But the article has been rendered absurd due to a printing error; a letter "c" has replaced a "b" making of the term "suicide bomber", "suicide comber". What should have been news cliché has become a surreal message.

A beachcomber is someone who searches the beach for hidden treasures. One might ask whether a group called the "suicide combers" were now operating in the war zone and if so, whether they were Palestinians who comb the ruins of their destroyed homes for clues, remains of a previous existence, or who search the streets for human remains? Could they be terrorist recruitment officers or alternatively preventative measures for terrorism? The stereotypical language usually employed by the media serves to ensure acceptance of the facts of war so that the reader no longer questions the events described. One spelling mistake achieves meaning that is exploded.

Tanya Ury