Friday, February 06, 2009

How Many Lies Can You Count?

I count 138 words in this story.

How many lies can you count?

I've tried to help.

Hamas policemen [were they Hamas? were they policemen? are there Hamas policemen?] have seized thousands [maybe only hundreds?] of blankets [maybe towels?] and food parcels that were meant [were they meant?] to be distributed to Palestinian civilians [only civilians?] in Gaza, UN officials say [did they really say or will they recant?].

A UN spokesman said policemen raided a UN warehouse [was it a UN warehouse or disguised Israeli army forward base?] on Tuesday [maybe it was Monday?] after officials refused to hand over the aid to a Hamas-controlled ministry.

The UN said it was the first time [was it the first time, honestly?] its aid had been confiscated by Hamas.

It condemned the action and demanded the goods be immediately returned. Hamas denied its men had taken any aid.

UN spokesman Christopher Gunness said Hamas police took 3,500 blankets and over 400 food parcels.

The Hamas Social Affairs Minister [are there Social Affairs in Gaza?] in Gaza, Ahmed al-Kurd, denied that members of the Islamist movement had removed aid from a UN building.

However, he said his ministry was in dispute [what type of dispute?] with the UN relief agency about how aid should be distributed.

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