Israelis kill 'They'll never catch me' militant

AP via AZ Daily Star ^ | 2/24/02 | AP

[IonImplantGuru]

BALATA REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank — Israeli troops on Thursday killed five Palestinians, including a top militant who said just a day earlier that he would never be caught, in Israel's largest military sweep since pulling out from the Gaza Strip last summer.

Three of the dead were gunmen from the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades — a violent offshoot of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah Party — killed during a shootout in their hide-out in the Balata refugee camp.

The deaths brought to eight the number of Palestinians killed by army fire since the Balata sweep began Monday. The military said 15 fugitives have been arrested.

Dozens of jeeps patrolled Balata, an Al Aqsa stronghold and a haven for weapons dealers, and sealed it off from the adjacent city of Nablus. Al Aqsa fugitives have been moving from hide-out to hide-out since the army raid began.

Al Aqsa confirmed three of its members, including senior member Mohammed Shtawi, a fugitive, had been killed. On Wednesday, Shtawi told an AP reporter that earlier in the day soldiers surrounded his hide-out for five hours, but he and several friends slipped away. "They will never catch me," he said at the time.

[SuziQ]

Sounds as though the Israelis obliged him. They spared him the humiliation of capture.

[Emmett McCarthy]

Recorded by Jerry Jeff, as were several of Clark's other songs like "Desperadoes Waitin' for a Train", but (and I'm not trying to start an argument) written by Guy Clark. I guess I could go check the credits on Clark's CD, but not unless you force me. I'm lazy and it's all the way in the living room.

[Hilltop]

Thanks snuffy, I look forward to tuning in.

Remember, if it's not Scottish, it's crap.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Guess you're right - I'll be darned.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Jeff_Walker

[Emmett McCarthy]

Well, not by me, sir (or ma'm)