Gunmen storm city hall in biblical Bethlehem

MSNBC ^ | December 20, 2005

[NYer]

Reuters

Updated: 7:28 a.m. ET Dec. 20, 2005

BETHLEHEM, West Bank - Palestinian gunmen briefly seized Bethlehem city hall, overlooking the Church of the Nativity, on Tuesday in a jarring interruption to Christmas preparations in the traditional birthplace of Jesus.

The incident, five days before Christmas, was another sign of growing lawlessness in Palestinian territories and the turmoil within Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah faction ahead of a January parliamentary election.

About 20 gunmen from Fatah’s al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades fanned out on rooftops and in the offices of city hall, firing several shots in the air and forcing workers out. They demanded money and jobs for about 320 members.

Masked gunmen carrying assault rifles appeared beside the glittering star set up on the roof ahead of festivities.

Witnesses said that the gunmen left after about an hour after Bethlehem’s governor promised to address their demand for jobs and pay.

[NYer]

Palestinian gunmen briefly seize Bethlehem city hall, on Tuesday.

[NYer]

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[Proud_USA_Republican]

Islam is a relgion of peace

[Mulch]

MSM will give them a pass. After all they need jobs and what better way to ask for a job than at gunpoint.

[Delta 21]

the gunmen left after about an hour...............

Must of had to attend to more pressing issues.

Totally WTF!?!

[Integrityrocks]

"They demanded money and jobs for about 320 members."

Oh yes...this tactic will work wonders. "Yes, I got my job by gunpoint - I LOVE my job!"

Morons.

[Convert from ECUSA]

Memo to the IDF:

Please give us the best Christmas present ever and re-take Bethlehem! The Church of the Nativity was never trashed when Israel ruled Bethlehem, and loons like these yahoos would not have lasted too long. Everything when down the drain when the area was handed over to the Amalekstinian Authority. Allahu fubar!

[samadams2000]

What a loser of a religion. Pagans.

[Convert from ECUSA]

Yep. Like they keep telling us, Islam is a "religion of peace".......and purple hippos fly!

[Proud_USA_Republican]

Christiane Amanpour from CNN will do a interview of them, "The poor, disenfranchised youth of the west bank...blah-blah-blah....."

[Tax-chick]

Is "Biblical Bethlehem" different from modern Bethlehem?

[RouxStir]

"The poor, disenfranchised youth "....

They need to be disenfranchised from the world of the living.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

I agree. A pair of IDF snipers would of had a field day with those koranimals on the roof.

[jw777]

Bibi needs to be elected. He'll put these fools down.

[Republicus2001]

aren't they wonderful people?

[ScreamingFist]

While working in Israel I collected many old British tube radios, most from the flea markets of Nazareth and Bethlehem. Since infidels are no longer safe in these cities, I guess it's time to start selling them....as mementos of better times.

[Safetgiver]

They never heard of Labor Ready?

[redgolum]

So they took the city hall looking for jobs.

Good pic. Those are M-16 variant rifles they are using. Not cheap, even on the black market.

If they have the money to get that high dollar rifle, then they must not really need a job. Or maybe they were just trying to provoke a reaction and start a riot before Christmas.

[El Gato]

I see they are still using the M-16s that the Impeached One so kindly sent them.

[El Gato]

If they have the money to get that high dollar rifle, then they must not really need a job.

You think they bought them? Many were former members of the "Security Services" the M-16s were given to the PA by der Slickmiester. So this is just part of his Legacy.