And if so, why is it not being reported in the US media, though it was in the Telegraph? That's what Marshall Herskovitz wants to know. Excerpt:
Who were those doctors quoted in the original Telegraph story, and why did they know so much about the bodies if they had been persuaded not to examine them? Why isn't CNN (particularly apt as Christiane Amanpour promotes her new series on those who've tried to stop genocide) trying to find out? Terrorists targeting Jews is nothing new, but torturing them in front of their children certainly would be. Game-changingly new.I cannot escape the feeling that -- for whatever reasons, and I am truly at a loss as to what they would be -- this lack of coverage (or even curiosity about the story) is absolutely intentional.
Well, the Jerusalem Post quotes an Indian doctor by name saying the Jews' bodies showed no signs of torture. Anybody know anything further?
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"So eat your words, jihadist defenders."
Yes, terrible jihadist defenders such as the Jerusalem Post.
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702405844&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
They are even suggesting that the Indian Commandos may have killed some of these hostages.
pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/1606204531.html?dids=1606204531:1606204531&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Dec+1%2C+2008&author=YAAKOV+LAPPIN&pub=Jerusalem+Post&edition=&startpage=1&desc=Indian+commandos+may+have+killed+some+Chabad+hostages%2C+ZAKA+head+tells+'Post'.+Holtzberg+apparently+wrapped+wife's+body+in+tallit+before+his+death
"The Indian commando raid launched to save the lives of Jewish and Israeli hostages at Mumbai's Chabad House may have inadvertently ended the lives of one or more of the hostages, the head of a six-man ZAKA team in the terror- stricken Indian city told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday."
But then again, this is from a jihadist loving source, the Jerusalem Post, so we can't trust it at all, can we.
The Wall Street Journal is also reporting that the Jewish victims of the Mumbai attacks were tortured. The victims had names, among them, Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg. A friend of mine, a socialist from El Salvador, knew and was good friends with Rivka, and said she was a wonderful person.
The sort of hate that led these young men to torture their Jewish victims was utterly heedless of the victims. I pray for the souls of the victims, and of their persecutors.
The Wall Street Journal is also reporting that the Jewish victims of the Mumbai attacks were tortured. The victims had names, among them, Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg. A friend of mine, a socialist from El Salvador, knew and was good friends with Rivka, and said she was a wonderful person.
The sort of hate that led these young men to torture their Jewish victims was utterly heedless of the victims. I pray for the souls of the victims, and of their persecutors.
This is a very alarming, sad and disturbing event, and I agree that the way it is being reported in the international media is perplexing. However, was torture in fact involved? An interview with the nanny in today's UK Daily Telegraph (11/12/08 features page) quotes her as saying that she snatched up the crying child from beside his prone parents - there was some blood at the feet of the father, and the mother looked as though she was asleep. Would this be likely if they were tortured? I ask this as an open question: Are there hidden agendas on both sides of this story?
This is an escalation and a blatent attempt to slaugher people because they are Jews. This is homicidal murder. The photo's of the scene show a horrible bloody picture that can only be described as someone who was left to bleed to death. Were they tortured? Who knows ... all indications are that they were.
Will this assault draw Pakistan and India into the war the Jihadists want? It's possible ... We will soon see.
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