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http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=/ForeignBureaus/archive/200611/INT20061103b.html
"Hamas Urges Women, Children to Shield Gunmen in Mosque"
By Julie Stahl
CNSNews.com Jerusalem Bureau Chief
November 03, 2006
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - At least a dozen Palestinian gunmen eluded Israeli capture in the Gaza Strip on Friday, first by taking refuge in a mosque and then by calling on women and children to shield them so they could escape.
Palestinians reported at least one women killed and a second was in critical condition after they were shot during the fray. The Israeli Army said its soldiers had fired only at armed gunmen, who were firing at them from within the crowd.
The standoff began on Thursday evening when some three dozen Palestinian gunmen -- fleeing Israeli forces -- took refuge in a mosque in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun. Gunmen and Israeli troops exchanged fire during the night and part of the mosque's roof collapsed.
On Friday morning, Hamas radio put out a call for women and children to come to the mosque - to form a human shield around the gunmen so they could escape. The Israeli Army said Hamas knows that Israeli troops would not shoot at women and children.
About 3,000 protestors, most of them women, turned out to protect the gunmen -- and the ploy worked. When soldiers searched the mosque later, it was empty, the army said.
This is not the first time that Palestinian gunmen have taken cover in religious buildings to escape Israeli forces. Four years ago, 200 armed Palestinians spent more than a month holed up in Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity."
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http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects&Area=jihad&ID=SP134606
Special Dispatch Series - No. 1346
November 3, 2006 No.1346
"Islamist Websites Monitor No. 18
Jihad Video Encourages Suicide Bombings"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "On October, 10, 2006, an Islamist website posted a three-minute video (http://switch3.castup.net/cunet/gm.asp?ai=214&ar=M4-014wmv&ak=null ) titled "Blow Yourself Up," extolling suicide bombings and encouraging Muslims to blow themselves up."
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http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects&Area=jihad&ID=IA29906
Inquiry and Analysis Series - No. 299
November 3, 2006 No.299
"Lebanon Faces Political Crisis in Aftermath of War: Tensions Escalate Between ‘March 14 Forces’ and Hizbullah, Pro-Syrian Camp"
By H. Avraham*.
Thailand 'rebels' attack schools
The attacks took place overnight on Saturday in the Muslim-dominated province of Yala.
They came after Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont, installed in an October coup, apologised for the policies of the previous government.
More than 1,500 people have died in violence in the country's restive south since January 2004.
Three schools were completely gutted and a fourth badly damaged in the blazes which began almost simultaneously during the night.
Home to most of Thailand's 4% Muslim minority
Muslim rebels fought the government up to the mid-1980s
Suspected militants have upped attacks since 2004, targeting Buddhists
A police officer told Reuters news agency that four militants had shot the couple and their daughter from the back of motorcycles later on Saturday.
Schools and teachers are a frequent target as symbols of the distant Bangkok-based government.
Many teachers have even been issued guns to protect themselves.
On Friday, the new government ordered the release of 92 Muslims charged with taking part in an anti-government rally two years ago during which 85 protesters died while in army custody.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6116220.stm