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| IDF reoccupies Jenin in response to Paleofestivities... |
| 2002-10-26 |
| Israel tightened its grip on Jenin on Saturday, scouring the battered West Bank city for Palestinian militants responsible for suicide bombings as a U.S. peace mission ended indecisively. Wotta surprise. "Hey, Ahmed! There's a diplomat in town! Send up some explosives, okay?" Palestinian witnesses said the Israeli army detained 11 people in Jenin. The army said it took six Palestinians into custody in and near the city. Hundreds of troops backed by heavy armor rolled into Jenin on Friday, commandeering buildings, searching homes and imposing curfews. The army drew fire from gunmen and also on the diplomatic front from the European Union, which urged restraint. Maybe they should urge Islamic Jihad to exercise restraint... Oh. I forgot. They're not capable of it, since they're not responsible for their own actions... Israeli military chiefs said the Jenin operation -- dubbed "Vanguard" -- would last as long as necessary to flush out militants waging a Palestinian uprising for independence with suicide bombings such as one which killed 14 Israelis on Monday. Y'think that might have a connection with why the IDF happened to pick Jenin to occupy? ("Cause? Effect? There's a relationship? That's a decadent Western idea...") Palestinian medics said six people were seriously wounded in clashes with the army — violence which overshadowed the end of a two-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories by U.S. envoy William Burns. That's what it was supposed to do... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |