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| Paleostreet erupts in support of Yasser... |
| 2002-09-22 |
| Israeli troops have shot dead four Palestinians protesters in the West Bank towns of Ramallah, Nablus and Tulkarem. Thousands of angry protesters have defied a curfew in the West Bank, challenging the Israeli military's two-day siege of besieged Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's headquarters. Saw the vid on FoxNews — gunnies raging through the streets with their AKs, The demonstrators, already furious over the army's three-month reoccupation of the West Bank, faced off with troops who had escalated their assault on Arafat's Ramallah compound with a threat to blow up the building sheltering Mr Arafat and about 200 of his followers. The demonstrations erupted in the West Bank town of Ramallah when a group of around 30 foreign peace activists were joined by hundreds of Palestinian residents in a march toward Mr Arafat's battered compound, where the army is demanding the Palestinian leader hand over 20 wanted militants. Love those "foreign peace activists." They're so... peaceful. Two demonstrators, including a journalist, were killed during the overnight demonstrations in Ramallah, where more than 1,000 people rallied. Another Palestinian was killed in the Balata refugee camp by Nablus, where at least 2,000 protested. A fourth Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli fire in the West Bank town of Tulkarem. No word on whether they were waving guns. I suspect they might have been, either that or they were surrounded by goobers who were. A pity none of them were foreign peace activists... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |