Propaganda

From the AFP, Aug. 3rd 2006:
"On Thursday...Lebanese officials reduced the Qana toll to 28 dead, including 16 children".

This does not diminish the atrocity (that's 16 dead children too many), but we went from 52 dead/36 children to 28 dead/16 children?? I can't help but think that someone is using dead babies for propaganda, which really disgusts me.