My view of the situation here before you read the article - to understand reality and details.
He - Miller - should have known better than to broadcast/Film in a war zone.
.....Miller was filming Israeli troops in an operation at 11pm when he was shot walking out with a torch shining on a white flag, planning to tell the soldiers that he and his team were heading home...... [ ????]
British absurdity rules again - ignoring combat zone - by that rule - any and all journalists and film makers killed in combat region like Iraq - Afghanistan - by British and American troops are also murder ? Will the American and British troops be equally indicted ?
Phyllis Chesler, a psychologist and author of gThe New Anti-Semitism: The Current Crisis and What We Must Do About it,h has criticized the [The Miller] documentary as biased and another piece of anti-Israel propaganda.
gMy fear is that when you have distinguished people signing on to a one-sided view, and perhaps believing it themselves c civilization is in deep trouble,h said Ms. Chesler.
Read her entire article [ Aug 10, 2004 ] @ http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/interview-newyorksun.htm
As a counterpoint to [Millers] gDeath in Gaza,h Please look at Algerian-born Pierre Rehov's documentary films about the Middle East:
They should be taken into consideration .....
Had >Miller any intentions to also make Documentaries covering the ordeal and daily life of Israeli children ? I don't think so - Miller had a set Agenda.
Miller obviously would dismiss Israeli
children
and their
Surviving Terrorism
http://www.cat2002.org/credit/surviving%20terrorism.asx
In Memory of the 123 Israeli Kids Murdered by Palestinian
Terrorists Between October 2000 and September 2004
http://goldwater.mideastreality.com/israeli-children.files/fullscreen.htm <<<<<
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pictures please.
The enormous scandalous Bias in this trial in the UK - is the typical anti- Israel propaganda - or typical agenda.
Death of any person is a major tragedy -
but to misuse a deliberate propaganda, shames the British justice. They want to
see not justice but an anti-Israeli revenge-agenda - a big difference.
It is
ruled by Hate not justice.
British filmmaker death ruled murder
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3237181,00.html
Coroner's jury decides
James Miller, who was fatally shot by IDF soldier in Gaza-Egypt border area
while filming documentary, was murdered
AP and Ynet
A British filmmaker fatally shot in Gaza by an IDF soldier was murdered, a coroner's jury decided Thursday.
James Miller, 34, was shot in the neck by an IDF soldier in the Gaza-Egypt border area of Rafah in May 2003 while filming a documentary about the impact of violence on children in the region.
The coroner, Andrew Reid, told the 10-member inquest jury at King's Cross Coroner's Court that an unlawful killing verdict was the only one they could reach.
"Based on the evidence laid before us, we the jury unanimously agree it was unlawful shooting, with the intention to kill Mr. James Miller. We can come to no other conclusion than that Mr. Miller was indeed murdered," the jury concluded.
"It's a fact that from day one to this inquest the Israeli authorities have not been forthcoming in the investigation into the circumstances surrounding Mr. Miller's death."
Miller's widow, Sophy, wept as the verdict was read.
Reid had told the jury that Miller had either been murdered or was the victim of manslaughter, but that the law drew no distinction.
"The evidence is that there was only intentional firing in this matter but ... it is a matter for you that although the firing was intentional, it might have had an unintended consequence in killing Mr. Miller," Reid said. "But in law that still amounts to unlawful killing."
The British foreign office minister reacted to the verdict, saying: "The verdict of unlawful killing does not come as a surprise to me. The British Government has consistently pressed the Israelis at all levels to carry out a thorough and transparent investigation into James' killing. We are disappointed that the Military Police investigation did not recommend an indictment and that no-one has been held to account for James' death. We continue to support the familyfs request for compensation."
The hearing had lasted three days and heard testimony from Miller's widow, members of the film crew that were with him in Gaza and British police who investigated his death.
gIsrael has been uncooperative with the Metropolitan Police in that they haven't allowed us access to interview soldiers and witnesses," Detective Inspector Robert Anderson testified Thursday.
Instead, Metropolitan Police had to rely on evidence from previous IDF interviews, and reports from the pathologist and ballistic experts, Anderson said.
Anderson said there was no evidence Miller, a father of two, posed a threat to the Israeli army at the time of the shooting, or that there had been any Palestinian fire directed at the soldiers' position.
He said there was no rational explanation that could prevent a conclusion being drawn that the fatal shot came anywhere other than from the IDF position.
An IDF officer who was commanding the unit at the time of the incident was cleared by a court martial last year of charges of illegally using his weapon.
Miller's father: Verdict an epic milestone
While military prosecutors could not prove that the officer killed Miller, they said he fired in contravention of standing rules of engagement.
Miller's widow and the British government have protested the acquittal.
"James was shot by someone who was deliberately murdering him, not by someone of a national army which was upholding the law of a national state," Sophy Miller said outside the court.
"If there is no punishment, it fosters a climate of impunity and more people are killed."
The dead man's father, Colonel Geoffrey Miller, said the verdict was "an epic milestone, but it doesn't bring closure."
"We still want to see justice and the Israelis must be held to account," he said.