Very Serious and Believable Blogging Investigations

Way back at the end of January, we were all captured by the story of Hind Rajab.  The five year old girl stuck in a car with the dead bodies of her family, begging to be rescued over the phone. A rescue mission was organized and two paramedics went out to get her, only to be killed 50 metres away from the car. Hind was also killed. The IDF did not allow the bodies to be retrieved for twelve days.

The IDF of course denied any involvement in the killing. They also denied that they were in communication with the paramedic team and had okayed the rescue. And the US said - okay this is good enough for us.

Late in February, Al Jazeera published a story showing satellite images of Israeli tanks near the car, despite the IDF claiming that none of their vehicles were in the area. But it's Al Jazeera so the State department ghouls just ignored it.

Now, it's the Wash Post. They've confirmed the satellite imagery. They spoke with various munitions experts. They looked at video from the recovery team, twelve days after the killing when the IDF finally allowed access, and identified a munitions fragment of in the video as a 120 mm tank round compatible with the IDF Merkova tank - and by its serial number, as a round made by the US in November 1996. They confirmed that the ambulance rescue mission was coordinated with COGAT.

Matt Miller says that they are going to ask Israel for comment. Waiting for someone to ask Miller if any of this affects the faith they have in Israel's "investigations".