They do use the AK-47 just not as a standard weapon. The uniform thing is true, looks far too amateurish for the IDF. Maybe its a one of those thugs that are killing protesters in Syria or something? :S Can anyone read and translate the paper the little girl is holding?
Are you saying we shouldn't generalise Al-Qaeda fighters? Maybe there are "decent human beings" amongst them too
I found most IDF soldiers to be quite polite and professional but I'm not an Arab and was there as a tourist. Only bad experiences I had was when a mosque was raided (20+ IDF came for ONE man) during prayers which was quite scary and at a security checkpoint when I was separated from my family and asked why I had binoculars
They do use AKs? I heard that Americans would use them because they were more robust than M-16s, but I haven't read anything about the IDF using them. Do you have a source or something?
Also, I think it says something like "of the Arabs".
Some of the websites I came across suggested that it was staged, based on the soldier's imbalanced poise and how the girl apparently looks unperturbed. I'm withholding judgment until further evidence comes to light.
"Are you saying we shouldn't generalise Al-Qaeda fighters? Maybe there are "decent human beings" amongst them too"
Of course we shouldn't, and of course there are. I actually admire them -- it takes courage to stand up for what you believe in, and really go through with it. I doubt many of them kill civilians because they want to or because they hate them -- I think they believe it is the
right thing to do, the lesser of two evils, because in the long run it would "benefit the Ummah".