The sloppy NATO bombing attempt gets a big ho hum while the clean Dubai hit causes an international uproar.
* * * The
targeted bombing, according to Canadian sources:
"The air strike took place in Uruzgan province on Sunday, when NATO jets attacked a convoy of cars thought to be a group of insurgents. According to Afghan Interior Ministry spokesperson Zemeri Bashsary, the NATO attack hit three minibuses that were travelling along a road that is situated near the border between Uruzgan and Day Kundi provinces. Afghan officials say at least 21 people died in the attack, though the Afghan cabinet had reported that 27 people had been killed.It was the deadliest NATO incident involving civilians since a German-ordered air strike killed dozens near the northern town of Kunduz last September..." -more
* * * The
targeted execution according to Time:
"this one could have serious diplomatic consequences for Israel. It would appear that whoever was responsible underestimated Dubai's security capability. The city-state used sophisticated computer programs to quickly sift through its massive pool of security-camera footage and pinpoint the movements and travel documents of the alleged killers. More embarrassingly, the Dubai authorities are claiming that the hit team stole the identities of Israeli dual-national citizens, and traveled into Dubai using false British, Irish and French passports. Now the governments of those countries are promising swift investigations into the matter, while the European media — especially in Britain — are asking whether or not those governments were forewarned of the operation. Meanwhile, Dubai is demanding that Interpol issue an arrest warrant for the chief of Mossad. While such an action is unlikely, the moderate Arab city-state's commitment to pursue the case will be hard for its Western allies to ignore." -more. . . with thanx to SB of Fairfax, CA for the cartoon idea.
Labels: Double Standard, Dubai, Gaza, Hamas, IDF, NATO, Taliban, U.N., War
14 Comments:
It comes down to the number of reporters around. If I was a reporter I'd rather be in Israel or Dubai where they have running water and internet cafes than Afghanistan where AC is a luxury and the rural villages that have the juicy news are controlled by a maniacal guerrilla movement.
Dry Bones you are only gettig better with age.
Continued good health and productivity at least till 120 years.
When IDF soldiers are kidnapped, the world is silent and the kidnappers are thought of as fighting an 'occupation'. When a known killer is assassinated in a fight for a just survival, the world roars only because it is alleged to be by the State of Israel.
My Opinion:
IDF should consider that it is already engaged in a nuclear warfare. There must be a way to win such wars and the Jewish State MUST!
nobody said a word when France killed all of the somali pirates, you know, extra-judicial killings...
I can't say it any better than the previous comments!
I strongly doubt that an organization such as Mossad would have used IDs stolen from Israeli citizens. They ould not use anything that would point to Israel, themselves or Jewish people. It is obvious to me that this was a political Hamas operation that in addition to their goals also was used to frame Israel. Is the world community so stupid as to think that if it was Mossad, they couldn't have used the identities of non Israelies?
Using non-Israelis' passports would have been much worse! There could have been lawsuits. None of the Israelis whose passports were used would think of suing the Mossad for this. Matter of fact, they can be proud that their names were used for such a great job!
Bones, you missed the REAL difference between the 2 attacks -- the one in Afghanistan apparently failed to get any bad guys (oops!) while the one in Dubai was successful. Another difference between Israel (if it was Israel) and the rest of the world.
By the way, this was a great line from the quote on the Dubai killing that you brought:
"It would appear that whoever was responsible underestimated Dubai's security capability."
Let's see -- a large hit squad waltzed into Dubai, tracked their target at will, killed him in his own room, and all the members were long gone even before the body was found. Some "security capability"...
@Josh
hha, and so he is. Keep it up. Entertaining people thru reading your work makes fun.
Was this the hit that Hamas initially blamed Mossad and then laid the blame at the feet of PLO, given the apparent nature of some documents the target had?
The press, OTOH, seems to
Apparently, there are 15 more suspects!
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3854035,00.html
Had Israel asked for my identity to dispose of a Hamas arms importer with a twenty year record of murder, my response would have been, "Take it. What can I do to help"?
One has to wonder why the "fake passports" were of real people to begin with.
Arn't spies supposed to make fake passports with fake names?
The NATO countries do not care about the Hamas leader having been killed. They are mainly protesting because they used fake ids from their countries and are pissed off their id cards securities have been breached. Since they complain about their ids, they also have to complain about the murder, otherwise they will look bad to their oil masters.
If US used missiles disguised into Israeli missiles launched from fake Israeli plots, then it would have been the same
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