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Four Palestinians arrested in West Bank
| We heard about one of these yesterday. |
 Israeli troops on Friday arrested four Palestinian men trying to carry explosives through checkpoints in the occupied West Bank, said security sources on both sides. Israeli military sources said one suspect carrying an explosives belt was arrested at a roadblock near the northern West Bank town of Nablus and another three at a checkpoint north of Jerusalem. Palestinian security sources named the Nablus suspect as 20-year-old Thair Abu Assap from the northern West Bank town of Qalqiliya, and said the checkpoint was closed for two hours following the incident. The three Palestinians detained by soldiers at Kalandia, north of Jerusalem, where carrying Molotov cocktails, an Israeli military source said.
"Whatcha doin' with them bottles, fellas?"
"Um, we're collecting them for the deposits. A shekel each."
"What's with the gasoline?"
"Um, we're carrying it to our, um, uncle. He needs to jump-start a donkey."
"What's with the oily rags?"
"Um, we were cleaning the donkey." |
According to the army, 15 Palestinians under the age of 18 have been arrested over the past two months at various checkpoints around the West Bank carrying explosives belts.
Posted by: Steve White 2005-05-28 |
