Posted on 04/23/2002 3:51:13 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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By Mazen Dana
HEBRON, West Bank, April 23 (Reuters) - Hooded gunmen shot
dead three fellow-Palestinians for collaborating with Israel on
Tuesday, taking swift vengeance on them for an Israeli missile
strike that killed two Palestinian militants.
About 20 gunmen dragged the victims out of a prison in the
West Bank town of Hebron, meeting no resistance from the handful
of police on duty there. Then they took them to the wreck of the
car hit overnight by an Israeli helicopter gunship, and shot
them there as a crowd screamed "Revenge, revenge".
"The gunmen sprayed the collaborators with machinegun fire.
Bullets penetrated various parts of their bodies," a witness who
identified himself only as Mohammed told Reuters.
Men, women and children spat at the bodies as they were
dragged through the streets. Then they were strung up on
electricity poles.
"This is what these collaborators deserve. They betrayed the
nation and have been liquidated," said one of the gunmen.
Palestinian security sources said Mohammed Dibassah, Zuhair
al-Muhtesseb and Moussa Rjoub had been jailed for collaborating
with Israel.
"They had admitted to giving information to Israel that led
to many deaths of Palestinians," one security source said.
Their summary executions came hours after Marwan Zuloum and
his bodyguard were killed in the helicopter attack on their car.
Palestinian sources identified Zuloum as the local commander
of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a group linked to President
Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction and responsible for a series of
suicide bombings and other attacks on Israelis.
Witnesses said Palestinian police arrived after the shooting
but stayed on the sidelines as thousands gathered. Many chanted:
"With our blood and soul, we will redeem you Marwan."
"We have to kill all collaborators and cleanse Palestinian
society of them," said a woman who named herself as Umm Ussama.
On Monday, masked Palestinian gunmen shot dead a suspected
collaborator and wounded two others in an ambush on their car in
the centre of the West Bank city of Ramallah.
The attack came a day after Israeli forces pulled out of
most of the city, but maintained their tight siege of
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's headquarters.
Palestinian officials say anarchy has erupted in some places
because Israeli forces have destroyed the authorised police
forces during their West Bank offensive.
"Our policemen are either arrested or killed. Our police
stations are completely destroyed by Israeli bombardment, so
there are no policemen on the streets," Mohammed Dahlan, a
Palestinian security chief, said in Ramallah on Monday.
((Jerusalem newsroom, +972-25370502,
jerusalem.newsroom@reuters.com))
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| Palestinians drag the body of a suspected collaborator along a street in Hebron, West Bank, April 23, 2002. Gunmen killed three men suspected of collaborating with Israel at the scene of an overnight Israeli missile strike that resulted in the death of two Palestinian militants in Hebron. (Loay Abu Haykel/Reuters) |
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| Palestinians drag the body of a suspected collaborator in the West Bank city of Hebron, April 23, 2002. Photo by Loay Abu Haykel/Reuters Gunmen killed three men suspected of collaborating with Israel at the scene of an overnight Israeli missile strike that killed two Palestinian militants in Hebron. |
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| Masked Palestinians hoisting the body of a suspected collaborator after he and two others were killed Tuesday in Hebron. (Photo: Reuters) |
Kofi Annan, excited by the killings, wonders if this can be done worldwide.
Here the Palestinian gets more respect from the Israelis.
FLASHBACK TO THE "PEACEFUL" PALESTINIANS (BETHLEHEM, March 14, 2002)
In Bethlehem, Palestinian terrorists abuse and drag the bodies of men
alleged to have collaborated with, or spoke to, Israelis, March 14, 2002.
FLASHBACK TO THE "PEACEFUL" PALESTINIANS (Ramallah, March 12, 2002)
In Ramallah, Palestinian terrorists abuse and drag the bodies of men
alleged to have collaborated with, or spoke to, Israelis, March 12, 2002.
Only the UN and the EU could trust these barbarians.
Background news thread here Palestinian murder videos (ignored by the UN, EU; right click for MPG)
They're only interested in war crimes allegedly perpetrated by the Isrealis, not actual crimes against humanity that are on camera, like these.
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