NSG not to be blamed for hostage death: Israel

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Source: Times of India

JERUSALEM: The Israel government on Tuesday slammed an Israeli rescue group for alleging that Indian commandos may have inadvertently killed one
or more Jewish hostages during the Nariman House operation, saying the "irresponsible" comments could cause considerable damage to bilateral ties.

"They are causing all kinds of problems," a senior foreign ministry official said about the six-member team of the Zaka voluntary group that flew on Thursday on its own volition to Mumbai for rescue operation after the deadly terror strikes.

"They are selling all kinds of stories to journalists looking for stories, and taking credit for things they didn’t do," the official told the Jerusalem Post. The head of the Zaka team, Haim Weingarten, had alleged on Monday that one or more hostages at Nariman House may have been killed by the elite National Security Guards commandos. "Based on what I saw, (although) I can’t identify the type of bullets in the bodies (of the victims), I don’t think the terrorists killed all the hostages, to put it gently," he had said.

An official at the ministry said these are "irresponsible comments" that can have serious repercussions. He said their "meddling" can cause damage to Indo-Israel ties. "How can they say such a thing? Did they do an autopsy, do they know what type of bullet caused the wound? Do they have forensic or ballistic expertise? This is not the type of thing you can determine just by looking at a body," he asked.


Read more: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/NSG_did_not_kill_hostage_Israel/articleshow/3786021.cms

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1. "Flew on their own volition." Hot dogs.

Nobody asked for them, wanted them, or needed them. And now they're trying to justify their pointlessness.

They ain't the Lamed Vav.