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| Middle East |
| Paleos shoot up German diplo's car... |
| 2002-12-21 |
| In the West Bank city of Jenin, a German United Nations official escaped uninjured when a Palestinian gunman opened fire on his vehicle as he drove to a meeting with local Fatah leader Kadura Moussa. The masked gunman sprayed the German diplomat's armored jeep, which had diplomatic markings, with bullets from his Kalashnikov rifle before fleeing. "It's an infidel! I must kill him!" Moussa condemned the attack, saying that the gunman had shot at the wheels of the German's vehicle. But missed them... The IDF said the diplomat had arrived at a checkpoint near Jenin with bullet marks on his vehicle and had told soldiers about the incident. Local EU officials were not immediately available for comment. "You'll never guess what happened to me on the way to the checkpoint..." A German Foreign Ministry spokesman in Berlin said: "An incident took place [in Jenin] involving a German member of an EU group of observers. An unknown assailant fired shots at the German. No one [was] injured." "So no harm done..." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #2 It's the Russian front for you, Abu! |
| Posted by: Steve White 2002-12-22 00:09:44 |
| #1 "Abu! You ee-dee-yot! Before shoo-teeng, look at the license plates first! THE LICENSE PLATES!!!" |
| Posted by: Bashir Gemayel 2002-12-21 18:30:57 |