Free Republic 2nd Qtr 2024 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $29,144
35%  
Woo hoo!! And we're now over 35%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: ahappyending

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • South Portland man: American beaten, bloodied in Gaza flotilla chaos

    06/06/2010 9:26:35 AM PDT · by Nachum · 14 replies · 642+ views
    bangor daily news ^ | 6/6/10 | Clarke Canfield
    Video producer was on one of six vessels involved in raid PORTLAND, Maine — A Maine video producer recalled hearing shots amid the chaos that broke out as Israeli troops raided the aid flotilla he was on that was attempting to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza. Scott Hamann of South Portland arrived in Maine late Friday night, five days after the flotilla was intercepted by Israeli troops, resulting in the deaths of nine pro-Palestinian activists. In a phone interview with The Associated Press, Hamann said troops that landed on the boat he was on fired high-powered paintball guns and threw...
  • BART holdup victim grabs knife, kills robber

    02/20/2009 11:39:53 AM PST · by SmithL · 23 replies · 1,094+ views
    San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 2/20/9 | Henry K. Lee
    OAKLAND -- A man being robbed by two Oakland men in the parking lot of the Fruitvale BART station managed to grab a knife from one of the assailants and stabbed the other one to death, authorities said today. The robbery victim was approached by the two 18-year-old men about 9:30 p.m. Thursday. One of the men showed a knife and the other said he had a gun, BART spokesman Linton Johnson said. Their target, a 23-year-old man who lives out of state, was robbed of some items before wrestling away the knife from one of the men and stabbing...