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18 Oct, 7 tweets, 4 min read
One Irish soldier was killed by Israeli military action between 1980 and 2000, @spencemads.

Yet your column in the @SunTimesIreland makes it seem as if Israel was responsible for the death of 45 Irish peace-keepers in Lebanon.

This is simply untrue.
We note that @TheTimes also published your column, and excised this part.

thetimes.co.uk/article/sally-…
In fact, of the Irish soldiers to have died in Lebanon while acting as peacekeepers, some 28 were killed in accidents.

Source >>>
irishtimes.com/culture/servin…
Shockingly, in one case, an Irish soldier turned on three of his colleagues and murdered them.

There is simply no way that Israel can be held responsible for this depraved act.

rte.ie/news/2010/0318…
Here's just one of the numerous incidents in which Irish soldiers died in Lebanon.

Absolutely tragic. And absolutely nothing to do with Israel.

irishtimes.com/news/army-open…
H/T: @etc_tess, @Irishchutzpah, @Tomer_Ilan
IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION: The journalist, @SpencerMads, has contacted us to make clear that the original article did NOT include this false allegation; it was added by @SunTimesIreland in the course of the editing process.

As such, the blame lies entirely with the editors.

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