"Israeli Defence Force accused of shooting at British politicians"

[mrph]

...or so the BBC news ticker says, although it's still flagged as "more soon". A quick search on google news finds a piece in today's Guardian, though:

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/foreignaffairs/story/0,11538,1242733,00.html

Ooops. That's not exactly clever. And the joint statement by all three politicians - including a Conservative MP - means that it's going to be hard for anyone to claim this is just leftie propaganda.

Edit: Up on the BBC site now. here.

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[merlina.livejournal.com]

But they've killed/badly injured several journalists over the years. Last year a UK journalist walking towards them waving a white flag. It doesn't seem to make any difference. One is left wondering what has to happen to make armies (of whichever persuasion) accountable for the indefensible?