Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of government. The history of liberty is the history of resistance. The history of liberty is a history of the limitation of governmental power, not the increase of it --Woodrow Wilson

Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Who killed Mohammed Al-Durra?

On september 30, 2000 a twelve year old boy named Mohammed Al-Durra and his father got caught in the crossfire between Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) and Palestinian gunmen. There to capture the tragedy when Mohammed was killed, presumably by Israeli bullets, was the France 2 reporter Charles Enderlin.
The news was immediately cabled out around the world and the hatred towards Israel in Arab countries grew.

Lately investigations have shown that the IDF could not have killed Mohammed and that he most likely was killed by the Palestinian gunmen, all this rage his death caused in the Palestinian and anti-Israeli groups could have been misdirected. Several investigations by among others the German TV-channel ARD 1 and the veteran journalist James Fallows, whos article you can find here discusses the facts of the case.

There are other investigations showing the same result, one by French L´Express Denis Jeambar.

The reporter that first breached the story, Charles Enderlin, has so far only done a half poodel to recant the story, this story can be found here.
Other articles referencing the same story can be found at:
Palestine Facts and
Camera
However, the French TV-channel in question refuses to recant the story and threaten to sue anyone that "slanders" the TV-channel.

So, what is the Forums opinion about this event? Was Mohammed killed by IDF or Palestinian gunmen? If the Palestinians did kill Mohammed, what would those implications be?

I feel that Pro-Palestinian groups will refuse to believe anything other than IDF being responsible and will probably denounce this information as an attempt by pro-Israeli groups to shift the blame, the Palestinians though seems ready (except Al-Aqsa and Hamas) to accept differing versions, this probably because they see an opening to lasting peace in the region.

Sincerely
Mr Silence Dogood

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