Archive for June, 2002
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Jenin, The Massacre That Never Was.
Sunday, June 2nd, 2002“Still in hot pursuit of the massacre that never was the BBC aired this “authoritative” scoop on April 18:
“A British forensic expert who has gained access to the West Bank city of Jenin says evidence points to a massacre by Israeli forces. BBC must get their dig in. Here they say “gains” access, as if he had to do this illegally or dangerously. (In the next sentence however, we find that Israel had granted him access.) “Prof Derrick Pounder, who is part of an Amnesty International team granted access to Jenin, said he has seen bodies lying in the streets and received eyewitness accounts of civilian deaths. “The truth will come out” – Pounder”