Dimona terrorist attack: BBC accentuates the rarity
A terrorist suicide bombing attack today has killed one Israeli civilian and injured at least six more in the southern town of Dimona. One of the two terrorists was killed by police before he could detonate his bomb. This is the first such bombing in Israel for over a year, and the emphasis in the BBC’s headline is on how unusual such attacks are these days: ‘Rare suicide bombing hits Israel’. The implication is clear: these things are rare, nobody should worry too much about them. Presumably if there were to be such an attack in London tomorrow the headline would be ‘Rare suicide bombing hits London’.
[UPDATE: the headline has been changed to ‘Israeli killed in suicide bombing’. The earlier versions with the ‘rare suicide bombing’ reference are preserved by the News Sniffer.]
Elsewhere, the Associated Press, in a report oddly headlined ‘1 Killed by Israel Suicide Bomber’, reveals itself as unable to spell ‘Mediterranean’.
For good updated coverage of the terrorist attack at Dimona, including the Gaza connection, see this post at Israellycool.
February 9th, 2008 at 09:44 pm
Muslims Against Sharia condemn the murderers responsible for the homicide bombing in Dimona as well as degenerate perpetuation of the culture of death in Gaza.
Our prayers are with the victims of this atrocity. We send our condolences to their loved ones.
May the homicide bomber rot in hell for eternity. May his accomplices and animals who celebrated this horrendous act join him soon!
Muslims Against Sharia call on Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to shut down Al-Hayat al-Jadida, Al-Iyam and Al-Quds as terrorist mouthpieces that glorify homicide bombings. Failing to do so will show that Palestinian Authority’s quest for peace is nothing more than empty words.
http://muslimsagainstsharia.blogspot.com/2008/02/first-suicide-bombing-in-israel-in-year.html