages.
Actually, two were seriously wounded, but the AP hasn’t picked up on the second wounding yet.
Gee, ya think?
Bogor – Police were probing unconfirmed reports that a suicide bomber was planning an attack during United States President George Bush’s visit to Indonesia, where thousands rallied against American foreign policy in the Middle East and the Iraq war.
But wait, there’s more:
Hundreds of anti-Bush students also tried to seal off McDonalds, Pizza Hut and Dunkin’ Donut restaurants in two cities in the world’s most populous Muslim nation, at times clashing with police.
Yes, evil globalization corporations! It’s your fault wars happen! Remember that, readers, next time you chow down on a Big Mac. You’re contributing to—well, something.
Is it my imagination, or does the AP think Americans should watch Al Jazeera?
Al Jazeera in English—But Good Luck Finding It
Nov. 19, 2006 — Al Jazeera, the Arab world’s leading broadcast network, launched its English-language channel this week with a slick and polished 24-hour newscast.But while the world was watching, American viewers — one of the channel’s main targets — were not. None of the major American cable or satellite providers chose to carry the signal.
But they’re hopeful we can get Jihad-TV right in our own living rooms!
The absence of Al Jazeera English in the U.S. could have more to do with economics than ideology.
“Cable is a regulated industry,” said Tom Rosenstiel of the Project for Excellence in Journalism. “The government has not taken any steps to bar [Al Jazeera]. The marketplace for the moment is doing the talking. And the marketplace isn’t much interested.”
The cable company Comcast said in a written statement that it had “some preliminary discussions with Al Jazeera that did not resolve in any agreement.”
Comcast is my cable and internet provider. Time to tell them I’ll switch to satellite and DSL if they carry Al Jazeera.
As far as I’m aware, we don’t carry al-Jazeera on our cable or satellite networks, either. Then again we don’t really need it as we have al-BBC instead.
To my discust, al-Jazeera English DOES have a studio in London, staffed by a number of British presenters. Again, a number of ex al-BBC presenters make up the numbers.
How any western presenter can sell his/her soul to these people and sleep soundly at night is beyond me. It’s a pitty treason laws no longer seem to be enforced.
The government has taken no action to bar Al-Jazeera, the propaganda arm of our enemies? Sounds like somebody is falling down on the job. I doubt issues of the Volkischer Beobachter were commonly available in the USA during WWII.
I admit I’m of two minds about this. On the one hand, I wouldn’t want that filth anywhere near me. On the other, there’s something to “Know your enemy.”