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"partly" refers to the fact that there is nothing to suggest that they were actually killing Palestinians for the organs (and nothing to suggest that they were singling out Palestinians, but there was no good reason for Aftonbladet to look for similar stories about Israelis).

"may" referred to whether the AP story itself was credible. But after rereading it, I see no reason to doubt it, so I can drop that qualifier.

by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Mon Dec 21st, 2009 at 07:07:42 AM EST
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"partly" refers to the fact that there is nothing to suggest that they were actually killing Palestinians for the organs (and nothing to suggest that they were singling out Palestinians[...]).

I just reread the Aftonbladet article, and it did not make these claims.

by Trond Ove on Mon Dec 21st, 2009 at 08:32:23 AM EST
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Thanks. I obviously couldn't read it because of the language, and took the second-hand accounts on trust. Can one ever believe anything the MSM reports?
by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Mon Dec 21st, 2009 at 08:46:53 AM EST
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Actually, Aftonbladet translated it:

"Our sons are plundered of their organs" - English translation of the article by Donald Boström | Kultur | Aftonbladet

Palestinians accuse the Israel Defense Forces of taking organs from their victims.
Donald Boström writes about an international organ trafficking scandal - and about the time he saw the cut-up dead body of a nineteen-year old Palestinian.

We had some discussion on it in august:

European Tribune - SCF: Sweden-Israel kink that became a crisis

This last week a minor crisis has emerged in the relations between Sweden and Israel.

It started with an article in the evening paper Aftonbladet about suspected organ harvesting from Palestinian prisoners in Israel. A bit of to and fro ensued with the Israeli government demanding condemnations the Swedish government would not supply.



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by A swedish kind of death on Mon Dec 21st, 2009 at 12:15:31 PM EST
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I can see how people could draw the conclusion I stated from the line
The relatives of the dead Palestinians no longer harbored any doubts as to the reasons for the killings,
It doesn't correspond to anything else in the article, but is a careless formulation, to say the least.
by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Mon Dec 21st, 2009 at 02:19:00 PM EST
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The English translation doesn't say the same thing as the Swedish original IIRC, but sounds less incriminating.

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by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Tue Dec 22nd, 2009 at 04:46:02 AM EST
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