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Middle East
Paleojournalists cheesed because Hamas thugs beat them up...
2002-11-01
The main Palestinian journalists union in Gaza and the West Bank announced a boycott of Hamas after its hard boys members of the militant Islamic group attacked journalists covering an explosion in Gaza City. Three Palestinians affiliated with the Hamas were killed and six wounded early Thursday evening in the Gaza Strip after a bomb exploded prematurely in what appears to have been a work accident. Several journalists, both Palestinian and reporters for foreign networks, were attacked by local Hamas thugs sympathizers, who pushed them and threw stones at them until they left the site. No one was injured, but two TV cameras were destroyed. The Palestinian journalists decided not to cover the funerals of the three Hamas militants killed in the explosion.
That'll show 'em, by golly...
"We call on all colleagues to boycott all Hamas-related activities and events and not to provide any media coverage until further notice," the Palestinian Journalist Syndicate PJS said in a statement. "We hold Hamas fully responsible for the attack on the journalists and for endangering their lives," it said.
Don't make 'em mad, guys. They explode when they get mad. But you knew that, didn't you?
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

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