You have commented 339 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
Submit your comments on this article
Middle East
PA security HQ demolished
2002-04-02
  • The security headquarters -- located outside of Arafat's compound -- was hammered with tank shells, rockets from helicopter gunships, machine gun fire and small arms fire. As he watched the scene unfold from about a mile from the five-acre site, CNN's Michael Holmes described it as a "ferocious attack" that caused extensive destruction. Several hundred people inside the compound of several buildings were brought out as part of a U.S.-brokered cease-fire and placed in Israeli custody. It is not clear if it was an evacuation, a surrender or both.

    Palestinian officials said the security complex had been occupied by hundreds of people, including civilians -- administrators, secretaries and some children. A day-care center is a part of the headquarters facility. But Israeli military sources said Palestinian militants were hiding in the compound and were the focus of the attack.
    Yeah, we've heard that before. It was mostly civilians, in fact. Women and children. And fuzzy puppies and kittens and bunnies and baby ducks. Not a gun or an explosive in sight, either.
    • Posted by:Fred Pruitt

    00:00