What Excuse Is There For Firing On Journalists?

[Gromit]

The Israeli Army have fired two 'warning shots 'into the Aljazeera building in Gaza.

Is there any justification for targetting civilian workers in this way?

http://live.aljazeera.com/Event/Gaza_Blog/122255865

[mikey4444]

They seem to have no problem with firing on a Hospital Gromit, which is jammed packed full of civilian workers, so I can't see that attacking journalists would give them any further loss of sleep.

[dannyk13]

Probably the same reason that Hammas has when they indiscriminately fire their rockets into Israel.

[Gromit]

Indiscriminate attacks are indeed reprehensible.

But targeting members of the International media is clearly wrong. Shame you can't see that danny.

[retrocop]

Shame that you can't see that Hamas and most other terrorist organisations will use civilians ,men women and children,as shields in any buildings of their choosing.They set up their mortars,rocketsetc in hospitals,schools,hotels in the hope that the civilian shield will protect them.Have you never learnt that before gromit??

[Svejk]

yes retro, but the keyboard warriors are demanding more restraint(admittedly from the comfort of their armchairs)

[Gromit]

There were no Hamas in the Aljazeera Offices. They were targetted simply because they have broadcast material which the Israelis do not like.

[retrocop]

Were you there gromit.How do you know there were NO Hamas in the building?
Aljazeera is known to be a terrorist media bugle.It said in the article it is a high building.Could be a Hamas spotting/observation point but Aljazeera would'nt admit that
Svezk.
In answer to the armchair warriors wish for restraint I would say to Hamas,"You sow the wind.You reap the whirlwind"

[dannyk13]

Totally agree with Retrocop.

[keyplus90]

Again...................All of the workers might be registered voters for Hammas.

[jomifl]

When you are 'god's chosen people' I guess you can do what the *** you like.

[keyplus90]

Blind supporters of Israel's adventures against people who have nothing to defend themselves have come up with a new excuse recently that where ever innocent people (especially children) are killed, the excuse is that they were being used as human shield.

My question is, that over the last 70 odd years Israel has wiped clean 90% of Palestinians and has occupied their land. Were they all using each other as human shield? But one thing I do feel good about that at least these people still believe that they are human by referring to them as "human shield".

[ToraToraTora]

As I've said on several other threads, the power to stop this and thus the responsibility of it's effects lies with Hamas.

[keyplus90]

////As I've said on several other threads, the power to stop this and thus the responsibility of it's effects lies with Hamas.////

And who's responsibility is to make Israel act upon UNO resolutions?

Mind you I have never been a fan of UNO as it's sole objective is to give power to few countries to do whatever they feel like.

[ToraToraTora]

stop lobbing missiles, very simple.

[ichkeria]

"Aljazeera is known to be a terrorist media bugle."

Is it? I must be missing that aspect of its coverage then.
It's a pretty outstanding News Channel

[retrocop]

Hamas and terrorists in general seem to revel in all things that flash and go bang as long as it is not in their back yard and then they expect world sympathy.If the Israeli's are Gods chosen people I don't suppose they chose to have a constant barrage of indescriminate rocket attacks in their back yard.You can only tug a tiger's tail so many times and then you will get retaliation in spades and justifiably so.

[retrocop]

When terrorists were regularly obtaining foreign hostages and separating their heads from their bodies on film for all the world to see it was Aljazeera,NOT Reuters,who were the first to get the film copies to air on the media.It was'nt obtained by good investegative journalism but handed to them on a plate by the terrorists because they are(Aljazeera) the propaganda mouthpiece of terrorism

[youngmafbog]

I have no sympathy for either side and I'm really not keen on the 4*2's but in this case it is Hamas that refuses to accept a ceasefire.

Difficult to see how it can be twisted to someone else s fault, but some on here seem to mange.