Murder For (Photo) Hire
New developments in the investigation (mostly blog generated) into Qana indicate that there are several descrepencies with Hezbollah's account. Hezbollah says that Israeli air strikes caused a building to collapse, killing 58 women and children. Or was it 54? Or was it 28?
And here come the inconsistencies.
The Gulf Times, "A Daily Newspaper Published by Gulf Publishing & Printing, Co." in Qatar has this story, Lebanon in Mourning for Victims of Qana Butchery. They list the death total at 54.
And what's with the numerous death counts? In most instances, the lowest numbers are reported first with estimates tied to them. This attack happened in the reverse. The press ran with the "60 dead in Qana" headline before the Red Cross even had gone in country. So where were they getting their information? And why should I trust it? Because as point of fact, I don't trust it. Especially not considering some of the information I have uncovered below.
There is a wonderful, wonderful Op-Ed in the London Free Press today where a man by the name of Rory Leishman gets it.
Why indeed. Hezbollah was firing rocket after rocket into neighboring Israel from Qana. Israel even went so far as to send out phamplets to the people of Qana last week to warn
them that they were coming and to please evacuate to avoid injury. And the
story linked at yahoo claims "at least 40 people died" in Qana. The Red Cross to
date has only found 28 bodies. At least, that's what the quotes say from the Red
Cross.
But this is all needless in my opinion. Becase as long as Hezbollah was setting off rockets from within Qana than Israel is perfectly within their rights to try and stop that from happening with whatever force necessary. Hezbollah is hiding behind their civilians to try and make Israel
look bad and to garner more support. Regardless of the timeline (which is fishy) or the imported dead (which I can believe) or who destroyed the building (if it in deed did collapse 7 hours after the attack, I'm inclined to believe a bomb inside the building destroyed it.)
There's also a question regarding the timing of a banner of Condi Rice that was used during an anit-Israel demonstration on Sunday, hours after the attack. It appears to be professional done but yet ... how did they get it made in the wee hours of the morning and in such short time? Having worked with printers before (though not printers in Arab countries) it takes time to put together Art, approvals, etc. But if the art was already created for another purpose and they just changed the text ... it is feasible that this could have been done. Perhaps there was already an Anti-Condi rally prepared with a different tagline. And then after the Qana incident they just changed the text. (from Powerline).
EU Referendum has some thougths regarding photograph staging. If you scroll through the whole thing and read the timeline, you'll understand why its believed they were staged. Especially the pictures of the little girl in the ambulence, then out of the ambulence 3 hours later, and than paraded around the town hours after that.
They were using the bodies of dead children as props.
The photographers at AP, Reuters, AFB and others are shooting propaganda and aiding an extremist cause. Because not everyone reads the datelines, and not everyone follows all the photos from all of the news affiliates. But there are two rescue workers predominately in all of the photos mentioned, and the same two children paraded around town like stuffed dolls.
Read the news stories, really, do. But than read the blogs from around the world that talk about the news stories. Its the only way to get a clear picture of what's happening in the world. And don't just read headlines. Read through the story, hell, even skim it. But you'll find that the headline doesn't always caption everything that happened. That yes, Hezbollah said this happened (which was the headline) but later on in the article, probably the second paragraph from the bottom, it'll have Israel's rebuttal. Hopefully it will anyway. But if you're reading a story and are only being presented quotes from one country or one side, than you aren't reading the truth. Because as is true in all things "he said, she said":
The Truth is Always Somewhere in the Middle.
And let us not forget what started all this in the first place. And not to pushmy own propaganda or anything, but they made a really nice couple.
And here come the inconsistencies.
The Gulf Times, "A Daily Newspaper Published by Gulf Publishing & Printing, Co." in Qatar has this story, Lebanon in Mourning for Victims of Qana Butchery. They list the death total at 54.
Qana was the site of an Israeli bombing of a UN base on April 18,Naturally, my aim is not to excuse the death's of innocent women and children. Someone should be held accountable. But my purpose here is to point out that I believe Hezbollah is ultimately to blame for these murders, not Israel. But the above quote raises, at least to me, an obvious question. Why attack there twice? The clearest answer is - that's where Hezbollah was hiding.
1996 that killed 105 people who had taken refuge there during Israel’s ‘Grapes
of Wrath’ offensive - also aimed at wiping out Hezbollah.
And what's with the numerous death counts? In most instances, the lowest numbers are reported first with estimates tied to them. This attack happened in the reverse. The press ran with the "60 dead in Qana" headline before the Red Cross even had gone in country. So where were they getting their information? And why should I trust it? Because as point of fact, I don't trust it. Especially not considering some of the information I have uncovered below.
There is a wonderful, wonderful Op-Ed in the London Free Press today where a man by the name of Rory Leishman gets it.
Like many European leaders, Javier Solana, the European Union foreign minister, laid the blame on Israel, saying that "nothing can justify" the bombing of Qana. Is that so? Over the past three weeks, Hezbollah terrorists have fired more than 1,900 rockets into Israel, most of them launched from within towns and villages like Qana, and almost all aimed at civilian populations in Israel.Moreover, these same terrorists began this conflict in Lebanon by killing two Israeli soldiers and taking two others hostage during a raid into Israel on July 12.
