Guess what the suit brought to bear? A publicised admission that the producer of the segment took it upn themselves to heavily edit the security transmissions concerning this incident.
The conversation was 3 way, as is proper for Territorial protocol between a soldier or nco in very tall observation tower, the Captain who is the commander of that armed position, and the Communications Desk at Southern Command HQ which monitors all security laden radio traffic in its area of jurisdiction.
The shows producers had taken some lines out of context and reinserted them to make it seem sensational, erased others, and so on. This was proven in open court. It was also proven in open court although not at the defamation trial, but rather in Captain "R"'s criminal trial in civilian criminal court that the earlier statements given by two underlings were a weak attempt at setting the Captain up.
Why would his soldeirs do that? See, Captain is not Jewish. He is a Druse. The two underlings WERE racist Jews, and instead of offing little girls they sought to hang an innocent non-Jew out to dry. In later testimony that was elicited in light of this stunning admission, it was found that before a bullet was even fired, the young girl left her satchel [which by the way had pegged her as a potential suicide bomber] on the ground and begun to run very rapidly.
At the same time, and this happened to also be filmed by those morons at "Uvda," a "Palestinian" man who had been walking abreast of the girl with a 50 meter space between them also took off running toawards the dividing line between Tel Sultan Camp and the town of Rafah. This behavior is stock part and parcel behavior of past terrorist attacks.
SOLDIERS [not the Captain] opened fire on the satchel as per training and then turned their attentions upon the poor girl. From the initial volley, to the confrimation shot, all actions were cleared from Southern command Ops via the Communication Desk.
The platoon hightailed it back to the fortifications because, contrary to that wonderful friend of Israel the [British] Guardian there had been sporadic small arms fire throughout the morning which of course reiniated after this incident. The Captain, after communication with Observation AND Communications took it upon himself to complete protocol and approach the girl lying prone, which is also a stock tactic in suicide bombings for secondary explosions. He did fire 3 shots point blank into the head, per ROE, and radioed it as such before returning to the platoon's position.
The much ballyhooed comment about shooting a 3 year old boy took place thus. There was confusion under ROE what one should do in a similar case, etc., should it ever occurr in the future. The Captain, perfectly following his training and protocol, said age is not the issue. "IF any living creature enters a kill zone, meeting the m.o.of a suicide bomber, they will be taken out...even if they are 3 years old." The comment, not that it is relevant, did not focus on gender but that just goes to show how rumors make their own rules.
For those that truly care, and I am not sure if Grandma does or is just seeking confrontation, the Israeli daily Yediot Aharanot, on 3/6/05 ran a piece on the "Uvda" show on Israeli Channel 2. It showed the "Palestinian" man who appeared to be leading the deceased girl in a bait and switch operation against the IDF position...unfortunately another tried and true tactic.
[Edited for spelling, as usual]
For those that rreally, truly care for the factsin the matter, the girl, Iman Darweeshal Hams was 13 when killedon Philadeplhi Road between ?Tel Sultan and Rafah. These bits of facts, plus the piece I posted should point you to whatever version of facts you choose to accept. Please though, so your own research and do not allow propaganda to shape your outlook. nothing is blacn and white.
