IDF Shoots Rock Thrower Dead

inn ^ | 3/10/14 | Gil Ronen and Ari Soffer

[Nachum]

An IDF force lying in ambush shot dead an Arab terrorist who was preparing to throw rocks at Israeli cars traveling on Road 60, north of Jerusalem. The incident took place near Givat Asaf, in the Binyamin region, on Monday evening.

The ambush was placed following an uptick in the number of similar attacks as of late. It is too early to say whether it signals a change in IDF policy toward rock throwers, but the military action appears to be a departure from the policy of the last few years, which has been marked by extreme hesitance to use deadly force against rock and firebomb throwers.

"Central Command and the Judea and Samaria theater have turned into a Russian roulette in the last few months, in which the lives, health and dignity of soldier and civilians hang in the balance, while Palestinian marauders enjoy near complete immunity in what an only be described as operational recklessness,” wrote a political activist and reservist combat soldier in November.

Tadmor explained that a Jewish man was gravely injured by Arabs in the course of a protest by residents of Talmon and Neria, despite the presence of four armed soldiers. The soldiers' presence does not guarantee the safety of civilians, he said, "especially when they are afraid to exit their rock-proofed vehicle, for fear that they will have to open fire and will face the real threat: the possibility of being put on trial."

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

The famous story was that when the Ottoman Empire was attempting to invade Romania, Vlad attacked the advance guard, killing them to a man and lining the road to Sighișoara with their heads on a stake. For some reason, this demoralized the main body of the Ottoman and the invasion failed, almost before it began.

[Bulwyf]

I can see how some would consider that demoralizing. I’m dumb enough, I would see it as a challenge :P

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

You might be going in alone against a couple hundred thousand pissed off Romanians. Good luck.

[Bulwyf]

That’s no different than any other battle Canadians have fought heh.

We need to deport these moslems before they overrun the west.