What would Solana have Israel do -- simply allow the Hezbollah bombardment of Israeli towns and cities to continue for fear that any attempt to suppress the rocket fire could kill Lebanese civilians? If men, women
and children in Spain were being killed and injured by rockets fired from towns in Morocco, it's hardly likely that Solana would counsel the Spanish armed forces to do nothing to stop the carnage for fear of killing Moroccan civilians.Why the double standard for Israel? Why are so many people quick to blame the Israeli armed forces for the Qana tragedy instead of the Hezbollah terrorists who started this conflict and are bent on continuing it? On Sunday alone, Hezbollah fired more than 150 rockets into Israel.
Why indeed. Hezbollah was firing rocket after rocket into neighboring Israel from Qana. Israel even went so far as to send out phamplets to the people of Qana last week to warn
them that they were coming and to please evacuate to avoid injury. And the
story linked at yahoo claims "at least 40 people died" in Qana. The Red Cross to
date has only found 28 bodies. At least, that's what the quotes say from the Red
Cross.
Say huh? Rescue workers say 40 but Red Cross says 28? Which is it? And not to be dense or anything -- but what was in this building that it housed mostly women and children? And what about the points that Confederate Yankee makes about the dust from the collapsed building? Only some of the bodies "found in the rubble" are covered in dust. Others appear to be ... well frozen. (I'm not linking pictures, but visit Confederate Yankee to see.) But CY does state that another blogger, Riehl World, found that refrigerated trucks were brought into the area before rescue workers were called in. And according to reports (check WSJ.com) the air attack happened at around 1 A.M. Rescue workers weren't told about the incident until 7 A.M. What's that about?Rescue workers retrieved the remains of more than 40 civilians from the rubble of collapsed houses in three south Lebanon villages Monday, Lebanese Red Cross sources said.
The Red Cross announced on Monday that 28 bodies, including those of 19 children, had been found at the site of the Qana blasts. Additional bodies are expected to be found over the coming days.
Okay, so Riehl World states that the building is reportedly a tobacco farmers basement. But that many observers say it looks more like a bomb shelter. Also - that a man reportedly on scene says that he was blown out of the building at night, and then rushed back in and THEN witnessed the massacre.
Huh?
The most condemning piece of evidence he produces is this:
A full day before an air strike in Qana currently making headlinesInteresting. Do I think that people died needlessly? Yes. Do I think that 58 people died in that buildings collapse? The more I read the more my answer is no. And if you have seen the pictures of the brandished dead will you understand many peoples confusion.
around the world, the Mayor of Tyre prepared a mass grave for 32 bodies killed
in the area during the course of the recent conflict. Early Red Cross reports
from the scene in Qana indicated only 27 bodies. Ironically enough, if you add
32 and 27 you arrive at the number of Qana dead reported by the press today.
Current reports seem to fluctuate between 56 - 60.
But this is all needless in my opinion. Becase as long as Hezbollah was setting off rockets from within Qana than Israel is perfectly within their rights to try and stop that from happening with whatever force necessary. Hezbollah is hiding behind their civilians to try and make Israel
look bad and to garner more support. Regardless of the timeline (which is fishy) or the imported dead (which I can believe) or who destroyed the building (if it in deed did collapse 7 hours after the attack, I'm inclined to believe a bomb inside the building destroyed it.)
There's also a question regarding the timing of a banner of Condi Rice that was used during an anit-Israel demonstration on Sunday, hours after the attack. It appears to be professional done but yet ... how did they get it made in the wee hours of the morning and in such short time? Having worked with printers before (though not printers in Arab countries) it takes time to put together Art, approvals, etc. But if the art was already created for another purpose and they just changed the text ... it is feasible that this could have been done. Perhaps there was already an Anti-Condi rally prepared with a different tagline. And then after the Qana incident they just changed the text. (from Powerline).
EU Referendum has some thougths regarding photograph staging. If you scroll through the whole thing and read the timeline, you'll understand why its believed they were staged. Especially the pictures of the little girl in the ambulence, then out of the ambulence 3 hours later, and than paraded around the town hours after that.
They were using the bodies of dead children as props.
The photographers at AP, Reuters, AFB and others are shooting propaganda and aiding an extremist cause. Because not everyone reads the datelines, and not everyone follows all the photos from all of the news affiliates. But there are two rescue workers predominately in all of the photos mentioned, and the same two children paraded around town like stuffed dolls.
Read the news stories, really, do. But than read the blogs from around the world that talk about the news stories. Its the only way to get a clear picture of what's happening in the world. And don't just read headlines. Read through the story, hell, even skim it. But you'll find that the headline doesn't always caption everything that happened. That yes, Hezbollah said this happened (which was the headline) but later on in the article, probably the second paragraph from the bottom, it'll have Israel's rebuttal. Hopefully it will anyway. But if you're reading a story and are only being presented quotes from one country or one side, than you aren't reading the truth. Because as is true in all things "he said, she said":
The Truth is Always Somewhere in the Middle.
And let us not forget what started all this in the first place. And not to pushmy own propaganda or anything, but they made a really nice couple.
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