BBC uses AP article in a very different way

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Here is a very clear example of BBC bias. They are using a story run by Associated Press, but with a different spin. Here's the BBC version and notice first the headline.

Palestinians 'shot by Israelis'

Two Palestinian militants have been shot dead in an ambush near the West Bank city of Jenin, Palestinian sources have said.

They were attacked by members of an undercover Israeli unit, who had been waiting in a car, witnesses said. The Israeli military has not commented.
Palestinian officials said the men were from the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades.

Israel has stepped up its "targeted killings" of militants since a suicide bombing last month killed six Israelis.

'Shot twice'

Witness Mohammed Turkman said the militants were driving towards Jenin in a Volkswagen car when gunmen in a Mercedes opened fire, the Associated Press news agency reported.
Mr Turkman said the Volkswagen careered off the road and the gunmen shot the occupants again before driving away.

Contrast this with AP story, and notice the differences, starting with the headline. Highlights above and below are mine.


Israelis Kill Two Palestinian Militants

By RAVI NESSMAN, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 16 minutes ago
JERUSALEM - Israeli forces killed two Palestinian militants Thursday during a West Bank arrest raid, riddling their car with bullets when it tried to run a roadblock outside the town of Jenin, the army said.

The shooting, part of a recent increase in Israeli raids in Palestinian towns, threatened to inflame tensions between the two sides, which agreed to a cease-fire nine months ago. The truce has been repeatedly violated by both sides, though the level of violence remains far lower than before the agreement.

The army said the incident Thursday began when an Israeli force seeking to arrest two wanted militants set up a checkpoint outside Jenin. When the militants tried to run the roadblock, the force opened fire and the vehicle ran off the road and flipped over, the army said.

An Associated Press photo showed the two young militants dead in their car, their bodies riddled by bullets.

Mohammed Turkman, a Palestinian who witnessed the attack, said that after the car ran off the road, the Israelis got out of their truck, ran down to the car, and shot the militants again, before returning to the truck and driving off.