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Looking for a war crime? Here’s one.

Posted: January 20, 2009 by datechguy in war
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Here is one war crime/torture story that won’t get any attention from the left of the main stream media:

Eyewitnesses said that Hamas militiamen had turned a number of hospitals and schools into temporary detention centers where dozens of Fatah members and supporters were being held on suspicion of helping Israel during the war.

The eyewitnesses said that a children’s hospital and a mental health center in Gaza City, as well as a number of school buildings in Khan Yunis and Rafah, were among the places that Hamas had turned into “torture centers.”

A Fatah activist in Gaza City claimed that as many as 80 members of his faction were either shot in the legs or had their hands broken for allegedly defying Hamas’s house-arrest orders.

“What’s happening in the Gaza Strip is a new massacre that is being carried out by Hamas against Fatah,” he said. “Where were these [Hamas] cowards when the Israeli army was here?”

The activist said that Hamas’s security forces had also confiscated cellular phones and computers belonging to thousands of local Fatah members and supporters.

Hey I shouldn’t say that I’m sure the media will jump all over it and our friends on the left will express their outrage! Somebody , anybody? Bueller?

Hey at least they are all over the everywhere kid.

Uh Oh Boom in Jerusalem

Posted: January 20, 2009 by datechguy in war
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Israellycool reports a bomb blast in Jerusalem no causality reports yet. Nothing in Google News yet.

Oh and apparently the Muqata has changed its mind and is liveblogging again.

Some first at IDF troops but still no rockets.

Oh Brother this was worse than the last one.

Posted: January 20, 2009 by datechguy in opinion/news, war
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Ok the silly poster wasn’t bad enough. now Hamas has an animated YouTube video for kids showing terrified Israeli soldiers being defeated and declaring victory and the mythical victory.

This is specifically made for kids, It is likely too soon to fool the kids actually there right now but it will be used to re-write history in a little bit for the next generation and with the help of the Arab media might con others.

As far as I’m concerned It’s the Palestinian version of the Rimmer Experience from Red Dwarf.

It still remains to be seen what the actual people of Gaza will do.

UPDATE: Well Hamas is using a solid tactic to keep Fatah from getting more popular, round em up:

Please may this be wrong

Posted: January 20, 2009 by datechguy in opinion/news, war
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They are reporting that George Mitchell may be named as a middle east envoy:

George Mitchell, the former Senate Democratic Majority Leader, is under serious consideration as the Middle East envoy for the Obama administration, Obama officials confirmed on Monday.

Mitchell is highly regarded as a negotiator for his work in the successful Northern Ireland peace process, and his selection would put a clear stamp on the Middle East as a top priority. In keeping with the tradition of presidential transitions, President-elect Barack Obama has said very little about the ongoing violence in Gaza in recent weeks, but is preparing to assume responsibility for foreign policy at noon on Tuesday.

This is a really bad idea right now. Not the choice of Mitchel per-se but the timing. Politically I can see why it would be done but Hamas will wrap him around their finger at this time. It will give them cover if they choose to launch rockets again since his main job will be to restrain Israel.

If it was given a month before this took place that would be a different story. Right now I think not.

Oh and BTW Israel actually had a 24 hour period without rockets. The Muqata stopped liveblogging Israellycool didn’t figuring that the ceasefire won’t hold we will see who is right.

Update: The Muqata has decided to start liveblogging again that might be a bad sign. They have this message for the new president:

Today is Barack Obama’s Presidential inauguration. Good Luck America. We hope that the Obama administration doesn’t start turning thumbscrews on Israel to negotiate with Palestinian terror organizations like Hamas and Fatah.

This might be a forlorn hope.

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