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2 Israelis guarding barrier are killed | |||
2003-11-23 | |||
Two private Israeli guards at a construction site along Israel’s controversial security barrier were shot dead last night by assailants believed to be Palestinians acting out of "nationalistic" motives, police said. "nationalistic"? As in kill all Joooos? Using searchlights and helicopters, Israeli troops and police spent hours scouring the rough, rocky terrain near where the assault took place. No arrests were immediately reported. proving once again why the fence is such a good idea...regardless of what W says The Jenin Martyrs Brigade, a militant group believed to be linked to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s Fatah faction, claimed responsibility for the shooting in a statement faxed to news media.
a stone throwing 10 yr old can kill just as well as an adult. F ’em! Palestinian witnesses and neighbors identified the child as 10-year-old Ibrahim Jalamna. The two slain Israeli guards were watching over heavy construction equipment being used to build the security barrier, which has drawn harsh criticism from Palestinians and human rights groups. Israel defends the barrier which is part concrete wall and part electronic fence, bolstered in some sections by trenches and a wide buffer zone as a necessary bulwark against suicide attackers. Jerusalem police spokesman Shmuel Ben-Ruby said the two security guards were in their car when two or three gunmen approached and shot them at close range. The assailants then stole the weapons of the critically wounded guards and fled, he said. Both guards died of their wounds soon afterward, according to Israeli rescue workers. Three other security guards stationed nearby heard the shots and fired toward the assailants as they fled in a car toward the Palestinian village of Abu Dis, but the gunmen apparently escaped unhurt.
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