http://www.alfassa.com/blog/2008/12/the-chabad-rabbi-in-india-was.html
- The Wall Street Journal reported: “The dead also included a young New York rabbi and his wife…”
- The Boston Globe reported: “the New York rabbi and his wife were among the foreigners killed…”
- The International Herald Tribune reported: “Two of the victims, a rabbi and his wife…”
- The Sun-Sentinel reported: “killed were Rabbi Gavriel Noach Holtzberg, 29, and his wife, Rivkah, 28, who died in the attack…”
- The Associated Press reported: “The bodies of New York Rabbi Gavriel Noach Holtzberg and his wife, Rivkah, were found at the Jewish center…”
- National Public Radio reported: “Among the dead are Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife, Rivka…”
- The New York Times reported: “six of the hostages were killed, including the Brooklyn couple who operated the center…”
- The Los Angeles Times reported: “the Chabad Lubavitch members who were killed by militants”
The stupidity of the Western media is blatant. What is not being made clear in prominent Western media is that this was a meticulously planned and well-organized attack. What is the motivation of journalists in trying to downplay these heinous atrocities? Do they wish to express some sympathy for these murderers? The mainstream media remains a giant bureaucracy with no feeling, soul, or intelligence. They make it too easy for blatant evil to be excused or explained away.
The Muslim murderers had a well coordinated well thought out plan. They had been in the country for months, obtained jobs in the area, stockpiled food for the siege, and stockpiled ammunition enough to kill thousands. Some of the Muslim murderers had even rented rooms in the Chabad center! They utilized BlackBerry email devices to stay in touch with each other and outsiders, to exchange intelligence information in different locations during the attacks. An Indian Marine commando told the media that it was obvious the terrorists were well trained. The Marine said the attackers were “very determined and remorseless.” The Times of India reported that the sole surviving murderer told Indian police that the terrorists were sent with a specific mission of targeting Israelis at Chabad House in order to avenge “atrocities committed against the Palestinians.”
The Chabad rabbi and his wife (as well as the other 190+ victims) were not killed, they were murdered, there is a difference, and one that needs to be differentiated at every opportunity.