Israeli strike kills Jihad member, schoolboy

[phatmonky]

<i>Originally posted by Dan </i><b>Bismillah</b>

As salam alaikum

Jazaki Allah for the full story. Watcing CNN this morning as I ate breakfast, I only got a small written blurb at the bottom of the screen. A helicopter attack killed jihad members and a by-stander. How come any time a child is killed in the US it is readily pointed out yet when it happens elsewhere children are called "by-standers?" (This is a rhetorical question.)

May Allah Bless the child's family and Give them Patience in these times.

As salam alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu

Perhaps the information wasn't in yet, perhaps the ticker is written from AP articles???

Regardless, CNN apparently has no problem mentioning it all, including in it's headline.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/02/07/...gaza/index.html

Edit- and perhaps you simply missed 11 year odl in the ticker, as that is the lingo they used in the article as well....... "The missile killed the 11-year-old bystander "

In this case, bystander is important to disassociate the boy from the jihad member (highly looked down upon here)