Victims Vs. Martyrs

Here’s how one word reflects a completely different propaganda angle (emphasis mine):

Every journalist who dies in violence in Lebanon is called a martyr. […] But Al-Manar, the television station of the Hezbollah […] did not speak of Shabaan as a “martyr” but as a “victim” of a battle between Syrian troops and “terrorists”. As one of Shabaan’s employers said yesterday, he was wiped off the news agenda of Hezbollah as a victim of “crossfire”, the old explanation of Palestinian deaths at the hands of the Israelis.

The death of Ali Shaaban, NewTV Cameraman and the son of Tahseen Khayat’s driver could mark a turning point in a Shiaa backlash against Hezbollah’s support of the Syrian regime..