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From: ray@rochester.UUCP (Ray Frank)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: US involved in attack on Tunis?
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Date: Sun, 20-Oct-85 11:19:27 EDT
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Posted: Sun Oct 20 11:19:27 1985
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> > > 2) Israeli war-jets, with the active assistance of the US (in flight
> > > refueling in the air) raid a palestininan camp in the suburbs of
> > > Tunis, the capital of Tunisia, killing 20 tunisians and 40
> > > palestinians.
> > > 
> > Israeli raid on Tunis, by refueling israeli war jets.
> > Refering to a newspaper article written by a french
> > military analyst and published in the french newspaper "Le Monde"
> > (The equivalent of the Washington Post in France) the day after the
> > raid.
> > In that article, the author asserts that Israel has indeed refueling
> > capabilities consisting of 3 air tankers. The raid on Tunis has
> > been carried out by an escadron of 8 jets. The analyst shows then,
> > that it is mathematically impossible for those 3 tankers to refuel
> > the escadron of 8 jets, given the distance, the speed and the tank
> > capacity of the jets and the refueling tankers.
> > After eliminating the possibility of Egypt, Italy, Turkey Greece or
> > France aiding the israeli air force in its mission, he concludes
> > that the US helped refueling the israeli war jets . 
> 
It would appear that France's counterpart to the US's National Enquirer is
the Le Monde.  Sensational headlines sell, even at the expense of responsible
journalism.  In general, being what France's attitude is toward America, I
usually dismiss as bias and poor sportsman like conduct these sensationalist
revenue generating headlines.  They deserve a 15 yard penalty, or better yet
they deserve Jack Anderson in their newsroom.