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Italian hostage found murdered in Gaza
JTA ^ | ApRIL 15TH, 2011

Posted on 04/15/2011 12:17:33 PM PDT by robowombat

Italian hostage found murdered in Gaza April 15, 2011 ROME (JTA) -- An Italian pro-Palestinian activist was killed by Palestinian Islamic extremists who had kidnapped him in Gaza on Thursday.

Gaza police on Friday found the hanged body of Vittorio Arrigoni when they stormed an apartment in Gaza City where he was being held.

Hours earlier, his kidnappers, a group inspired by Al Qaida calling itself "Monotheism and Holy War," had posted a video showing Arrigoni, 36, blindfolded and with cuts on his face.

His head was held up in front of the camera by a hand gripping his hair.

Israeli media reported that Hamas officials had arrested two men in their investigation of the killing, and were searching for others.

Italy's President Giorgio Napolitano called the killing an act of "terrorist barbarism," and the Foreign Ministry branded it a "vile and irrational gesture of violence on the part of extremists indifferent to the value of a human life."

Arrigoni had lived in Gaza for several years working with the International Solidarity Movement.

The ISM's web site describes the group as a "Palestinian-led movement committed to resisting the Israeli apartheid in Palestine by using nonviolent, direct-action methods and principles."


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: gaza; islam
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1 posted on 04/15/2011 12:17:38 PM PDT by robowombat
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The religion of peace is at it again.


2 posted on 04/15/2011 12:20:10 PM PDT by fuzzybutt (Democrat Lawyers are the root of all evil.)
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To: robowombat

They eat their own too...


3 posted on 04/15/2011 12:22:19 PM PDT by rbosque (12 year Freeper!!! Combat Economist.)
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To: robowombat

So let me get this right, they murdered one of their supporters? Is that right? Liberals are truly amazing if they think they are somehow immune from this kind of treatment from these savages.


4 posted on 04/15/2011 12:22:23 PM PDT by HOYA97 (twitter @hoya97)
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To: robowombat

He got into bed with savage barbarians. They did what they do.........act like savage barbarians.


5 posted on 04/15/2011 12:22:55 PM PDT by Carley ( TYPICAL STREET THUG, NASTY BULLY, THAT'S OUR PRESIDENT.)
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To: robowombat

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/264834/palestinians-murder-their-supporters-daniel-pipes

“”Palestinians Murder Their Supporters”
April 15, 2011 By Daniel Pipes

Note the pattern of Palestinians who murder the groupies and apologists who join them to aid in their dream of eliminating Israel.

Angelo Frammartino, an Italian, was killed by stabbing in eastern Jerusalem in August 2006 by someone affiliated with Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

Juliano Mer-Khamis, who appears to have been an Israeli citizen, killed in early April 2011 in Jenin by persons unknown.

Vittorio Arrigoni, another Italian, killed in recent days in Gaza by a Salafi group holding him hostage.

(Readers are requested to send in further examples that I may have missed; and this list will be updated as needed.)

Comments: (1) These murders neatly sum up the frenzy and depravity within Palestinian society, surely the sickest on earth, what with its suicide factory, its celebration of terrorists, and its cult of death. (2) Consistent with this morbidity, it also devours its admirers.””


6 posted on 04/15/2011 12:24:47 PM PDT by iowamark
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To: robowombat
You have nothing to fear from the Palestinians. They are your friends.
7 posted on 04/15/2011 12:28:45 PM PDT by JPG ("2012 Can't Come Soon Enough" - Sarah Palin)
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To: robowombat

****An Italian pro-Palestinian activist was killed by Palestinian Islamic extremists who had kidnapped him in Gaza on Thursday.****

Wonder if he had time to realize he was a dum bass before they killed him.


8 posted on 04/15/2011 12:29:12 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Click my name. See my home page, if you dare!)
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To: robowombat
Israel's fault, of course.....

From an AP story......

Hamas indirectly accused Israel on Friday of engineering the killing of an Italian Palestinian peace activist in Gaza in order to intimidate other foreign activists hoping to sail to Gaza as part of the next flotilla.

"Such an awful crime cannot take place without arrangements between all the parties concerned to keep the blockade imposed on Gaza," Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar said at a rally held by the group to honor executed Italian activist Vittorio Arrigoni.

9 posted on 04/15/2011 12:34:04 PM PDT by edpc (Tagline under construction: Your American Recovery and Reinvestment Act dollars at work.)
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To: HOYA97

Reminds me of the guy who was “living as one with Grizzly bears”. He passed on to become bear poop.


10 posted on 04/15/2011 12:37:41 PM PDT by Emmett McCarthy
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To: robowombat

Lay down with dogs........


11 posted on 04/15/2011 12:40:00 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Emmett McCarthy

I love a great analogy!


12 posted on 04/15/2011 12:42:06 PM PDT by abigailsmybaby ("To understan' the livin', you gotta commune wit' da dead." Minerva)
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To: robowombat

If they do this to their friends, just imagine what they are doing to their enemies!


13 posted on 04/15/2011 12:49:56 PM PDT by Gritty (Local Russians shouldn't compare our Democratic Party with communism. ItÂ’s absurd.-D Savino (D-NY))
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To: Emmett McCarthy

LMAO!!!!


14 posted on 04/15/2011 12:57:13 PM PDT by doc maverick
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To: HOYA97

The sad part is, this won’t deter the activists one bit. It’s as if a Jew who supported the Nazis was given a tour of Treblinka, and the fact that he’s next just won’t sink in.


15 posted on 04/15/2011 1:05:16 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: robowombat

Too soon old. Too late smart.

I’m sorry this person was killed. It still amazes me why more people don’t come to grips with what the radical Islamic movement is, and why it represents a clear and present threat to them. (and of course everyone else)

This blithering idiot was championing the Palestinian cause, and these days that amounts to Palestinian terrorists. Look what it bought him. Folks, I don’t care if your IQ is 25, there’s a message in there somewhere, even for you.


16 posted on 04/15/2011 1:26:21 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (The only thing higher than Obama's chin, is his ass facing West five times a day.)
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To: robowombat

Darwin award for this dope


17 posted on 04/15/2011 1:28:45 PM PDT by dennisw (nzt - "works better if you're already smart")
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http://www.gennarocarotenuto.it/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/image.png

The dead dude

18 posted on 04/15/2011 1:32:07 PM PDT by dennisw (nzt - "works better if you're already smart")
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What a incredibly stupid USEFUL IDIOT. He has paid the ultimate price for his naive support of murderous thugs.


19 posted on 04/15/2011 1:35:59 PM PDT by WashingtonSource
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To: WashingtonSource

“Does anyone know the penalty for striking a Roman citizen?”


20 posted on 04/15/2011 1:45:59 PM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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