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| Hamas thug arrested in Nablus |
| 2002-06-04 |
| The IDF arrested 120 Palestinians in Nablus yesterday, including a leader of Hamas in the West Bank, for questioning regarding their involvement in terrorist activities. The Hamas snuffy was identified as a Saed Basharat, 24, of nearby Tamoun village, believed to be directly responsible for a terrorist attack on Moshav Hamra on February 6 in which St.-Sgt. Maj. (res.) Moshe Meconen, 33, Miri Ohana, 45, and her daughter Yael, 11, were killed by a Palestinian infiltrator. Arrests also continued elsewhere in the West Bank as forces continued to operate in Nablus, the adjacent Balata refugee camp, and in Kalkilya where the army imposed a curfew on the town. In Ein Beit Ilma, northwest of Nablus, scores of Palestinians were rounded up and taken for questioning at a nearby army base and security forces arrested four Palestinian fugitives. Three Palestinians were arrested by soldiers operating in El Bireh and one Palestinian was arrested in Kalkilya and four at the Oranit military roadblock, south of Kalkilya. Meanwhile, the Hebron Jewish community called on the army to destroy the Palestinian buildings that overlook the ancient Jewish cemetery in the city after residents discovered that tombstones had been smashed, water faucets stolen, and a section of the fence destroyed. It's like living next door to the neighbors from Hell. They've got two cars up on blocks out front, a washing machine that's been sitting on the front porch for eight years, and the cops there every night. Pop's in jail, Maw makes her living hooking and rolling drunks, Sonny's a dope dealer and his enemies shoot up the neighborhood regularly looking for him. Sis is pregnant for the fifth time with no wedding ring in sight and none of her kids resemble each other. There are beer cans tossed in your front yard, and every time you leave home somebody breaks into your house, steals your spare change and all the paper plates, and leaves the cat pregnant. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |