Friday, November 02, 2007

Al Jazeera lets one fly - right out of left field

If there is one truism in the Arab media it is this; no matter what feats the Israeli military does - it could not be done by the Israelis. Case in point – Al Jazeera is reporting the IAF did not launch an air strike at targets in Syria. The Americans did it. Taken from the Jerusalem Post report:
The September 6 raid over Syria was carried out by the US Air Force, the Al-Jazeera Web site reported Friday. The Web site quoted Israeli and Arab sources as saying that two strategic US jets armed with tactical nuclear weapons carried out an attack on a nuclear site under construction. The sources were quoted as saying that Israeli F-15 and F-16 jets provided cover for the US planes. The sources added that each US plane carried one tactical nuclear weapon and that the site was hit by one bomb and was totally destroyed.

Oy.

3 comments:

Chris Taylor said...

I wish they'd provided the source link, even to the Arabic site. Searching the English side for "US air force syria" turns up nada.

BHCh said...

Oy, Chris:

Are you doubting Jerusalem Post? Here is the
Al-Jazeera link.

Chris Taylor said...

Wicked, thanks!

It's a tricky thing when news outlets cite each other without the original source material. That's true whether it's the Jerusalem Post or the Boston Globe.

I try not to take any news outlet's word for it, I want to see the dirt for myself. =)