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 ...
There may be no kidnapping, it may just be BS, but if it is real, chalk it up to the Israelis stopping their attack. Muslims don't see that as restraint, they see it as weakness. If this second soldier kidnapping is real they ahd best start to clean house and ignore the US call for "restraint".
No, no..."freedom-fighters"...
"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results." Benjamin Franklin
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This is the craps. There is no reasoning with the Palestinians. Time to make a parking lot of their area
Jennifer Griffin reporting from the region on FOX is not mentioning it.
(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")
I would be skeptical...except they've identified the soldier by name.
Nothing on any of the Israel News Sources. Maybe wishful thinking on Al JIHAD ZEERA's part!
Nothing on the Jerusalem Post either!
Quite possibly they are being "pushed" by several other sources, perhaps Iran and Syria.
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Hard to tell with these guys...we'll know soon enough.
"How's that "land for peace" deal working out, Israel?"
Actually, it's a stroke of genius. The Israelis gave the Palistinians Gaza. The Palistinians elected terrorists as their government.
Now... the Israelis have made it crystal clear who they're dealing with. No longer can the Palistinians claim that they can't control Hamas. They ARE Hamas!
Beautiful.
That being said, I hope the Israelis exterminate the Palistinians.... then there will no longer be a conflict about them wanting a "homeland".
I find it interesting that if this is true, Al Jazeera would have it almost an hour before any Israeli news sources.
Hello,
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Glad to be here, MOgirl
I am just now getting here...
Okay, this is ridiculous...those idiot Palestinians are NOW adding conditions??
Olmert needs to unleash the military in Gaza.
Thanks for the ping!
This crap will never end until every last male Pali twelve years and older is DEAD.
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