Israelis Destroy Palestinian Police Post

[loudnclear]

Israelis destroy Gaza police post

Sunday 26 October 2003, 2:40 Makka Time, 23:40 GMT

Tanks spearheaded the nighttime raid on al-Zahra, near Gaza City
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Israeli tanks have raided al-Zahra, south of Gaza City, destroying a police station and reportedly wounding at least one Palestinian.

Israeli soldiers stormed the police post in al-Zahra late Saturday night, arresting officers they found inside and seizing their weapons, locals said. They did not say how many police had been detained.

The Israelis then blew up the post, Aljazeera's correspondent reported.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A6AEF659-ECA2-4216-8A65-0BF968BC4FB9.htm

[Herschel]

1. Well done

The Israeli army has blown up three partly constructed buildings in the central Gaza Strip after temporarily evacuating an estimated 2,000 Palestinian residents living nearby to safety, witnesses say.

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Security sources said the buildings were blown up because Palestinian militants had used them to stage an attack on Netzarim on Friday in which three soldiers were killed.

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=393838§ion=news

The buildings had been used to launch attacks. The IDF humanely evacuated those that may have been harmed. In contrast, the terrorist groups kill as many as possible.

[E_Zapata]

3. And the proof that this is where the attacks were STAGED

is where?

They have some pretty fast working investigators. You'd think with that kind of investigative team, they would be able to foil attacks before they even happened.

[Herschel]

5. The IDF determined it

They are in occupation of the territory and take these actions as necessary. It must be proven only to their satisfaction.

[lefty_mcduff]

7. And the IDF has never been known to lie...

...fudge facts, bend the truth, to cover rather brutal actions?

Of course not. If they claim it, it must be true.

[Herschel]

10. They are certainly more reliable

than Palestinian sources.

[lefty_mcduff]

11. Of course they are.

And let's face it, the IDF doesn't really need any excuse to blow stuff up. As you so eloquently put it - 'to their satisfaction'.

Nice yardstick.

[E_Zapata]

2. they just LOVE to blow up buildings, don't they?

That's like Bush's proclivity to destroy statues.....that have nothing but meaning.

Were the police considered TERRORISTS?

I guess the message is that the palestinians should not have any infrastructure.

I honestly believe that Israel is TRYING its hardest to get a huge international war going. They are just begging to be attacked from 3 sides. Is it that they just can't stand themselvse any longer and they WANT the arab world to wipe them out? It all seems suicidal to me.

[Herschel]

4. The buildings had been used

to launch attacks.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

8. Such a mind for details!

How certain are you of these details? What are your sources?

[Herschel]

9. See message 1

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[Feanorcurufinwe]

6. Sharon wants an excuse to use his nukes.

[Saudade]

12. Liars, Thugs

The liars and thugs in Israel destroy Palestinian police forces so that they have an excuse to whine about how the PA is not "dismantling terrorist organizations," which in turn provides the thugs with further excuses to ethnically cleanse the land of inferior arabs, which, of course is the ultimate goal.

I like the fact that this particular bullshit operation was motivated by the heroic and successful attack on 3 soldier guards of the disgusting, immoral and worthless colony in Gaza.

I (a jew) hope and pray for more of these operations against the occupying military and its tools, the colonialist settlers, who are really just thieves and provocateurs and cowardly scumbags.

[TahitiNut]

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