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| Islamic Jihadi injured in Israeli jail riot dies |
| 2007-10-23 |
| Let the seething and the falsifications begin! *clap, clap* A Palestinian prisoner who was wounded in rioting at an Israeli desert prison died early Tuesday, prompting Palestinian threats of revenge and accusations that the man was abused by Israeli authorities. The prisoner's death, along with an Israeli raid in the West Bank that killed two Palestinian militants, raised tensions at a time when the Israeli and Palestinian leaders are trying to move forward with preparations for a U.S.-sponsored peace conference later this year. The Israeli Prisons Service said the wounded man died overnight at an Israeli hospital, hours after he was hit by a "non-lethal weapon" fired by guards during Monday's riot at the Ketziot prison. The prison guards' lives were in danger when they opened fire, it said. The prisons service did not elaborate on the cause of death and did not identify the dead inmate, saying only that he was 30 years old and had been serving a two-year sentence for harboring a wanted militant. Ashraf Ajrami, minister of prisoner affairs in the Palestinian government, identified the dead man as Mohammed al-Ashkar, a member of the Islamic Jihad militant group. He said the relatively short sentence suggested his offense must have been minor. Violence erupted before dawn Monday at Ketziot — where about 2,200 Palestinians are imprisoned for security offenses — when guards began searching prisoners' bunks for contraband. Ketziot is set up like a military camp, and security prisoners are quartered in tents rather than buildings. Prisoners torched several tents and attacked guards, injuring 15 of them, the prisons service said. When anti-riot forces moved in to quell the riot, 15 prisoners were injured, four of whom were taken to the hospital, including the man who later died. The other injured prisoners' lives were not in danger, the prisons service said. Ajrami said the overnight sweep that sparked the rioting violated an agreement between the prisons service and inmates barring nighttime searches. " It was intended to destroy the political movement," he said. "It was intended as an oppressive act." Ian Domnitz, a prison service spokesman, said there was no such agreement with the prisoners. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #5 Here's a hint: Next time, don't riot. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-10-23 13:21 |
| #4 Got him betwixt the lookers with a rubber bullet, eh? Bon Voyage! Wonder if he will get the full virgin compliment? Or will there be a discount owing to his being sent off by a non-lethal (heh, heh...) weapon? |
| Posted by: OyVey1 2007-10-23 13:03 |
| #3 Question. Why do we have a picture of a Klingon under the article? |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-10-23 11:05 |
| #2 Hey! You forgot the sympathy meter! |
| Posted by: Lord Piltdown 2007-10-23 10:21 |
| #1 Cr@p! Here's the real link. Sorry. |
| Posted by: ryuge 2007-10-23 07:14 |