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| Middle East |
| Siege in Hebron enters fourth day |
| 2002-06-28 |
| A former Palestinian Cabinet minister entered the besieged Palestinian Authority headquarters in the West Bank today to negotiate the surrender of 15 wanted men after a four-day standoff but said he could not find anyone inside. It was possible, Talal Sidr told the Associated Press, that the men were in parts of the heavily damaged four-story building that he was unable to check. Either that, or they made it out the back way. If they're not there, who's shooting? If they're not there, who was it that refused to come out? "I didn't see anyone, but that doesn't mean there is no one inside because there are places that are heavily damaged that I couldn't enter," he said, shortly after his visit of less than an hour inside the building in Hebron. The Israeli army had no immediate comment. So if there's nobody there, then they can go ahead and shell it to rubble, right? No problem. FOLLOWUP: And that's just what they did... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |