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Israelis bump off PA Major General
An Israeli incursion into central Gaza claimed the life of Maj. Gen. Ahmed Mefraj, the highest-ranking Palestinian officer ever killed in a clash with Israeli forces. Mefraj, 55, a "top security commander," died during the sweep into villages east of the city of Khan Younis. Doctors said he was shot several times. They mean he was perforated like a swiss cheese. Mefraj, deputy to Palestinian public security commander Maj. Gen. Abdel Razek Majaidie, was also a member of the Fatah Revolutionary Council, an arm of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement.
So he was one of the muckety-mucks. Usually they just keep ticking along while it's the cannon fodder who's mowed down or, in the Palestinians' case, exploding.
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-03-08 |
