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| Hamas's secret Gaza command center revealed -- and why reporters won't write about it |
| 2014-07-30 |
| The idea that one of Hamas’ main command bunkers is located beneath Shifa Hospital in Gaza City is one of the worst-kept secrets of the Gaza war. So why aren’t reporters in Gaza ferreting it out? The precise location of a large underground bunker equipped with sophisticated communications equipment and housing some part of the leadership of a major terrorist organization beneath a major hospital would seem to qualify as a world-class scoop—the kind that might merit a Pulitzer, or at least a Polk. So why isn’t the fact that Hamas uses Shifa Hospital as a command post making headlines? In part, it’s because the location is so un-secret that Hamas regularly meets with reporters there. On July 15, for example, William Booth of the Washington Post wrote that the hospital “has become a de facto headquarters for Hamas leaders, who can be seen in the hallways and offices.” Back in 2006, PBS even aired a documentary showing how gunmen roam the halls of the hospital, intimidate the staff, and deny them access to protected locations within the building—where the camera crew was obviously prohibited from filming. Yet the confirmation that Hamas is using Gaza City’s biggest hospital as its de facto headquarters was made in the last sentence of the eighth paragraph of Booth’s story—which would appear to be the kind of rookie mistake that is known in journalistic parlance as “burying the lede.” |
| Posted by:Uncle Phester |
| #9 Maybe CNN, MSNBC, CBS and the rest have offices there too? |
| Posted by: Chunky Cravimble9374 2014-07-30 21:42 |
| #8 Hamas... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2014-07-30 17:07 |
| #7 Like Saddam and CNN - somehow I seriously doubt Hama had to twist the Journalist's arm very hard. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2014-07-30 17:07 |
| #6 Hamas's secret There ---- fixed it for you.... Goes with ---> Obama: Muslims responsible for 'core of our democracy' "Though he often ignores any mention of the Christian celebration of Easter, President Obama never misses an opportunity to officially recognize a Muslim…" |
| Posted by: One Eyed Sproing5679 2014-07-30 15:35 |
| #5 Gaza MSM reporters have a legitimate claim that their arses are at risk from Hamas; moreover, honest reporting re/Hamas doesn't fit their meme. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-07-30 10:28 |
| #4 I mean, what are the odds. They dig a big hole, and somebody sticks up a hospital on top. Danged how that happens. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-07-30 07:28 |
| #3 It's part of the |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2014-07-30 06:41 |
| #2 So why aren't reporters in Gaza ferreting it out? It's part of the ACA network ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-07-30 03:53 |
| #1 So why aren't reporters in Gaza ferreting it out? Because each and every one of them has already prepared a report about Israel's war crime strike on a hospital---and, now, just waits for the strike? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-07-30 03:40 |