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MID-EAST PHOTOS (Pre all out war?) -- slow many images
AP / Yahoo ^ | October 19, 2001 | AP / Yahoo

Posted on 10/19/2001 8:59:01 AM PDT by TheOtherOne

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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat offers prayers on the first day of Miraj al-Nabi, the Muslim festival commemorating the mystical journey of the prophet Mohammad to heaven, at a mosque in Gaza City, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2001. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)
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A masked Palestinian demonstrator of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) holds a poster of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon while another points his automatic rifle during a demonstration in the northern West Bank town of Nablus Saturday, Oct. 13, 2001. Nearly a hundred armed masked PFLP activists walked through the streets of Nablus Saturday, in memory of their former leader Abu Ali Mustafa. Mustafa was killed when an Israeli helicopter missile struck his office in Ramallah on August 27th. (AP Photo/Nasser Isstayeh)
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Masked Palestinians of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) hold their automatic rifles during a demonstration in the northern West Bank town of Nablus Saturday Oct. 13, 2001. Nearly a hundred armed masked PFLP activists walked through the streets of Nablus Saturday, in memory of their former leader Abu Ali Mustafa, also known os Mustafa Zibri. Mustafa was killed when an Israeli helicopter missile struck his office in Ramallah on August 27th. (AP Photo/Nasser Isstayeh)
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FILE--Israel's Tourism Minister Rehavam Zeevi, second left, stands by the coffin of slain Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, as it lays in state outside the Knesset, Israel's Parliament in Jerusalem in this May 11, 1995, photo. Zeevi, Israel's ultranationalist Tourism Minister was killed Wednesday, Oct. 17 2001, in a shooting ambush at the Hyatt Hotel in east Jerusalem. With Zeevi are seen Benjamin Netanyahu, left, Moshe Katsav, center, Shlomo Hillel, second right, and an unidentified woman. (AP Photo/Israel Government Press Office)
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FILE--General Rehavam Zeevi, right, stands alongside Israeli Chief-of-Staff Yitzhak Rabin, as they visit northern Israel in this photo dated May 31, 1967. Zeevi, Israel's ultranationalist Tourism Minister was killed Wednesday, Oct. 17 2001, in a shooting ambush in a Jerusalem hotel. (AP Photo/Israel Government Press Office)
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FILE--General Rehavam Zeevi, center, stands by Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, left, talking to a local Palestinian resident of the West Bank town of Hebron in this June 8, 1967, photo during the 1967 Mideast war. Zeevi, Israel's Tourism Minister was killed Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2001 in a shooting ambush in a Jerusalem hotel. (AP Photo/Israel Government Press Office)
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The coffin of slain Israeli cabinet minister Rehavam Zeevi arrives at Mt. Herzel military cemetery in Jerusalem October 18, 2001. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) claimed responsibility for Zeevi's killing on Wednesday outside his Jerusalem hotel room, saying it was to avenge Israel's assassination of its leader, Abu Ali Mustafa, in August. Israel buried the assassinated minister in a politically charged funeral for the former general who sought the "transfer" of Arabs from land claimed by Jews as their biblical birthright. REUTERS/Natalie Behring
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon sits in front of a chair belonging to slain minister Rehavam Zeevi, adorned with a black armband, as a special Knesset session to mourn his death October 17, 2001. Sharon said he held Palestinian President Yasser Arafat responsible for the Wednesday assassination of far-right minister. REUTERS/Natalie Behring
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Palestinians shoot in the air as they march towards Manger Square in the West Bank town of Bethlehem for the funeral procession of militant Atef Abayat and two other gunmen Friday Oct. 19, 2001. Abayat, the leader of the Palestinian Tanzim militia in Bethlehem, was killed along with two other members of his militia in an explosion in his car on Thursday. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
Reuters Photo
A Lebanese pro-Iranian Hizbollah cleric walks on an Israeli and a U.S flag on his way to the mosque in the port-city of Sidon October 19, 2001 as supporters wave Lebanese, Palestinian and Hizbollah flags behind him. Lebanon is warning its Muslim clerics who have been sharply critical of U.S-led raids on Afghanistan, to ease up on fiery rhetoric that might put the country on the wrong side of Washington's "war on terrorism." REUTERS/Ali Hashisho
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Palestinian gunmen shoot in the air as others cover their ears while gathering in Manger Square in the West Bank town of Bethlehem for the funeral procession of Atef Abayat, a local leader of the Tanzim militia in Bethlehem, and two other militia memers, Friday, Oct. 19, 2001. Abayat and the two militia members were killed Thursday night in a bomb blast blamed on Israel.(AP Photo/Murad Sezer)
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A Palestinian gunman bends down behind a sidewalk curb as he aims a rifle after shooting at Israeli tanks positioned next to the Intercontinental Hotel in the West Bank town of Bethlehem Friday, Oct. 19, 2001. Israeli tanks and troops moved into Bethlehem and Beit Jalla in the West Bank early Friday after a Palestinian militia leader was killed in a bomb blast blamed on Israel, in a new upsurge in violence despite U.S. appeals for calm. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
Reuters Photo
Palestinian gunmen shoot during a gunbattle with Israeli troops in the West Bank town of Ramallah, October 18, 2001. Israel sent tanks into two Palestinian-ruled areas, sparking battles in which two Palestinians died, and told Yasser Arafat to turn over the killers of Israeli cabinet minister Rehavam Zeevi or face retribution. (Mahfouz Abu Turk/Reuters)
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Palestinians, one holding a gun, perform the Dabkeh, a traditional dance, as they celebrate at the Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp near the southern Lebanese port city of Sidon, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2001. A group of Palestinians cheered, danced and distributed sweets to celebrate the shooting of Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavam Zeevi in Jerusalem. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, said it carried out the attack to avenge the killing by Israeli rockets of its leader Mustafa Zibri. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zatari)
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Palestinian mourners run away from an electricity wire that had been cut by bullets fired into the air by gunmen during the funeral procession of Lyad Lafi al-Aharas, 28, in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2001. al-Aharas, a member of the Hamas group was killed by a blast in his Gaza home, Palestinian security officials said, apparently when a bomb he was preparing went off. Ismail Hanaya, a Hamas spokesman, blamed Israel for the blast. The Israeli military said it knew nothing about the incident. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)
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Armed masked Palestinian activists parade in the streets of Rafah refugee camp during the funeral procession of Hamas militant, Lyad Lafi al-Aharas, 28, southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2001. Al-Aharas was killed in his Gaza home, Palestinian security officials said, apparently when a bomb he was preparing went off. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

