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| Middle East |
| Observers were bumped off by Islamic Jihad |
| 2002-05-07 |
| Two Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH) observers killed in Hebron on March 28 were shot by gunmen belonging to Islamic Jihad, Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer said yesterday. Speaking to the ambassadors of the countries contributing observers to TIPH, Ben-Eliezer promised Israel will spare no effort to bring those responsible for the killings to justice. And then the ambassadors' countries and NGOs can spare no effort in trying to spring them... Just for curiosity's sake, howcome they were killed on the 28th and Rantburg picked it up on the 26th? Am I getting clairvoyant? On March 28, a gunmen opened fire on a car driven by TIPH members, killing Maj. Turgut Cengiz Toytunç from Turkey and Catherine Berruex, an office worker from Switzerland. Capt. Hussein Osam Salam was wounded. TIPH has condemned the shooting, but TIPH officials would not indicate who they were accusing of shooting their members. Ben-Eliezer met with the ambassadors of Norway, Turkey, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark, and Italy in his Tel Aviv office yesterday. TIPH is the only international observer force in the territories. But the PA and Kofi and Clinton all say we should have more... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |