Around the time an Israeli soldier was allegedly kidnapped...
| Palestinian terrorists entered Israel from Gaza via a tunnel under the security fence and attacked IDF
positions in the area. Two soldiers were killed, one was kidnapped, and several others were wounded. [infoisrael.net
06/25/06] |
...the news was full of "al Qaeda" and bin Laden:
| Suddenly, the faces and voices of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and his deputy Ayman al-Zawahri are
everywhere, in a stream of video and audio messages broadcast to the world. In the past month alone, five new
tapes from the two have reached an international audience. Excerpts of Zawahri's latest message were broadcast
on Al Jazeera television on Thursday, a day before the first anniversary of the London bombings. [Reuters
07/07/06] |
The whole of the world's media is now focused on Israel's actions...
| Israel struck Beirut airport and military airbases and blockaded Lebanese ports on Thursday, intensifying
reprisals that have killed 55 civilians in Lebanon since Hezbollah captured two Israeli soldiers a day
earlier. [IOL 07/14/06] |
...which were planned well before the alleged kidnap:
| The detention of Hamas parliamentarians in the early hours of Thursday morning had been planned several
weeks ago and received approval from Mazuz on Wednesday. The same day, Shin Bet Director Yuval Diskin
presented Prime Minister Ehud Olmert with the list of Hamas officials slated for detention. [Haaretz 06/30/06] |
There is only one thing that could relegate this story from headline news, and that is a very
big bang courtesy of "al Qaeda".
It would also allow Bush to say "I told you so":
| "Israel has the right to defend herself," Bush told a news conference after talks with German Chancellor
Angela Merkel. [Washington Post
07/13/06] |
It would also dig Blair out of a hole:
| TONY BLAIR will fly off on his summer holiday knowing that on his return he will be the first serving
British prime minister to be interviewed by police in a corruption investigation. [Times 07/14/06] |
It would also give the justification for a strike on Iran. If "al Qaeda" creates a big bang in the
near future just remember who benefits. |
