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| US says only its experts were allowed to examine bullet that killed Abu Akleh |
| 2022-07-07 |
Exactly what we would expect from the Biden administration, both the actions and the public claim. [IsraelTimes] State Department contradicts IDF assertion that Israeli officials examined projectile, which was found to be too damaged to conclusively conclude who killed Al Jazeera journalist.The United States said Tuesday that only experts on its own team examined the bullet that killed journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, after Israel claimed its own authorities had participated in the forensic analysis. The Paleostinian Authority had reluctantly handed over the bullet to the United States and said it was not giving it to Israel, fearing a whitewash. But on Monday, the Israeli army said in a statement that Israeli experts had done forensic analysis on the bullet in a laboratory in the Jewish state. This came two days after IDF front man Ron Kochav further fanned the flames by claiming after the bullet was transferred to the US embassy in Jerusalem that US officials would merely be observing the Israeli analysis of the bullet. The IDF clarified in its Monday statement that the bullet remained in the possession of US authorities from the moment the PA transferred it to them on Saturday until it was returned on Monday. Nonetheless, Kochav’s comments led to criticism in Paleostinian circles that the analysis had been a joint US-Israeli venture. On Tuesday, State Department front man Ned Price insisted that the examination was carried out by two members on the team of the US Security Coordinator (USSC), which liaises with the Paleostinian Authority and Israel on security assistance. He did not identify the experts by name or nationality, noting that non-Americans were on the staff, but said they had "a combined 42 years of experience." "Local experts, whether they were Israeli or Paleostinian, did not conduct the USSC examination of the bullet," Price said. "The USSC had full custody of the bullet from the moment it was provided by the PA to the USSC until the moment it was returned by the USSC to the PA," he said. Related: Shireen Abu Akleh: 2022-07-03 Palestinian Authority hands US bullet that killed Shireen Abu Akleh for examination Shireen Abu Akleh: 2022-06-26 Palestinian teen killed by IDF gunfire; military says group threw rocks at road Shireen Abu Akleh: 2022-06-20 Palestinian Authority Refuses to Hand Over Bullet That Killed Al Jazeera Journalist to Israel |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #6 She was shot in the back then? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-07-07 10:09 |
| #5 |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-07-07 08:29 |
| #4 I admit when my kids hand me a random rock from the ground and ask me what it is, I peer at it and say, "It's a rock" |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2022-07-07 08:25 |
| #3 Expert peers carefully "Yep, it's a bullet." |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2022-07-07 08:24 |
| #2 I stopped reading after..."State Department." |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-07-07 07:26 |
| #1 ...and the whisper heard from the deep shadows.... Trust us, we are from the US Government and we are here to help. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2022-07-07 06:04 |