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| Middle East |
| IDF destroys boomer homes... |
| 2002-07-19 |
| In Tel, soldiers destroyed the house of Nasser Aseida, 26, a leader of the Hamas military wing who was suspected of organizing the bus ambush. Soldiers arrested his father and four brothers, and detained relatives of two other wanted Hamas leaders, who are in hiding, like Aseida. "Hello, Mom?... It's Nasser... Look, Mom, I think you and Dad should just stop payment on the mortgage check this month... Yeah. Use the money to take a cruise or somethin'..." In a similar operation in the Askar refugee camp, soldiers destroyed the house of a leader of the Fatah-linked Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades militia, Ali Ajouri, 23, badly damaging several nearby houses, residents said. Soldiers arrested Ajouri's father and two brothers, they said. Ajouri was not captured. Altogether, the Israelis detained 16 men, Palestinians said. In a statement, the military said the operation was "part of the war against the terrorist infrastructure." "What do they want to detain an old man like me for? I'm peaceful, law-abiding. What my son does doesn't reflect on what I do... Stand back, damn yez, or the kid gets it!" |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |