How did our liberal media miss this?

[el Gusano]

Mideast missile mishap goes relatively unnoticed

An Israeli author and Middle East expert cannot understand why the American news media completely ignored a recent failed missile test in the Middle East that should have made huge headlines in the United States.

Recently Israel's Haaretz news published a report from Japan's Kyodo News that 20 Syrian civilians were killed and more than 60 more were injured after a Scud missile test fired jointly by Syria, North Korea, and Iran in late May strayed off course. The launch was an attempt to test a new short-range ballistic Scud missile jointly developed by the three countries.

But a technical malfunction caused one of the two missiles test fired to land in a market located in a town on the Syria-Turkey border, inflicting more than 80 casualties.

[zodiacman]

Good thing it wasn't on the Turkish side of the border... with Turkey being a member of NATO..

[el Gusano]

But... but... they're a bunch of peace lovers and don't want missiles!

[osrb]

Awww Gus you know this is just a Jewish plot.

[vanstheman]

hmmmmmm...haven't seen it reported on Fox--you would think they would lead with that.

[BlackFox]

Google "Middle east missle mishap" and you'll see why. No reputable source has reported it.

[Scarlet&Gray]

You figure the 700 club would be all over that, How did Fox Noise miss this.

[el Gusano]

What's wrong with Kyodo News? (You have to subscribe to get the full story.)

Test firing fails

[Justin Thyme]

An Indian news source is also covering this.

[BlackFox]

"Quoting a Western diplomatic source familiar with ties between the three countries, Kyodo News said two missiles were launched from southwestern Syria in the second half of May."

Pretty vague, but I guess the biggest thing for me is WHO CARES! Don't other countries have a right to develop defenses? America's defense budget is larger than all the rest of the countries in the world COMBINED. So what if a couple of piss ant countries are playing around with SCUDs. Last I heard, they can't reach the U.S.

[Justin Thyme]

Don't other countries have a right to develop defenses?

No.

[vanstheman]

Back to the accusation.....the liberal media not reporting this.Shouldn't this been changed that the media in general,including Fox,are not reporting this.

[LimitedRecourse]

There were too many photo-ops for Obadman's town meetings. Pushes all the news off the radar screen: Iraq, Afghanistan, missile launches/failures. Now, had that clunker of a missile been traded in for cash, we'd have a story.

[vanstheman]

So good,then we all agree.Fox News is not reporting this..what a travesty.

[LimitedRecourse]

We certainly agree that no major news outlets in the US (including Fox) is reporting this. Glad to see you are able to keep up, today.

[vanstheman]

Sorry you don't get it Einstein....my "pointed" post was directed towards Gussie and "the liberal media" headline.

[BlackFox]

Aug 21, 2009 7:39:56 GMT -5 Justin Thyme said:

Don't other countries have a right to develop defenses?

No.

You're right, there's nothing in our constitution that gives other countries a right to self defense.

[el Gusano]

The only thing that's pointed is your tiny little head.

[BlackFox]

But, he's right though, isn't he?

[Justin Thyme]

Aug 21, 2009 9:40:35 GMT -5 BlackFox said:

But, he's right though, isn't he?

No, left.

[BlackFox]

In which case he's in his right mind.

[Scarlet&Gray]

"Quoting a Western diplomatic source familiar with ties between the three countries, Kyodo News said two missiles were launched from southwestern Syria in the second half of May."

Happened in May. Town Halls happening in August. If Obama was trying to cover it up with town hall news he missed by 4 months. Nice try but like most wingnuts your math sucks. just saying LT.

[LimitedRecourse]

"Nice try but like most wingnuts your math sucks."

I assume you are trying to answer my post. How you figure I'm a wingnut, or that math was involved in the answer I gave escapes me.

"...my "pointed" post was directed towards Gussie and "the liberal media" headline."

Oh, I understood you, Oppenheimer; just pointing out how shallow you run.

[BlackFox]

What has Rush, Hannity, and Beck had to say about it? You know, the Conservative media.

[LimitedRecourse]

I wouldn't know...I rarely listen to/watch any of them, and it's been awhile since that has occurred.

[printemps]

This could be a four-year-old story. Israeli intelligence and IDF haven't said a thing, which is unusual. The Japanese agency ends its piece: "2005 Kyodo News International, All Rights Reserved." And a Syrian missile failure reported in "the second half of May" - 2005 - by VOA and NY Times has nearly identical elements:

www.nytimes.com/2005/06/03/international/middleeast/03syria.html?_r=1

www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/syria/2005/syria-050603-287dd13b.htm

www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/syria/missile.htm

[Justin Thyme]

Aug 21, 2009 13:57:02 GMT -5 BlackFox said:

What has Rush, Hannity, and Beck had to say about it? You know, the Conservative media.

Who is Beck?

[Scarlet&Gray]

Who is Beck?

Jeff Beck one helluva a guitar player..

[el Gusano]

Did they miss it? I don't have cable, and until I got my new car, I couldn't pick up Rush's station.

[Scarlet&Gray]

Did they miss it? I don't have cable, and until I got my new car, I couldn't pick up Rush's station.

Sorry to hear that. Here's what u missed on Rush. Obama's Hitler, Liberal's are loser's. Country's going to hell in a handbasket. And he stated he's still strung out on oxycontin. He's also still morbidly obese.