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Petition: Stop Jordan's Release of Schoolgirls' Murderer
Arutz Sheva ^ | 13/4/13 | Gil Ronen

Posted on 04/13/2013 3:21:39 PM PDT by Eleutheria5

An internet petition is calling upon Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to take action to prevent the release of the Jordanian who cold-bloodedly gunned down seven Jewish schoolgirls at Naharayim in 1997.

A total of 110 out of 150 members of the lower house of Jordan's parliament signed a petition to free Ahmed Musa Dakamsa, who is serving a life sentence for the multiple murders. The Jordanian justice minister, too, has voiced support for releasing Dakamsa, calling him "a hero."

The families of the murdered girls have asked the public to assist them in preventing the release of Dakamsa.

On March 13, 1997, Dakamsa – who was a Jordanian soldier – opened fire on a group of girls from the 7th and 8th grades, from the Amit religious school in Beit Shemesh. The girls were on an annual field trip to the "Peace Island" park at Naharayim. The park, located just inside the Jordanian side of the border between Israel and Jordan, was established in 1994, after the countries signed a peace treaty in the wake of the Oslo Accords.

Dakamsa fired two full magazines of bullets before his weapon jammed and other soldiers overpowered him. Besides killing seven girls, he wounded six others, two of them seriously.

Following the murders, Jordan's King Hussein visited Beit Shemesh and personally apologized to the families...

(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 1997; ahmadmusadakamsa; ahmedmusadakamsa; israel; jordan; kinghussein; naharayim; waronterror
Let them release him, and have Mossad arrange a little party for him. Shimon Peres can personally apologize to his family afterwards.
1 posted on 04/13/2013 3:21:39 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5

Make it messy. When over 70% of Jordan’s elected government go on record supporting this demon I don’t give a s*** about collateral damage


2 posted on 04/13/2013 3:38:06 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks Eleutheria5.
A total of 110 out of 150 members of the lower house of Jordan's parliament signed a petition to free Ahmed Musa Dakamsa, who is serving a life sentence for the multiple murders. The Jordanian justice minister, too, has voiced support for releasing Dakamsa, calling him "a hero."
But still, land for peace, great idea, huh? /s


3 posted on 04/13/2013 3:38:57 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: Eleutheria5; Chode

“Let them release him, and have Mossad arrange a little party for him. “

My thoughts exactly,


4 posted on 04/13/2013 4:20:18 PM PDT by Morgana (Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Morgana
works for me...
5 posted on 04/13/2013 5:06:47 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Morgana

Never happen. He’ll be released and welcomed as a hero.


6 posted on 04/13/2013 5:14:04 PM PDT by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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To: Eleutheria5

If he were released now, he could be teaching at Columbia by next fall.


7 posted on 04/13/2013 6:36:10 PM PDT by sphinx
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