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Israeli soldiers prepare to go into Bethlehem October 19, 2001. Israeli tanks and troops entered the outskirts of the Palestinian-ruled city of Bethlehem on Friday after a surge in fighting following the assassination of a far-right Israeli cabinet minister. REUTERS/ Gil Cohen Magen

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An Israeli soldier jumps off an armored personnel carrier after entering the West Bank town of Jenin Thursday Oct. 18, 2001. Israeli tanks and armored vehicles took up positions in the outlying districts of the Palestinian towns of Jenin and Ramallah, drawing Palestinian fire. (AP Photo/Yigal Levy)

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Israeli soldiers, sitting on top of an armored personnel carrier, aim at the direction from which shots came from, in the streets of the northern part of the West Bank town of Ramallah Thursday Oct. 18, 2001. Israeli tanks entered two West Bank towns Thursday, after Israel issued an ultimatum to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat saying he must hand over the assasins of an Israeli Cabinet minister or face harsh retribution. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)

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Palestinians extinguish a fire from the car of Ahmed Marshoud, a member of the Hamas group who was killed in the West Bank city of Nablus, October 15, 2001. Palestinians accused Israel of killing an Islamic militant Ahmed Marshoud on Monday despite U.S. and British pressure to end a year-long conflict threatening regional support for the Washington-led war on terrorism. REUTERS/Alaa Badarneh

