Monday, January 29, 2007

Paranoid delusions

The Balloons released Saturday which floated over the border
Balloons Released in Israeli Promotion Sow Panic in South Lebanon
- Yoav Stern
An Israeli promotional campaign involving balloons caused panic among Lebanese civilians Saturday when the wind carried them over the border into southern Lebanon. Lebanon's official news agency claimed that they were "poisoned balloons" dispersed by IDF aircraft. In Nabatiyeh, five people suffering from nausea and dizziness were brought into hospital after they touched the "suspicious green balloons."
(Ha'aretz)

See also a German news agency jumping on the delusioinal bandwagon
(Deutsche Presse-Agentur)

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