American badly hurt in clash with Israeli military

Indianapolis Examiner ^ | 3-13-09 | Amy Teibel

[tcrlaf]

JERUSALEM (Map, News) - An American demonstrator was critically wounded Friday in a clash between protesters and Israeli troops over Israel's West Bank separation barrier.

Peace activists with the International Solidarity Movement said Tristan Anderson, of the Oakland, Calif., area, was struck in the head with a tear gas canister fired by Israeli troops. The military and the Tel Aviv hospital where Anderson was taken had no details on how he was hurt.

"He's in critical condition, anesthetized and on a ventilator and undergoing imaging tests," said Orly Levi, a spokeswoman at the Tel Hashomer hospital. She described Anderson's condition as "life-threatening."

The protest took place in the West Bank town of Naalin, where Palestinians and international backers frequently gather to demonstrate against the barrier. Israel says the barrier is necessary to keep Palestinian attackers from infiltrating into Israel. But Palestinians view it as a thinly veiled land grab because it juts into the West Bank at multiple points.

[The KG9 Kid]

The woman quoted in the story has her own ISM home page with video from the same area as recent as 03/06:

Teah Lunqvist's International Solidarity Movement website

[PeteB570]

A bulldozer should not need a second pass if the operator lines the target up with one of the tracks.

A little halt, spin is a nice touch when halfway over.

[The KG9 Kid]

If this fellow has a huge hole in his head that you can see brains through while he was bleeding heavily from the nose and mouth, that’s it brother. Adios amigo. Sayonara.

[rusureitflies?]

THONK! now tris has a real numbskull..

[FORTRUTHONLY]

Peace activists with the International Solidarity Movement said Tristan Anderson, of the Oakland, Calif., area, was struck in the head with a tear gas canister fired by Israeli troops

Keyword: SOLIDARITY.

Actual meaning: Pro-Socialist, pro-Communist, Left leaning, Liberal Anti-Semites.

[ari-freedom]

if you go up against the military, you have to expect a military response.

[MeganC]

He survived? Oh, and here I was hoping for a happy ending.

[NYC GOP Chick]

He’s dead. And I’m not exactly unhappy about that.

[SJackson]

Just think, if he'd lived a few years longer, he'd have attended Wednesday cocktails at the White House, but all he got was dinner with a Chicago political hack. Michelle is dressing better now.

[GBA]

Badly hurt? I don't think so. Sounds like they put a good hurt on the dumbass.

[George Varnum]

In the terribly tragic event that Komrade Tristan will not be down for breakfast tomorrow morning, will he be getting his expected reward for his martyrdom of 72 virgins?

Virgin whats?

Which gender... or does it really matter?

I’ll bet he’d wish (were he still capable of wishing) that he’d’ve stood in his bloomin’ tree!

[PGR88]

Another “human shield”

Remember all the “human shields” who went to Iraq, esp. for Gulf War I, then quickly evacuated?

At least this guy is dying for the cause...

[Malsua]

If this fellow has a huge hole in his head that you can see brains through while he was bleeding heavily from the nose and mouth, that’s it brother. Adios amigo. Sayonara.

Yup. He's Ghandi. Massive frontal lobe damage.

[NFOShekky]

Thats good shootin’ brother!

[castlebrew]

The Official Scorer has it as E - Moron Collaborator...

[catchem]

Great! Another half-wit sticks his business where it doesn’t belong and gets clipped. Wish he’d taken another 100 of his kind with him.

[Blood of Tyrants]

I’m hoping that we can get a few hundred more lefties over to Gaza.

[justiceseeker93]

Yes, the first thing I thought of in reading this posted article was Rachel. Maybe some lefty will write a play (or a movie script) dedicated to Tristan Anderson.

[Polynikes]

He might be one of the Berkeley tree sitters.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/22/BAA211CR3K.DTL&hw=Tristan+Anderson&sn=001&sc=1000
from sfgate
“The new approach seems to be working, Mogulof said, citing the decision by one tree-sitter known as Crickett to come down voluntarily Thursday night. Identified by Mogulof as Tristan Anderson, he was arrested and charged with trespassing and violating a court order and was released.”

[Sir Gawain]

ISM = terrorists and sympathizers.