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AP's Anti-Israel Weasel Word Of The Day - "Many"

In the various reports about Iran threatening to murder tens of thousands of Israeli civilians if anyone attacks them - because what could be more natural than that, right? - the AP's Ali Akbar Dareini drops in their gorgeous little example of anti-Israel weasel journalism:

Iran has said in the past that Israel would be Iran's first retaliatory target if attacked by the United States, but Alavi's comments were the first word of specific contingency plans for striking back on Israel. Many in the region fear Israel could launch airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities to prevent it from building a nuclear weapon. Alavi also warned that Israel was within Iran's medium-range missiles and its fighter bombers, while maintaining that Israel was not strong enough to launch an aerial attack against Iran.

Technically true since like a dozen Iranian civilians probably constitute "many" and they're certainly "in the region." But still: bullshit. Name 3 countries in the region - presumably the kind of thing that a journalist describing "the region" would be talking about - who would be against Israeli taking out Iran's nuclear facilities? Hint: you can't use any of the Sunni countries because their ministers all but wink and say the words "nudge nudge" whenever they talk about how their has to be a peaceful solution to Iranian nuclearization. So the goal is to name three Arab countries that aren't Sunni. Go.

References:
* Iranian: Retaliation if Israel Attacks [AP]

Previously:
* Global Media Suddenly All Over This Darfur Thing - Turns Out, It's Israel's Fault
* AP's Ibrahim Barzak Publishes Least Subtle Anti-Isreal Bias Yet
* European Media Bias - Really?

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