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To: zonder who wrote (3531)	2/7/2003 12:58:43 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15987

As for the rest of your post, I don't know why you are trying to prove the truth of "glorification of martyrdom", "child-soldiers", etc because they are not part of the issue we were discussing here - whether or not Palestinian shooters hide behind kids who then unfortunately get shot despite the best efforts of Israeli army to aim at the guys behind them. If child soldiers are used, they are used together with adults. The Israeli press has often reported child stone-throwers, backed by gunmen. The IDF tries to avoid shooting children, but it is not easy in a such a melée. Both sides know that any dead children will be reported widely with headlines reading "Israelis kill X Palestinians, including a 10 year-old boy", which is the standard template for CNN, AP and Reuters. Such headlines work against the Israelis and for the Palestinians. Everybody knows that too. More detailed reports tend to come only from Mideast coverage. So far I showed you two Israeli and two Arab sources. Go google the rest yourself, if you want more.