40 dead? One dead? Whatever.

When did Ray Nagin become Prime Minister of Lebanon?

Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said Monday that one person was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the southern village of Houla, not 40 as he had earlier reported.

“The massacre in Houla, it turned out that there was one person killed,” Reuters quoted Siniora as saying. “They thought that the whole building smashed on the heads of about 40 people … thank God they have been saved.”

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OTB: Lebanese PM: IDF Strike Killed 1, Not 40

Confederate Yankee: Houla Oops

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Euphoric Reality: Whoops - Another “Massacre” That Wasn’t

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Bruce Kesler: More phony Reuters "reporting"

Contributed by Bill Faith on August 7, 2006 at 01:45 PM in Bill Faith, Hezbollah, Islamism Delenda Est, Israel, Lebanon | Permalink

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"Reuters merging with Al-Jazera?" from Morning Coffee
BEIRUT (Al-Reuters) - Lebanons prime minister, choking back tears, demanded a quick and decisive ceasefire on Monday after an Israeli air raid that he said killed more than 40 civilians sheltering from fighting in a southern villag... [Read More]

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