Ooooooops sorry! We meant to kill a bunch of palestinians horribly not the media

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Thursday April 17, 2008 22:55

by Wageslave

Israel's latest murderous PR disaster

metal darts from a tank shell killed Fadl Shanaa, a Reuters cameraman, as he was working in Gaza, doctors in the territory have said. Several of the 3cm-long darts, known as flechettes, were embedded in Shanaa's legs and chest, a medical examination showed on Thursday.

Israeli killing machine

The darts were also discovered in his flak jacket.

The 23-year-old was killed on Wednesday along with two youths who were nearby as he covered one of the bloodiest days in Gaza for a month in which 16 other Palestinians and three Israeli soldiers died during heavy fighting.

Shanaa had left the vehicle he was travelling in to film Israeli tanks when he was killed.
He captured footage showing a tank firing the shell that killed him.
Markings on the vehicle that Shanaa was travelling in were emblazoned with "press" and "tv" and his flak jacket was clearly marked.
The Reuters news agency has called for a full inquiry by Israel's government and military authorities into the death.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) expressed deep concern about the use of antipersonnel weapons such as flechette shells in areas where civilians such as journalists were present

The Israeli army has expressed "sorrow" over the death of Shanaa. (yeah right!)

Looks like a bit of a PR disaster for the Israelis.
(1)You don't kill journalists and if you do,
(2)make sure you don't use horrific illegal weaponry to do so.

I hope the media respond appropriately to this

Full story at al jazeera:
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/C4978237-6EAE-45...5.htm

video clip showing the last footage shot by Fadl Shanaa and the horrible results of the illegal flechette shell
(Note: this may not be up for very long!)

you may prefer a direct link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMgB-1mGW_w

Israeli high court ruling on use of flechette shells in gaza.
http://hrw.org/press/2003/04/israelisupremecourt.htm

Wikipedia article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flechette