[cricket]

This is war. . .

. . .or are the Israelis just really mean?

[Congressman Billybob]

The only use of posting drivel like this is showing how the Palestinians "think." 1) The IDF would not use Palestinian civilians for any minitary purpose. There's too much of a chance that the Palestinian "helper," voluntary or not, would be a bomber.

2) Palestinians did not have to be "forced" into booby-trapped homes. They LIVED there. And they were the ones who PLANTED the booby traps.

Water runs uphill. Gravity makes things go up. And Palestinians aren't terrorists who have earned the right to die. Did I mis anything?

Congressman Billybob

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[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Good.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Israeli soldier recounts Jenin refugee camp battle

    By Megan Goldin 
    JERUSALEM, April 16 (Reuters) - Palestinians are calling it 
a massacre. Israeli soldiers like Lieutenant Yoni Wolff, who led 
a platoon through the battle of Jenin refugee camp, describe it 
as a terrifying fight to the death. 
    The most ferocious clash of Israel's offensive in the West 
Bank reduced much of the Jenin camp to rubble. Residents allege 
hundreds of Palestinians were killed, many of them civilians 
buried under the shattered masonry. 
    Israeli soldiers say the number of dead is much lower and 
describe a bitter house-to-house struggle against Palestinian 
gunmen and suicide bombers who mined streets and boobytrapped 
houses. 
    Wolff, 26, a reservist who in quieter times is teacher of 
Hebrew, led a platoon in the Jenin fighting. He insisted Israeli 
troops did their utmost to avoid harming civilians. 
    "Every alley we walked down was booby-trapped, wires were 
connected along the streets. Almost every house we walked into 
was booby-trapped...The doors, the stairways, closets, cabinets, 
draws, weapons that were left behind," Wolff told Reuters. CONTINUE...

[mgc1122]

I have no problem at all ... and let's not forget "who" is booby trapping here.

[TomGuy]

soldiers are forcing Palestinians to enter and search houses that are suspected to be booby-trapped

Awwwwwwwww...how terrible!
The soldiers should draft the IRC and peace-nic advocates to do this--put them to doing something useful.

[NerdDad]

Considering the source, I doubt seriously that the author could tell us his name without lying. However, if it were true, I would have absolutely no problem with the IDF using the animals who planted the traps to trip them. It really, really works for me.

[eclectic]

STOP POSTING PRO-TERRORIST PROPAGANDA!

[gridlock]

Headline: IOF forcing Palestinians

What in the World is an IOF?

When an article can't get through the headline without lying, I tend to discount the entire article as just another load of Arab horsesh!t propaganda. But maybe that's just me.

[uncbob]

What the ought to do is get some of these brave reporters who are demanding access to the area to go with them

Ask for a show of hands for volunteers

[Stefan Stackhouse]

This just sounds like a really, REALLY good job for Arafat! I think we've finally found his real (briefly remaining) life's calling!