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Old 07-17-2004, 01:03 AM   #2
jaguar
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There was a recent article about how the BBC puts the most pro-israel spin on their news (in the UK), this was no exception. They ran this on BBW with the line 'suicide bomber didn't want to go to school', sure, skip over the minor fact his best mate was wasted by the IDF.

The more and more research I do into the situation (still planning a trip but moved back for uni reasons) the less and less surprised I am by this stuff, the pressure cooker environment the palastinians are living in is utterly insane. I've talked to a number of hacks who have been over there, all of them identify with their plight. Given the desperation, the humiliation, the poverty, the economic backbreaking and sheer difficulty of daily life, there is no surprise here.
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