Re: [Marxism] "Hello, madam, were about to tear your home down"

[Lüko Willms]

On Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:12:56 +0100, Einde O'Callaghan wrote:

> I heard the Israeli amazon (the Army or Ministry of "Defence" 
> spokeswoman IIRC) 

  you probably mean Avital Leibovich (with the South-Slavian pronounciation, 
like from Jugoslavia, not Leibovitz as from Germany or Poland)

> confirm this story on Al Jazeera the day before 
> yesterday. It was broadcast several times, but the first time I heard it 
> was in a live interview.
> 
> She didn't say that they were pre-recorded messages, but did use the 
> story to corroborate her assertions that they IDF was attempting to 
> trying to avoid civilian casualties.

  I get the suspicion that this is not even true. I mentioned that I heard on 
AlJazeera TV somebody from Gaza to report such a call in a phone interview, 
but the suspicion creeps up that this may have been a staged disinformation. 

  Think about it: the Israeli military say they want to kill a senior Hamas 
official by bombing his house, and phone his neighbors before doing it, so 
that these neighbors can escape in time -- but they can also warn the 
targeted family so that they can escape. This does not sound true. 

  So true is that the aggressor claims such warnings, as terrorist 
organisations like the Basque ETA or the Irish IRA did, but if they really act 
like they claim is more and more dubious to me. 

  Especially when you think about the three UNRRWA schools serving as 
shelter for people driven from their homes were bombed in the past 24 hours. 


Comradely yours, 
Lüko Willms
Frankfurt, Germany
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