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Thursday, November 10, 2005
Haaretz does complete about-face on report Israelis were given advanced warning of Amman bombings
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See my update at the end of this post
As I predicted in this post from yesterday,Haaretz has substantially changed their report from yesterday - which is why I ARCHIVED this story last night, because I knew that it would quickly disappear down the memory hole. Haaretz even kept the link to the page that the original article appeared on, but totally erased any trace of the original article and replaced it with a new one.
Here is the original article:
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Israelis evacuated from Amman hotel hours before bombings
By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent
A number of Israelis staying on Wednesday at the Radisson hotel were evacuated before the bombing by Jordanian security forces, apparently due to a specific security alert. They were escorted back to Israel by security personnel.
The Foreign Ministry stated Wednesday that no Israeli tourists are known to have been injured in the blasts. Representatives of Israel's embassy in Amman were in contact with local authorities to examine any report of injured Israelis, but none were received. There are often a number of Israeli businessman and tourists in Amman, including in the hotels hit Wednesday.
Israel's counter-terror headquarters on Wednesday recommended Israeli citizens not travel in Jordan. Travel warnings regarding Jordan were tightened a few months ago, but many Israelis still visit the country. Many also visit other regions such as the Jordanian Arava and the ancient city of Petra.
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Here is the replacement that is now on the page:
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No truth to report of Israeli evacuations before Amman bombs
By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent
There is no truth to reports that Israelis staying at the Radisson SAS hotel in Amman on Wednesday were evacuated by Jordanian security forces before the bombing that took place there.
The Israelis were escorted back to Israel by Jordanian security personnel only after the attacks had taken place, contrary to earlier reports.
Al Qaida said Thursday that it had carried out the triple suicide bombings at the Radisson, Grand Hyatt and Days Inn hotels in downtown Amman, in which at least 57 people, including an Israeli, were killed.
Representatives of Israel's embassy in Amman were in contact with local authorities to examine any report of injured Israelis, but none were received. There are often a number of Israeli businessman and tourists in Amman, including in the hotels hit Wednesday.
Israel's counter-terror headquarters on Wednesday recommended Israeli citizens not travel in Jordan. Travel warnings regarding Jordan were tightened a few months ago, but many Israelis still visit the country. Many also visit other regions such as the Jordanian Arava and the ancient city of Petra.
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UPDATE
Someone graciously pointed this article out to me, from the LA TIMES, full article here:
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that Israelis staying at the Radisson on Wednesday had been evacuated before the attacks and escorted back home "apparently due to a specific security threat."
Amos N. Guiora, a former senior Israeli counter-terrorism official, said in a phone interview with The Times that sources in Israel had also told him about the pre-attack evacuations.
"It means there was excellent intelligence that this thing was going to happen," said Guiora, a former leader of the Israel Defense Forces who now heads the Institute for Global Security Law and Policy at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. "The question that needs to be answered is why weren't the Jordanians working at the hotel similarly removed?"
If you are having trouble accessing this article from the above LA Times link (which may require a login), try it via Google News by clicking here. Sometimes doing this little trick bypasses those login pages.
Added Note:
Haaretz routinely self censors
I deal with it every day. I save a link and its title, only to go back to it days, weeks later and the title has been changed to a more sanitized version, or the story and title are completely removed as was the case with this one. I knew that was going to happen which is why I archived it on my site.
The Associated Press (via Yahoo), and CNN also engage in this self-censorship. None of the three offers any kind of disclaimer or correction or any other explanation when they do something like which in my opinion, isn't very professional.
I have had this disclaimer on my site for a WHILE now for this reason:
*Disclaimer:
It is becoming more frequent to find that stories I have linked up to and used quotes from have been changed thereafter, without any notice of a correction. Sometimes the story is changed so much so that it has nothing to do with my original link headline. I cannot and do not take responsibility for such content changes. This has happened with articles at CNN, Haaretz, and Yahoo News. Yahoo will often go back and change the headline, add content and the like. CNN removed vital facts from an article with no correction. And Haaretz removed the original article that I linked to, and replaced it with a completely different story. I find it completely unacceptable for a reputable news source to make such changes without any indication as to why, or without any indication that a change has been made via a correction notice. After reading this article I can see why CNN would change their content in this manner.
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