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A Palestinian police officer removes part of the car of Ahmed Marshoud, a member of the Islamic militant group Hamas, who was killed in an explosion in his car as he was parking it in the West Bank town of Nablus Monday, Oct. 15 2001. Palestinian officials said Israel was behind Monday's explosion, while the Israeli army had no immediate comment. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

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Palestinians look at the body of Ahmed Marshoud, a member of the Islamic militant group Hamas, who was killed in an explosion in his car in the West Bank town of Nablus, at the morgue in a Nablus hospital, Monday, Oct. 15 2001. Palestinian officials said Israel was behind Monday's explosion, while the Israeli army had no immediate comment. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat addresses the media on his arrival at his office in Gaza City, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2001. Arafat returned from a two-day visit to Britain, Ireland and the Netherlands. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

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A Palestinian police officer, right, and a paramedic, stand by the bodies of Marwan al-Goul, 25, lower left, and Mohammad Abu Ras, 20, upper left, at a morgue in the West Bank town of Ramallah Thursday, Oct. 18, 2001. The two men who were Palestinian police officers, were killed Thursday during an exchange of fire with Israeli troops. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

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Palestinians view the gutted shell of a car which was destroyed in an explosion in the West Bank city of Bethlehem October 18, 2001. Three Palestinians, including a militant on Israel's most wanted list, were killed in the incident. REUTERS/Mahfouz Abu Turk

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A Palestinian inspects the remains of the car in which a Palestinian militia commander and two fellow militia men were killed in an explosion in the southern West Bank town of Bethlehem, late Thursday Oct. 18, 2001. Israel had no immediate comment on Thursday's car explosion that killed Atef Abayat, a militia leader in Bethlehem and two fellow gunmen linked to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT--A Palestinian at the hospital in the West Bank town of Beit Jalla, shows the bodies of two Palestinians killed along with militia commander Atef Abayat during an explosion in their car, late Thursday Oct. 18, 2001. Israel had no immediate comment on Thursday's car explosion in Bethlehem. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENTS--A doctor stitches together the face of Palestinian militia commander Atef Abayat who lies dead at the hospital in the West Bank town of Beit Jalla Thursday Oct. 18, 2001. Israel had no immediate comment on Thursday's car explosion in Bethlehem which killeed Abayat and two militia members linked to Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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Palestinians gather around the car in which three Palestinian militia members were killed in an explosion in the southern West Bank town of Bethlehem, late Thursday Oct. 18, 2001. Israel had no immediate comment on Thursday's car explosion that killed Atef Abayat, a militia leader and two fellow members linked to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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Palestinians gather around the car in which three Palestinian militia members were killed in an explosion, Thursday Oct. 18, 2001 in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. Israel had no immediate comment on Thursday's car explosion that killed Atef Abayat, a militia commander and two fellow members linked to Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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Palestinian Saed al-Akra, 24, a member of Force 17, the elite presidential unit, is carried to a car after being fatally wounded during an exchange of fire with Israeli troops in the West Bank town of Ramallah Friday Oct.19, 2001. Israeli tanks and troops moved into Bethlehem and Beit Jalla in the West Bank early Friday after a Palestinian militia leader was killed in a bomb blast there and subsequently, Palestinian gunmen opened fire on the Jewish Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)


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Whew. I formatted this 3 times, and FR barfed it back. I hope somone appreciate the effort.
1 posted on 10/19/2001 8:59:01 AM PDT by TheOtherOne
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To: TheOtherOne
Great stuff!!! Thanks!
2 posted on 10/19/2001 9:02:07 AM PDT by jbstrick
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To: TheOtherOne
Golf clap...........
3 posted on 10/19/2001 9:03:04 AM PDT by Texaggie79
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To: TheOtherOne
"Thanks for the effort" bump!
4 posted on 10/19/2001 9:06:29 AM PDT by LikeLight
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To: TheOtherOne
Thank you !
5 posted on 10/19/2001 9:07:32 AM PDT by Micah
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To: TheOtherOne
Very much appreciate your effort. It was well worth it.
6 posted on 10/19/2001 9:20:09 AM PDT by Bahbah
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To: TheOtherOne
Associated Press
A Palestinian gunman bends down behind a sidewalk curb as he aims a rifle after shooting at Israeli tanks positioned next to the Intercontinental Hotel in the West Bank town of Bethlehem Friday, Oct. 19, 2001. Israeli tanks and troops moved into Bethlehem and Beit Jalla in the West Bank early Friday after a Palestinian militia leader was killed in a bomb blast blamed on Israel, in a new upsurge in violence despite U.S. appeals for calm. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

These people have no hope of ever winning a fight. Good grief, this is a case study on how not to chose your firing position. He is still relatively in the open, and I can't see how he could accurately hit anything from that position.


