Archive for April 18th, 2008
Reuters Cameraman, Fadel Shana, Killed by Flechette Shell from Tank
Tank shell that sprays deadly darts killed cameraman in Gaza, say doctors
from The Independent
By Donald Macintyre in central Gaza
Friday, 18 April 2008
According to doctors who examined the body of the 23 -year-old Palestinian Reuters cameraman at Gaza City’s Shifa Hospital, it was controversial darts like those, flechettes, fired from an Israeli tank shell that explodes in the air, that caused his death. X-rays displayed to Reuters showed several of the flechettes embedded in the dead man’s chest and legs, and more were found in his flak jacket, clearly emblazoned, like his vehicle, with “TV” and “Press” signs.
if you watch the upper edge of the screen in the video, you will see the shell explode just before the camera goes black.
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U.S. Begins Erecting Wall in Sadr City
from NYT
by war cheerleader, Michael R. Gordon
The construction, which began Tuesday night, is intended to turn the southern quarter of Sadr City near the international Green Zone into a protected enclave, secured by Iraqi and American forces, where the Iraqi government can undertake reconstruction efforts.
“You can’t really repair anything that is broken until you establish security,” said Lt. Col. Dan Barnett, commander of the First Squadron, Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment. “A wall that isolates those who would continue to attack the Iraqi Army and coalition forces can create security conditions that they can go in and rebuild.”
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