Israel kills three by Gaza border - Democratic Underground

Englander

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Thu Jun-08-06 01:02 PM
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Israel kills three by Gaza border

Israel has shot dead three Palestinians near the Karni border crossing in the Gaza Strip, reports say.

Israel said its troops had opened fire on "three suspect silhouettes" moving towards the border. Palestinians said the dead were policemen on patrol.

Israeli helicopters have also blown up roads in northern Gaza allegedly used by militants to fire rockets at Israel.

A BBC correspondent says the Israeli border with Gaza is constantly tense, with clashes sometimes lasting hours.

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zreosumgame

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Thu Jun-08-06 01:05 PM
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1. more kids killed for playing?

or someone who's foot was stuck and there was no bulldozer handy to run them over with?

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idontwantaname

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Thu Jun-08-06 01:16 PM
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2. policemen on patrol n/t.

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Scurrilous

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Thu Jun-08-06 01:20 PM
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3. Oops!

Collateral damage..yadda..yadda..yadda.

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Englander

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Fri Jun-09-06 03:52 AM
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5. And a police post on the border.

'>snip

Palestinian medical sources said three people were killed and at least four others hurt when Israel opened fire at a Palestinian police post along the border.'

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Poll_Blind

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Thu Jun-08-06 03:47 PM
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4. "three suspect silhouettes": Those are some piss-poor rules of egagement.

When the IDF drops a bomb from a U.S.-made F-16 into an inhabited, civilian apartment complex in order to carry out an extra-judicial assassination, that's one thing. That's a war crime under international law. But shooting at "suspect silhouettes"...it sends one reeling and groping for answers as to how the Israeli Defense Forces must view the value of Palestinian life.

Which is to say, apparently not at all.

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