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| Two Paleostinians Killed in W. Bank Barrier Protest |
| 2004-02-26 |
| Israeli forces killed two Palestinians protesting against Israel’s West Bank barrier on Thursday, the first fatalities in demonstrations over the controversial project now under World Court review. More planned if they keep trying to do the St. Pancake routine In the Gaza Strip, two Palestinian gunmen killed an Israeli soldier at an industrial zone on the border that is a rare example of Israeli-Palestinian cooperation amid conflict. Israeli security personnel then shot the gunmen dead. cooperation, huh? I think that’s over Witnesses in the West Bank village of Biddo said Israeli forces opened fire in a confrontation with stone-throwers, killing two Palestinians. Hundreds of Palestinians took part in the protest over the start of construction of a section of the barrier at Biddo, and the demonstrations spread to two nearby villages. Bilbo and Dildo Some of the protesters lay in front of Israeli bulldozers preparing the ground for the barrier, which is being built through villagers’ fields. smart...St. Corrie Martyrs Brigade...fire up the D9’s and put a brick on the pedal "It was a very violent confrontation and six security personnel were injured," a military source said. "To the best of our knowledge our forces responded only with tear gas and rubber bullets. We are investigating the reported fatalities." The two men killed in Biddo were the first to die in sporadic demonstrations in the past few months against the West Bank barrier, a project Israel says keeps suicide bombers out of its cities and which Palestinians call a land grab. At the behest of the U.N. General Assembly, the International Court of Justice held three days of hearings in The Hague this week into the legality of the barrier, which snakes into Israeli-occupied land Palestinians want for a state. Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, armed groups in Palestinian President Yasser Arafat’s Fatah faction, claimed responsibility for what they called a "martyrdom operation" at the Erez border crossing in the Gaza Strip. The early morning attack, which an Israeli security source said wounded at least two other Israelis, coincided with the first meetings in three years of Fatah’s Revolutionary Council, a key decision-making body, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. "Hey! We’re relevant! Us...Hey! Over here!" Participants said possible dissolution of al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades -- which has been behind suicide bombings in Israel that Palestinian leaders say harms a struggle for statehood -- could come up in a reform debate set for Thursday and Friday. A statement from the brigades that blared through loudspeakers in Gaza City called the Erez attack "a response to the continued Zionist terrorism against our people and a reaction to those who want to dismantle Somehow Rooters missed the scare quotes around "alleged" misrule, LOL |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #6 Raptor got us! Shame! Shame! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-2-26 5:02:51 PM |
| #5 Raptor says: Not to pick knits,Frank.But bulldozers use a decelerator. Meaning that with your foot off the throtle pedal.The dozer's engine is running at full RPM's. As someone that has worked for a Caterpillar dealership for a number of years, and, worked on every single model of Cat heavy equipment. I can say with all due certainty that you (Raptor) are full of CRAP! HTH -AR |
| Posted by: Analog Roam 2004-2-26 4:51:40 PM |
| #4 But bulldozers use a deceleratorAnd first shall be last and use reverse to advance. Sorta of a reverse Corrie drivetrain. Seriously why is it set up that way? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-2-26 2:14:44 PM |
| #3 More info at: http://start.earthlink.net/newsarticle?cat=7&aid=D80V3CV00_story |
| Posted by: Beau 2004-2-26 2:05:36 PM |
| #2 ? I stand corrected |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-2-26 1:16:43 PM |
| #1 Not to pick knits,Frank.But bulldozers use a decelerator. Meaning that with your foot off the throtle pedal.The dozer's engine is running at full RPM's. |
| Posted by: Raptor 2004-2-26 11:39:44 AM |