Shooting of British cameraman 'cold-blooded murder'

[NorthernSun]

A military expert yesterday told an inquest that the death of a British journalist who was shot dead by an Israeli soldier was "calculated, cold-blooded murder". http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1747138,00.html

[northamericancitizen]

1. Not surprised. Sad. nt

[dave502d]

2. If this is true, why do they do thing like this? n/t

[proReality]

3. To keep the truth from coming out. n/t

[JohnyCanuck]

4. Because they know they can get away with it.

since it won't be covered in any depth, if at all, in the mainstream media. Like with this example:

AP Erases Video of Israeli
Soldier Shooting Palestinian Boy
Stonewalls Queries during
“Sunshine Week: Your Right to Know”

Alison Weir
If Americans Knew

On Oct. 17, 2004 Israeli military forces invaded Balata, a dense, poverty-stricken community deep in Palestine’s West Bank (Israel frequently invades this area and others). According to witnesses, the vehicles stayed for about twenty minutes, the military asserting its power over the Palestinian population. The witnesses state that there was no Palestinian resistance – no “clash,” no “crossfire.” At one point, after most of the vehicles had finally driven away, an Israeli soldier stuck his gun out of his armored vehicle, aimed at a pre-pubescent boy nearby, and pulled the trigger.

SNIP

We discovered that an AP cameraman had filmed the entire incident. This cameraman had then followed what apparently is the usual routine. He sent his video – an extremely valuable commodity, since it contained documentary evidence of a war crime – to the AP control bureau for the region. This bureau is in Israel.

What happened next is unfathomable. Did AP broadcast it? No. Did AP place the video in safe-keeping, available for an investigation of this crime? No.

According to its cameraman, AP erased it.

We were astounded. We traveled to AP’s control bureau in Israel. With our own video camera out and running, we asked bureau chief Steve Gutkin about this incident. Was the information we had been told correct, or did he have a different version? Did the bureau have the video, or had they indeed erased it. If so, why?

http://www.ifamericansknew.org/media/erasevideo.html

[JohnyCanuck]

5. kick n/t

[mike_c]

6. kicked and recommended....

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