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| The newest hobby among Israeli soldiers? Trading pictures of dead Palestinians |
| 2007-11-02 |
| Collect 'em all. Trade with your friends. Put them in the spokes of your Merkava... Bethlehem – Ma'an – Israeli soldiers are trading pictures of dead Palestinians on their cell phones, the Israeli newspaper Ma'ariv reported Thursday. Smile for the birdie... Ma'ariv said that soldiers are known to use pictures of Palestinian corpses as screen savers in the place of pictures of friends or relatives. He stood like this...but not for long. Israeli troops reportedly enjoy swapping the latest photos taken in Gaza. I'll give ya an Islamic Jihad, an Executive Force and an Al Quds Brigade for a Hamas leader the Apaches got while he was banging a goat... One picture that reached the Israeli media was taken by soldiers from Israel's Golani Brigade, shows Palestinians killed during a recent incursion into northern Gaza. Ma'ariv said the Golani Brigade soldiers were not the only ones partaking in the strange practice. Other infantry units and paratroopers were among those found to be keeping collections of such gruesome photos. Oh, that one? That's called "Hellfire aftermath"... One soldier interviewed by the newspaper said taking these photos gives soldiers a sense of finality in victory. No more boom boom for Mahmoud... An army spokesperson said that the Israeli armed forces considers it a top priority to preserve the moral values that soldiers and commanders were brought up with, and that the army would look into the issue. Whatssa matter? Are the car swarmers pissed off? |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #5 Moral came up lame, so scratch that. |
| Posted by: Thomas Woof 2007-11-02 19:24 |
| #4 Moral to the materiaal is a 4 to 1. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2007-11-02 15:17 |
| #3 Wonder what Beckett's is quoting for an Al-Quadea Number 3 Rookie card....... |
| Posted by: USN,Ret. 2007-11-02 14:36 |
| #2 Easier to snap phone pix than collecting the ears. Much tidier, too. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2007-11-02 14:24 |
| #1 Result of new tools meeting a given milieu, just like the soldiers (or jihadis) vids at Liveleak of Youtube. Probably more in relation to the age of the soldiers and their familairity with cellphones tech than anything else. In the USA, they would be filming bike stunts and swapping saucy pics, in the french 'hoods they would be filming happy slapping. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2007-11-02 14:12 |