A now 'former Israeli soldier' Eden Aberjil,who had posted pictures of herself on Facebook posing with blindfolded Palestinian prisoners says she did nothing wrong...really really? oh come on!
she said she had had death threats over of the images and was surprised at the backlash. she has already been discharged from the army having completed her mandatory military service.The pictures show her in uniform, smiling next to three bound and blindfolded prisoners.She said the pictures had been taken to "remember the experience" in the ...of course she wanted to remember the experience..the Palestinian prisoners..not so much.
An army spokesman who talked to BBC condemned what he called "shameful behaviour by a young soldier""It's a compulsory army and part of the soldiers do not understand the seriousness of the situation they are in and the duty they are given in the IDF [Israeli Defense Forces]," Somebody gotta make them understand! if they're out there taking facebook photos...Gosh...It finally hit...all they do all day is take pictures! and God knows how many social networks they're on, My space, twitter, orkut..full of Israeli soldiers with 'fun experiences' Egad!!! I mean is it even fun?! somebody gotta show up and make it tough for em!
Israeli anti-torture activists said more needed to be done to teach soldiers respect.
Ms Aberjil said the pictures were not intended to be a political statement and the prisoners had been treated ..Why of course, Palestinian prisoners get 5 star treatment right!?...not!
It had "never occurred to her", she told Army Radio, that there might be a problem with the pictures, and she insisted had been a "model soldier". Never in my life did i ever stop to think that soldiers on a mission would stop and take facebook pictures ...somethings wrong here
"There's no violence or intention to humiliate anyone in the pictures," she said.
"I just had my picture taken with them in the background. I did it out of excitement, to remember the experience."Ms. Aberjil had put the images in a Facebook album named "The army: the best days of my life" several weeks ago.Their existence was reported by media on Monday, and they have now been taken down and for good reasons, we have to get a little worried when Soldiers of such questionable IQ find their way into the army... its little things like these that one must keen on.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
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