Drudge: Israelis shoot reporter

Getting shot is a danger of combat photography. Don't like the idea? Don't be taking pictures where the bullets are flying and expect your Press Credentials to ward off projectiles.

Oh, and "DumDum, my left foot". Last I checked, standard .223 FMJ fragments pretty viciously at close ranges without help from bizarre Associated Press technical bullet designators...

Of course, there's also the possibility that since this is a domestic terrorism/police action and therefore not bound by the Hague Accords on expanding ammunition, the troopers in question were using JHP's to minimize the dangers of overpenetration in a built up area where not everyone is engaged in the rioting...
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"..but never ever Fear. Fear is for the enemy. Fear and Bullets."
10mm: It's not the size of the Dawg in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog!

[This message has been edited by Tamara (edited November 11, 2000).]
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Dumdum bullets were first manufactured by the British at the town of Dumdum in India in the late 19th century, but were swiftly outlawed internationally.

In subsequent conflicts one side or another would accuse its foes of doctoring ammunition until the advent of high-velocity small-caliber bullets, which are generally considered far more destructive.[/quote]

Well, I don't know much about 'dumdum' bullets, but this does appear to be a breath of fresh air for honest journalism. Amazed they didn't use this opportunity to get people excited about some 'magic' ammo.

Regards from AZ
 
From what I have seen of the quality of reporters and media in general it would be no great loss if a few hundred where shot.

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Bob--- Age and deceit will overcome youth and speed.
I'm old and deceitful.
 
If they run out of reporters in Israel, I will gladly feed and house the shooters who want to thin our herd of propangada purveyors.

Hope they like Spam.....Sam
 
Greetings from Anchorage, it's a sure bet the reporter wasn't jewish eh? This brings to mind the question I've had for some time. "What the hell is a rubber bullet?" You've all heard the commentary on the news about the israelis (I notice and wonder why they don't use the word Israelites??) using rubber bullets to infer less dangerous? Absolute rot! Ponder this, if the Afrikaners has shot the blacks as the israelis are shooting the palestinians. henry
 
"Less dangerous" and "harmless" are two completely different animals.

'Rubber Bullets' (rubber coated steel pellets) are more than likely non-lethal save for hits in the melon at very close range. They bleed MV very fast, but can still cause fractures at urban riot ranges if they hit you in the wrong place. Still, they're a whole lot less dangerous than live rifle rounds and really no more so than those stones the rioters are lobbing. They're made in the US, by the way.

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"..but never ever Fear. Fear is for the enemy. Fear and Bullets."
10mm: It's not the size of the Dawg in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog!
 
You roll the dice, you take your chances.

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Those who use arms well cultivate the Way and keep the rules.Thus they can govern in such a way as to prevail over the corrupt- Sun Tzu, The Art of War
 
There's a long lineage of combat news correspondents, from Frank Capa to Ernie Pyle, who paid with their lives. It's an honorable profession. A good number lose their lives every year. Just because CNN and their ilk have encouraged the dilution of news into mediocre garbage, it's still nothing to go by in saying reporters should be culled by slaughter. There's still a lot of honest journalists out there in the profession. Don't use the industry, which hacks, chops, and spews what those at the frontline gather into some self-serving propaganda ploy, to measure the men and women who are at the forefront. I have a good friend who works as at Reuters. Please don't villify.

Henry Bowman, I wouldn't say that she isn't Jewish. There are a good number of Jews of Russian extraction - and I know a number of them, being part Russian - so names aren't everything to go by. Besides, if she's on a Middle East beat, she most likely speaks at least Arab or Hebrew, especially if she's a freelancer covering such a hot zone. Points to a Jewish heritage much more; Palestinians still go by Arab names, except for a few I've met who also have partial French ancestry.

God bless this woman who got shot. Hope she recovers soon.
 
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