7 posted on 10/19/2001 9:22:39 AM PDT by patent
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To: TheOtherOne
Good job, nothing better than seeing a bunch of dead Palestinan terrorists dead in the morning with my coffee!

Go Israel go! Kill these scum and their offspring!

8 posted on 10/19/2001 9:25:48 AM PDT by DCBryan1
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To: TheOtherOne
BRAVO!!
9 posted on 10/19/2001 9:37:55 AM PDT by MaxwellWolf
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To: TheOtherOne
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Palestinian mourners run away from an electricity wire that had been cut by bullets fired into the air by gunmen during the funeral procession of Lyad Lafi al-Aharas, 28, in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2001.

All potential Darwin award winners!

10 posted on 10/19/2001 9:38:33 AM PDT by rockprof
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To: TheOtherOne
Thanks -- Heads up though, seems to be crash Netscape
11 posted on 10/19/2001 9:41:23 AM PDT by spycatcher
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To: TheOtherOne
Great photos. What these people need is some good gun control.
12 posted on 10/19/2001 9:46:12 AM PDT by alfie
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Bethlehem was where I bought my wifes wedding band a little over 10 years ago, sure has changed.
13 posted on 10/19/2001 9:48:51 AM PDT by ScreamingFist
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To: TheOtherOne
Your work is DEFINITELY appreciated, thanks, JL
14 posted on 10/19/2001 9:50:23 AM PDT by lodwick
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To: patent
Yes. You have probably seen footage on TV showing how these poorly trained militiamen return fire. They are often shown barely looking in the direction they are firing, spraying the area, and then running for cover. It's no wonder that a number of innocent passersby get shot. This is no different than the drive-by shootings in our inner cities. The goal is to cause death and destruction, not to take out targets.

Of course, any time a Palestinian is shot Israel gets the blame, but there is no doubt in my mind that many Palestinians have been killed by 'friendly' fire fighting a war this way. From that picture, there is also no doubt as to why the death toll on the PA side is high. The death toll on the Israeli side is mostly comprised of the mass indescriminate killings (i.e. bombing pizza parlours, shopping malls and discos, and bombing or shooting at innocent passing cars).

In the higher order of things, a guy pointing a rifle at you pretty much deserves to get shot whether his side is more righteous or not... that is just the way things go in wars. But shoppers and pizza eaters don't deserve to be targeted. When innocent people get killed by happenstance, it is sad. When they are killed intentionally, it is an outrage.

15 posted on 10/19/2001 9:50:38 AM PDT by monkeyshine
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To: patent
Go here - http://www.threecross.com/Johns/twoseconds.jpeg

to see this man two seconds later...

WARNING: Graphic.

16 posted on 10/19/2001 10:51:47 AM PDT by MassExodus
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To: TheOtherOne
What's needed here is a law outlawing ammunition clips holding more than ten rounds.
And, a statute banning fully automatic weapons. That would help end the violence,
don't you think?

17 posted on 10/19/2001 10:52:15 AM PDT by ppaul
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To: spycatcher
I know, sorry. I am not sure what happened. I post photo threads all the time. After 3 aborted tries, I managed to post using IE. Oh well, I will look into it later.
18 posted on 10/19/2001 12:06:14 PM PDT by TheOtherOne
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To: TheOtherOne
Thank you. Do you or others have suggestions re: a good, fair, timely news source on Israel events? I've been using Jerusalem Post.
19 posted on 10/21/2001 3:26:43 PM PDT by ScholarWarrior
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