'The Martyr of Benghazi'
The CNN has aired a touching story titled 'The Martyr of Benghazi'. A strictly apolitical narrator would tell you that a rebel suicide bomber named Mehdi Mohammed Zeyo blew up a (government) barrack on February 19, 2011. He is therefore, says CNN, a great freedom-loving martyr. I wonder if the admiration would be the same if the incident had taken place in Iraq or Afghanistan or any country in the world for that matter. Also, what of the generic strategy of suicide-bombing? Is it acceptable? If not, then mere imperial-favour has bestowed honour to an otherwise despised act.
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