UN Report: Israeli commandos performed summary executions on Flotilla
I think the writing of Gareth Porter in the Huffington Post speaks for itself in describing the execution of a US citizen by Israel: (h/t Glenn Greenwald)
The report reveals that Dogan, the 19-year-old US citizen of Turkish descent, was filming with a small video camera on the top deck of the Mavi Marmara when he was shot twice in the head, once in the back and in the left leg and foot and that he was shot in the face at point blank range while lying on the ground.
The report says Dogan had apparently been “lying on the deck in a conscious or semi-conscious, state for some time” before being shot in his face.
The forensic evidence that establishes that fact is “tattooing around the wound in his face,” indicating that the shot was “delivered at point blank range.” The report describes the forensic evidence as showing that “the trajectory of the wound, from bottom to top, together with a vital abrasion to the left shoulder that could be consistent with the bullet exit point, is compatible with the shot being received while he was lying on the ground on his back.”
Glenn Greenwald adds:
Needless to say, the Israeli Government — as it virtually always does when confronted with well-documented, official findings of its severe human rights violations — attacked the source, accusing the report of being “biased and distorted.”
For good measure, it seems the U.S. media has pretty much ignored this recent report all together as they would much rather have it fade away and go back to covering those “unprecedented peace talks.”
