Thursday, July 10, 2008

How can anyone trust anything they say?

As in past cycles, Iran has responded to months of escalating threats from the US and Israel by demonstrating its intention (NZ Herald) to defend itself if attacked.

The story in the print version of the Herald Wednesday morning included this hilarious, presumably straight-faced, lie:
"Israel does not threaten Iran, but the Iranian nuclear programme combined with their aggressive ballistic missile programme is a matter of grave concern", Mark Regev, spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, said after the tests
In fact, Israel is on record in the past several weeks alone overtly threatening Iran with attack and has been threatening Iran overtly with nuclear attack over the past 5 years at least.

This quote is not included on the online version of the Herald's report, which will be seen by fewer people than the print version.

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