[TomB]

Can't have any more of the kids leave, I mean, who will the brave Palestinian gunmen hide behind?

I guess they can hide behind the nuns in a pinch.

[Stavka2]

As the group looked for a place to sleep in the cold, cavernous church, they opted for the warmest spot they could find - the small cave believed to be the site of Jesus's birth, located down a series of steps from the basilica. Up to 30 people, most of them youths, gathered there the first few nights, before later moving upstairs to the basilica, where they conducted Muslim prayers, Abu Surour said.

Their very presence desecrates this holy spot.

[piasa]

BTW, in earlier press reports the kid didn't just go strolling into the church... he said he saw the gunman inside waving him to come in.

[Clive]

Abed Abu Surour properly sought an was properly granted sanctuary.

He was not armed.

Those who seek sanctuary in a church must leave their arms outside else they cannot be said to be properly claiming the sanctuary of Holy Mother Church.

[Clive]

Abed Abu Surour properly sought an was properly granted sanctuary.

He was not armed and he was fleeing crossfire.

Those who seek sanctuary in a church must leave their arms outside else they cannot be said to be properly claiming the sanctuary of Holy Mother Church.

[Clive]

The Abbey at Monte Cassino after it was liberated in 1944.