2007 – Wave of Violence Hits North Africa as Terrorists Take to Surfing the Web

By Marc Perelman
FORWARD.com
Published September 19, 2007

Killings carried out under the inspiration of Al Durah

Rabat, Morocco – Last month Hicham Doukkali packed a gas canister with explosives and blew himself up next to a bus full of tourists in the imperial city of Meknes. No one was hurt besides Doukkali, who lost an arm, but the attack was particularly troubling nonetheless.

Doukkali was not a young discontent from the slums of Casablanca, like the suicide bombers who killed dozens in ...

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Killing in the Name of Al Durah

Ambulance Evacuation of Young Adult with No Injuries – France2 Footage

Ambulance Evacuation of Young Adult with No Injuries – France2 Footage

In this France 2 scene, a young man who shows no obvious sign of injury, but might have hurt his hand, is manhandled by erstwhile ‘rescuers’ and possibly injured by them as they try to bundle him into a mis-cued ambulance for the benefit of the photographers. Following the original sequence as shot by Talal Abu Rahma is a replay of the footage, narrated by Richard Landes.

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Triple Somersault for the Cameras

Triple Somersault for the Cameras

This performance is truly over-the-top. Note the long running jumps performed for effect and resolving into an acrobatic somersault, all performed for no apparent reason but to call the attention of cameramen and the traditional bevy of rescuers that characterize the staged scenes. Note the controlled roll, executed close to the ground. If the runner had been shot he would have either dropped like a sack or executed an uncontrolled face-plant. There is no blood whatsoever on the runner at ...

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Casually Jumping into an Ambulance Uninjured

Casually Jumping into an Ambulance Uninjured

The action in this scene is completely anti-climactic.  A man bicycles lazily by in the foreground. A boy wanders by with a red knapsack. The “victim” bounds under his own power into the ambulance. A few people start towards the ambulance as they see the back door open, but the expected ‘action’ never seems to gather any momentum so everyone simply moves along. Nothing to see here. No one in the scene conveys any sense of imminent danger of being ...

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Young Man Feigns Head Injury for Cameras

Young Man Feigns Head Injury for Cameras

This footage is meant to show the evacuation of a man with a serious head injury, but it raises significant questions:

1) The “wound” does not produce anywhere near the amount of blood that would warrant the summons of an ambulance and the mad rush to evacuation.

2) Notice how the man with a head wound sits high and firm, rather than slumped.

3) The “rescuers” inexplicably rush the man back in front of the very Israeli position which is supposed to be ...

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What a Person Suffering from a Real Leg Wound Looks Like

What a Person Suffering from a Real Leg Wound Looks Like

All of the sound and fury in the previous clips starkly contrasts with the scene in this one, which shows what happens when someone suffers a genuine injury. Note the utter lack of commotion. No flurry of photojournalists. No crowd trying to ‘get in on the action’. Here, the blood on the inner right thigh from the lower body wound is obvious at the end of the clip as the injured man is loaded on a stretcher.. The limpness of ...

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A successful call for attention ends with a clap and a smile

A successful call for attention ends with a clap and a smile

Directly in front of the Israeli position, a swarm of young men -who all seem completely unafraid of being shot by the Israelis -summon a host of cameramen and a U.N ambulance as they rush to “evacuate” another young man.

The “rescuers” unceremoniously bowl over the evacuee in their exuberance – but pick him up and succeed in bundling him into the ambulance. Note how the evacuee raises his hand high for the camera, with his index finger pointed upward throughout ...

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