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| Israeli occupation army kills Palestinian, wounds American |
| 2003-04-06 |
| The Israeli occupation army has killed a Palestinian guerrilla and seriously wounded an American peace activist in the northern part of the West Bank. Palestinian sources said a Palestinian Scratch another one... Meanwhile, trigger-happy Israeli soldiers manning an armored personnel carrier shot and seriously injured an American peace activist in the West Bank city of Jenin. According to the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), Israeli soldiers opened fire without a prior warning at Brian Avery, 24, from New Mexico, wounding him badly in the face. Eyewitnesses testified that the shooting was deliberate, adding that Avery was wearing a fluorescent red vest with a reflective white cross on its back and front. Avery was taken to a local hospital in Jenin where his condition was described as very serious. The Israeli occupation army said it would investigate the incident. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #8 When you run with dogs expect to get bit. |
| Posted by: raptor 2003-04-07 09:09:55 |
| #7 "wounding him badly in the face... Avery was wearing a fluorescent red vest with a reflective white cross on its back and front." Sounds like someone needs to spend some more time at the range. Cold barrel shots always go high. |
| Posted by: Mark IV 2003-04-06 17:08:58 |
| #6 What do you expect to happen, when you stand in the middle of a fire fight? |
| Posted by: Doug De Bono 2003-04-06 14:32:21 |
| #5 Well, he took a bullet for the Cause(TM), just like he always wanted. He should be happy. |
| Posted by: Crescend 2003-04-06 13:32:03 |
| #4 The Washington Post is reporting that Mr Avery got hit by a ricocheting bullet. The Palestinian guy was attempting to shoot it out with an armored vehicle. The International Solidarity Movement was there to act as human shields, according to Mr Avery's colleague, Tobia Karlsson. Didn't Mr Avery's mom ever give him the speech about hanging out with the wrong kind of kids? |
| Posted by: Former Russian Major 2003-04-06 13:22:01 |
| #3 trigger-happy huh? Fairly unbalanced |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-04-06 13:07:12 |
| #2 Another Rachel Corrie wannabe gets hurt. Ethel, my pills! |
| Posted by: Former Russian Major 2003-04-06 13:04:41 |
| #1 When you run with dogs expect to get bit. |
| Posted by: raptor 4/7/2003 9:09:55 AM |