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| IDF, Palestinian youths clash in Nablus |
| 2007-02-24 |
| Get a load of the first para. The volatile West Bank city of Nablus was the site of intense IDF activity this weekend, as troops operating there discovered an explosives laboratory and other soldiers with Palestinians. Other soldiers with Palestinians? Article doesn't mention anything else. On Saturday, soldiers operating in Nablus came under fire. After the troops responded with rubber bullets, riots broke out. Soldiers were targeted not only with bullets, but also with rocks and cement blocks. None of the soldiers were wounded, but the IDF said that three Nablus youths had been hurt in the scuffle. Saturday's violence followed an IDF operating Friday night in which soldiers from the Nahal reconnaissance regiment uncovered the explosives laboratory during a sweep of Nablus's old city. According an IDF spokesperson, troops found several "simple" devices ready for use, sacks of explosive material, and sheets of cardboard coated with glue and covered with screws and bolts. Soldiers also found gas balloons. Sappers destroyed the materials in a controlled explosion. During the operation in Nablus, an improvised explosive device was thrown at troops from the Golani infantry brigade, causing no wounded or damages. The IDF reported that five Palestinian fugitives were arrested overnight Friday in Nablus, Hebron, and Ramallah. |
| Posted by:Danking70 |
| #1 The only surprise in this article is the fact that Palestine still has at least one intact cement block. I would have surmised from all the rioting and general destruction they so generously spread, that there would only be ruble and rocks left. |
| Posted by: USN, ret. 2007-02-24 20:22 |