Tuesday, 20 January 2015

Chomsky: Paris attacks show hypocrisy of West's outrage

Samuel Sandler, father and grandfather of three of the victims of Islamist gunman Mohamed Merah, the Mayor of Lille and Socialist Party member Martine Aubry, Hassen Chalghoumi, Imam of the northern Paris suburb of Drancy and president of the French Association of Imams, French writer Marek Halter, UMP right-wing party member Eric Woerth and Joel Mergui, president of the Central Jewish Consistory of France and Pierre Gattaz (3rdR), head of the French employers' association (MEDEF) (5thR) take part in a Unity rally Marche Republicaine in Paris on January 11, 2015 in tribute to the 17 victims of a three-day killing spree by homegrown Islamists.

There are that number killed in Assad's bombing raids every day*, including apparently 75 killed today in an attack** on a sheep market in the north-east of Syria, but Chomsky only has the inclination to mention the one by the US that got far more coverage. He really hasn't got a fucking clue.

"Other unfortunates are also not lacking, such as the 50 civilians reportedly killed in a U.S.-led bombing raid in Syria in December, which was barely reported."

*Except January 7th [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/11333557/Fierce-storm-in-Syria-limits-fighting-for-one-day-with-no-one-killed.html]
**[https://twitter.com/markito0171/status/557521869415673856]

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