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Al-Jazeera: Another Israeli soldier kidnapped
Al-Jazeera ^ | July 1, 2006

Posted on 06/30/2006 6:20:04 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative

The Palestinian militants have kidnapped a second Israeli soldier and have threatened to kill him unless Israel ends its military offensive in the Palestinian territories, the radical Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades announced overnight on Friday.

In a statement received by AFP in Gaza City, the armed group, loosely affiliated to Fatah Party, called for "the end of the Israeli offensive" and "the lifting of the blockade" in the territories.

"If our demands are not met, the Al-Aqsa Brigades will kill the kidnapped soldier," the statement said, without giving any details of the kidnapping.

The soldier was seized in the West Bank, the group said. They named him as Hoffmann Kfeir Samuel, aged 24, a resident of Hulul, south of Tel Aviv.

There was no immediate Israeli response to the kidnapping claim.

The group also demanded the release of Hamas ministers and deputies seized by Israeli forces following the earlier kidnapping of 19-year-old army corporal Gilad Shalit, along with the release of "all the other detained Palestinians".

The Israeli army launched a major air and ground offensive earlier this week, largely in the Gaza Strip, following the kidnapping of Shalit.

(Excerpt) Read more at english.aljazeera.net ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: fatah; gaza; hamas; hostages; idf; islam; israel; summerrain; terrorism; westbank
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1 posted on 06/30/2006 6:20:08 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative
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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/1EE826C3-F1DE-4527-956F-B00266ED3E0A.htm
2 posted on 06/30/2006 6:21:26 PM PDT by West Coast Conservative (Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

ping!


3 posted on 06/30/2006 6:21:37 PM PDT by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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To: West Coast Conservative
The soldier was seized in the West Bank, the group said.

The West Bank "Palestinians" don't want the Gaza "Palestinians" to have all the fun. Okay, you asked for it, dumb asses.

4 posted on 06/30/2006 6:21:50 PM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (Why are protectionists so bad at math?)
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To: West Coast Conservative

Nothing on Haaretz yet.


5 posted on 06/30/2006 6:23:12 PM PDT by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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To: West Coast Conservative

This is quite possibly the least intelligent group of people I have ever seen. Unless, of course, their intention is to push Israel to all out war. Then they're right on target with their tactics.


6 posted on 06/30/2006 6:23:46 PM PDT by DrGunsforHands
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To: West Coast Conservative
There was no immediate Israeli response to the kidnapping claim.

Think I'll wait to see what the Israelis have to say.
7 posted on 06/30/2006 6:24:16 PM PDT by cripplecreek (I'm trying to think but nothing happens)
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To: West Coast Conservative
WTH?!?!!! NO Israeli soldier should be traveling or stationed in any way where he or she is subject to kidnapping by these animals! Unfreakingbelievable. /shakes head in bafflement
8 posted on 06/30/2006 6:24:32 PM PDT by piytar
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To: AliVeritas; Txsleuth

Oh boy...here we go..


9 posted on 06/30/2006 6:25:12 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: West Coast Conservative

How's that "land for peace" deal working out, Israel?


10 posted on 06/30/2006 6:25:23 PM PDT by Steely Tom
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To: West Coast Conservative
Al-Jazeera:

The sister paper of the New York Times.

11 posted on 06/30/2006 6:25:26 PM PDT by ladyinred (The NYTimes, hang 'em high!)
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To: West Coast Conservative

Fine. Your existence ends here and now.


12 posted on 06/30/2006 6:25:29 PM PDT by Michael Goldsberry (Lt. Bruce C. Fryar USN 01-02-70 Laos)
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To: West Coast Conservative

First it was knock out the power, Then the water. I think next on the israeli hit list is going to be some very high ranking pali's


13 posted on 06/30/2006 6:25:41 PM PDT by TheRedSoxWinThePennant
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To: West Coast Conservative

Seize about ten thousand pali males, age 19-29, and then arrange a prisoner swap.


14 posted on 06/30/2006 6:25:48 PM PDT by samtheman
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To: West Coast Conservative

Bush administration: STOP handcuffing Israel and let them take out the trash!


15 posted on 06/30/2006 6:26:01 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (What you know about that?)
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To: piytar
NO Israeli soldier should be traveling or stationed in any way where he or she is subject to kidnapping

And THAT is exactly why I'll wait for confirmation from the Israelis.
16 posted on 06/30/2006 6:26:19 PM PDT by cripplecreek (I'm trying to think but nothing happens)
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To: West Coast Conservative

Waiting for the lefties to demand a visit from the Red Cross for the captured soldier, and for his captors to abide by the Geneva Convention....


17 posted on 06/30/2006 6:27:25 PM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: West Coast Conservative; All
Some fun reading for the night, if you missed it:

Translation of Major al-Qaeda Book that Outlines Its Plan for Defeating U.S. and Its Allies

18 posted on 06/30/2006 6:27:26 PM PDT by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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To: West Coast Conservative

Stay the course, Israel! Unfortunately, that soldier was dead the minute he was taken. Remove anything and everything in Gaza. Take the murdering terrorists and their families and make them disappear into Neverland.


19 posted on 06/30/2006 6:27:31 PM PDT by lilylangtree
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To: ladyinred
** radical Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades **

The NYT would probably call them "militant."

20 posted on 06/30/2006 6:27:55 PM PDT by Sometimes A River (Miami Heat 2006 World Champions!)
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