After all the hyperbolic claims that Israel used chemical weapons against Lebanon (I imagine claims that a nuke was dropped aren’t far behind at this point), Germany’s ARD TV did their own tests on some of the “victims.” As it turns out, it was horsecrap.

Every time anything said by Lebanon, the Lebanese Government, or Arab news outlets is subjected to independent verification, the claim falls flat on its face. Makes you wonder why the folks who look up when George Bush says the sky is blue won’t exhibit any kind of skepticism whatsoever no matter how outrageous the claim is. Thank God organizations like Honestreporting.com bring these kind of stories to us because our fine media tend to ignore it.

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