We’ve been here before…
About the Muhammed cartoons; I realised suddenly that this whole issue has an uncanny parallel: Do you remember the shooting of Mohammed al-Dura? I’ll try to recap for you then: A man is shielding himself and his son behind a concrete block. Apparently they’re in some sort of crossfire with people all around them firing. The son is seen first as alive, then moments later he has fallen into the lap of his father.
The Palestinians used this to create an uproar in the Arab world but the film, recorded by a Palestinian cameraman, was later proved to be misleading. In fact, Muhammed al-Dura had been killed by friendly fire.
It seems to me that we have a somewhat parallel situation here…..
Good catch. Mohammed al-Dhura was a phony job too as it turned out. But if the boy was killed (and there’s no proof of that…there’s no body and the family still has a son named Mohammed though they swear its a new boy), what kind of society would kill one of their own children to foment worldwide outrage? Sick!
Comment by foreign devil — February 25, 2006 @ 2:23 pm