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| Middle East |
| IDF reoccupies Hebron |
| 2002-11-16 |
| Israeli troops retook control of the divided city of Hebron in the West Bank Saturday after militant gunmen ambushed a procession of Jewish worshippers, killing 12 Israelis, mostly security forces. Just annex the place and kick the Paleos out. They Israelis can get Mexicans and Salvadorans cheaper. They work hard, don't start trouble except in beer joints, and the food's better... Israeli forces went door to door looking for the terrorists responsible for Friday night's ambush shootings that also left three of the Palestinian attackers dead. Israeli soldiers on Saturday were blindfolding Palestinian suspects and herding them into army buses. The military said 41 Palestinians were rounded up. "Yo, Moshe! Herd 'em over this way!" "Head 'em up! Move 'em out! And stop mooing, Mahmoud..." The army withdrew from the Palestinian sector of Hebron last month, but returned in force Saturday as soldiers patrolled mostly deserted streets. "Ahmed! The IDF is gone!" "At last! Gimme my dynamite belt!" The commander of West Bank forces, Maj. Gen. Moshe Kaplinski, said, "The army intends to return to its previous deployment in the city, that is, to be in all parts of the city." "No, you Paleojackasses can't be in charge of Hebron. So don't ask again..." Officials are worried there could be more violent skirmishes Saturday night during a rally in support of the creation of a Palestinian nation. Yeah. That's zackly what we need. Get the atrocities organized on a national scale, by golly! Fifteen Israelis were wounded in the 90-minute gunfight that took place after the Palestinian ambush Friday night, but the Army did not say whether they were security forces or civilians. Killed were five border police, four soldiers, including the commander of Hebron, and three civilians, the army said. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 The commander died? What happened? Was he part of the quick-reaction force? |
| Posted by: Steve White 2002-11-16 22:49:45 |