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| Palestinians riot in Nablus |
| 2003-08-23 |
| JPost - Reg Req’d Palestinians rioted throughout the day in Nablus confronting IDF troops with firebombs and rocks. fire back. use real ammo, not that rubber crap "While conducting anti-terror operations in Nablus, Paratroopers were attacked several times by hundreds of Palestinians throwing fire bombs and rocks," a military source told The Jerusalem Post. "Often there are automatic weapons used in these riots and our troops, who felt their lives were threatened, dispersed the crowd with rubber bullets," the source said. damn "We take every measure to protect innocent Palestinians while we hunt down those who wish to murder Israelis. What I question about the riots today is where are the parents of those small Palestinian children? Why are these infants being thrown into violent protests?" the source said. Paleo culture - "we can have more...let him go play with teh murderous riot crowd antagonizing the Jooos. Maybe we’ll get some money out of it" Palestinian sources said that at least 16 people were injured in the riots. Most were shot with rubber bullets, but two were hit in the legs by live bullets and one was wounded in the hand by shrapnel, hospital officials said. Israeli troops have stepped up sweeps through West Bank towns in search of terrorists and weapons following a suicide bombing on Tuesday that left 20 dead and more than 100 injured. Six Jewish babies and children were counted among those murdered when their bus was ripped apart by an explosion shortly after leaving prayers at the Western Wall. The army said soldiers fired rubber bullets after dozens of Palestinians as young as 11 years old left their homes and began throwing rocks and firebombs. Some 200 teenagers remained in the streets hurling stones at soldiers and tanks despite a curfew. Demonstrators also burned tires and left large rocks in the street. Some residents said they were angry about the return of Israeli troops and especially about raids in which soldiers break down doors and order out families. "Fine - we’ll blow it up with civilians inside...it’s the Paleo Way™" Soldiers helped administer first aid to the wounded, the army said. On Friday, troops shot and killed a fugitive terror suspect in Nablus who was spotted hiding out on the roof of a hospital. Two other militants on the roof were critically wounded and were being treated at the hospital. Palestinian leaders said Saturday they would try to broker a new halt to attacks by Islamic and other extremist groups and urged Israel to stop killing top militants. Chances for a new cease-fire looked dim, however, and top Palestinian officials said privately they were unable to stop what looked set to be an all-out war between Israel and Palestinian terrorists. After a Cabinet meeting in the West Bank town of Ramallah on Saturday, Information Minister Nabil Amr said any new cease-fire would have to include Palestinian groups and Israel. "We can talk about a cease-fire, another truce, but we must have guarantees from Israel that it will cooperate. ... We are searching for a way to do that," he said. The deadly bus bombing in Jerusalem prompted Israel to kill a leader of the Hamas terror group. A temporary cease-fire declared two months ago by Hamas and two other groups dissolved under promises of more suicide bombings, and progress along a U.S.-backed peace plan broke down. An Islamic Jihad spokesman in Gaza said Saturday the group did not object to the idea of renewed truce talks but said an agreement would have no chance as long as Israel is hunting terrorists. "We don’t have any conditions for any new dialogue," said Nafez Azzam, the Islamic Jihad official. But, he added, "I doubt that Israel is going to respect any new commitment." Hamas officials could not be reached for comment Saturday. because they were wetting themselves hiding under their daughter’s beds |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #2 WIZARD OF ID JOKE Rodney: 'The peasants are revolting, sire!' King: 'So what else is new?' |
| Posted by: borgboy 2003-8-23 9:02:07 PM |
| #1 Rent-a-mob is doing good business today. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2003-8-23 5:11:17 PM |