Downplaying the Terror Connection
April 01, 2006 | Aussie Dave | Comments 1
The media are once again downplaying the connection between the Al-Aqsa Martyrs‚Äô Brigades – the group that murdered four civilians on Thursday evening – and PA President Mahmoud Abbas’s very own Fatah party.
For example, notice the caption to this picture?
A Palestinian gunman from the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a group loosely affiliated with the Fatah Movement, stands on the roof of the Palestinian Authority Interior Ministry building in the West Bank city of Nablus, Saturday, April 1, 2006. About 15 gunmen from the militant group briefly took over the building demanding jobs. There were no injuries in the incident. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)
Make no mistake about it: despite AP’s attempts to downplay the connection, Al-Aqsa Martyrs‚Äô Brigades is the military arm of Fatah. They are about as loosely affiliated with Fatah as Batman is with Robin.
Update: Honest Reporting dealt with this same issue two years ago.
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About the Author: An Australian immigrant to Israel, Aussie Dave has been blogging since early 2003.
The whole world is downplaying islamist terrorism across the board. It’s absolute craven cowardice worthy of cosmic condemnation. Islamism is the most vicious evil ever to come upon the world scene. More dangerous than Hitler and Tojo. Far more murderous and dangerous than Ghengis Kahn ever thought of being. There is only one rational response to the Mullah’s madness. It must be stamped out or there will never again be any semblance of peace on this earth.