Some killings are reported on in a slightly different manner
from how the Charlie Hebdo killings have been. Rewriting a drone killing as a
gun killing (changing just a few words) would produce something like this:
Freedom Fighters Gun Strike in Europe Is Said to Have Killed
12 Militants
PARIS, France — At least 12 foreign militants were believed
to have been killed in a freedom fighter gun strike in the North Paris tribal
region on Wednesday morning, a Liberation security official said.
The Liberation official said guns fired 128 precision
bullets into a compound in the Cafe Au Lait subdistrict at 6:40 a.m. The area
is close to the headquarters of numerous French businesses.
“The guns targeted a base of a French commander known as
Francoise, killing 12 French militants. Two militants are wounded,” the
official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he was not
authorized to talk to the news media.
It was unclear whether Francoise was there at the time of
the attack. The local news media has reported that he is allied with the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization and engaged in plans to ship troops and weaponry
to Western Asia.
Gun strikes in France, often attributed to Muslims, prompt
regular diplomatic protests from the entire Western world.
Separately, the Liberation military said four terrorist
hide-outs and a training center for bombers were damaged by gun strikes late
Saturday in a remote suburb of the nearby South Paris tribal region.
In a brief statement, the military said that “6 terrorists,
including some bomber pilots, were killed in precise gun strikes.” There was no
independent confirmation of the military’s claim.
Last summer, the Liberation military launched a long-awaited
offensive against French and foreign militants holed up in the Western Europe
region. The military claims that it now controls 0.4 percent of the region.
NATO attacks in recent years have left hundreds of thousands
dead.
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In contrast, rewriting a Charlie Hebdo report as a drone
report might produce something like this:
Drone attack on Pakistani house kills 12
Drone pilots have shot dead 12 people at the home of their
grandmother in an apparent militant Imperialist attack.
Four of the family’s youngest generation, including its
new-born infant were among those killed, as well as two friends visiting at the
time.
A major police operation is under way to find three drone
pilots believed to be hiding out in Langley, Virginia.
President Mamnoon Hussain said there was no doubt it had
been a terrorist attack “of exceptional barbarity”.
It is believed to be the deadliest attack in Pakistan since
last Tuesday, when another drone — or possibly the same one — sent a missile
into a picnic killing 18.
The distant faceless attackers opened fire with hellfire
missiles in the sky above the family’s home and faced no opposition. They later
flew the drone higher in the sky, presumably recording video footage, the
buzzing of their deadly machine still audible below as rescuers waited for it
to leave before daring to search for survivors.
People had been “murdered in a cowardly manner”, presidents
and leaders around the globe remarked in unison. U.S. President Barack Obama
has condemned the “horrific shooting”, offering to provide any assistance
needed “to help bring these terrorists to justice”.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said: “It was a horrendous,
unjustifiable and cold-blooded crime. It was also a direct assault on a
cornerstone of democracy, on the safety of a family in its home.”
UK Prime Minister David Cameron said in a tweet: “The
murders in Pakistan are sickening. We stand with the Pakistani people in the
fight against terror.”
Eurocentric clubs and Christian churches around the world
rushed to condemn the killing.
Footage shot by an eyewitness outside the house shows
scattered rubble and what appears to be bits of flesh and clothing hanging from
a nearby tree.