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2009-01-14 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Settler shoots, kills Palestinian who allegedly hurled rocks at him

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Posted by Fred 2009-01-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Goliath could not be reached for comment.

The difference between a rock and a bullet is mass and velocity. Both can kill.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-01-14 09:02|| 2009-01-14 09:02|| Front Page Top

#2 they are good little rock throwers, I'll give 'em that, they rarely miss

Posted by been there done that 2009-01-14 09:58|| 2009-01-14 09:58|| Front Page Top

#3 That's cause they get so much practice using them on their females. That honor thingy.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-01-14 10:11|| 2009-01-14 10:11|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm totally cool with throwing rocks. I'd like to heft a few myself - each about 250M in diameter, made of nickel-iron, and flung at 88,000Km/h at selected targets. None of the targets on my list are in Israel.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2009-01-14 11:56|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2009-01-14 11:56|| Front Page Top

#5 Sounds justifiable to me.

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2009-01-14 12:14|| 2009-01-14 12:14|| Front Page Top

#6 A well, actually:
The forensic institute at Abu Kabir on Wednesday announced that after conducting an autopsy it did not find any evidence indicating that a Palestinian youth who was allegedly killed by a settler the day before was indeed shot.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-01-14 12:58|| 2009-01-14 12:58|| Front Page Top

#7 Lol, he probably died of a seizure or something - such an excitable boy, to quote Warren.

they are good little rock throwers, I'll give 'em that, they rarely miss

Could be one of those cultural thingies? "Youths" in France pelt and stone a lot (police, firefighters,...), and IIUC, this is very common in algeria too, when "shahids" from different city blocks have a fight, they rather pelt each others rather than have a brawl.

Posted by anonymous5089 2009-01-14 13:12|| 2009-01-14 13:12|| Front Page Top

#8 It is. Young muslims are supposed to pelt dhimmis to remind them of their inferjior status since these cannot under pain of death, give them tha pair of slaps they deserve. Adult muslims, are not supposed to perform thee kind of childfren games but they will not restrain the youth either.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2009-01-14 13:30|| 2009-01-14 13:30|| Front Page Top

#9 Where the rocks lie thick upon the ground, it's tempting to pick up a few and shy them at the nearest target. In French cities there's a long tradition of the peasants throwing prying up cobblestones for the same purpose during revolutions.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2009-01-14 13:45|| 2009-01-14 13:45|| Front Page Top

#10 Muqata says investigation shows the Israeli fired in the air... and this idiot died when he ran away, tripped, and hit his head on a rock.

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2009-01-14 13:54|| 2009-01-14 13:54|| Front Page Top

#11 Damn, I was gonna congratulate the settler on his shooting.

Posted by DarthVader 2009-01-14 16:02|| 2009-01-14 16:02|| Front Page Top

#12 If there's one thing I've learnt from RantBurg its "Don't shoot in the Air, aim for centre of body-mass".

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2009-01-14 19:54|| 2009-01-14 19:54|| Front Page Top

#13 It can be hard to tell the difference between an incoming rock and an incoming grenade.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia">Rambler in Virginia 2009-01-14 20:19|| 2009-01-14 20:19|| Front Page Top

#14 Scooter: Hope the rock didn't suffer!

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-01-14 21:19|| 2009-01-14 21:19|| Front Page Top

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