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Report: Shots fired at Turkish embassy in Tel Aviv
Haaretz ^

Posted on 08/17/2010 9:58:42 AM PDT by jhpigott

Published 19:19 17.08.10

According to reports, West Bank Palestinian man barricades himself inside embassy with two hostages, threatens to kill Jews.

By Haaretz Service

Shots were heard Tuesday night at the Turkish embassy in Tel Aviv, with local media reporting that a Palestinian from the West Bank city of Ramallah had barricaded himself in an office inside the embassy, with two hostages, and was threatening to kill any Jews who entered.

Police and emergency medical personnel have arrived at the scene. Traffic along the Yarkon Street, where the embassy resides, has been blocked. However, embassy staff Has barred police and medical personnel from entering the building.

(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: embassy; hostages; turkey
This isn't going to help the already strained relations between Israel and Turkey
1 posted on 08/17/2010 9:58:44 AM PDT by jhpigott
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To: maquiladora

ping


2 posted on 08/17/2010 10:03:58 AM PDT by jhpigott
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"Shots were heard Tuesday night at the Turkish embassy in Tel Aviv, with local media reporting that a Palestinian from the West Bank city of Ramallah had barricaded himself in an office inside the embassy, with two hostages, and was threatening to kill any Jews who entered."

Ah, wouldn't this be shots fired in or from, not at??

3 posted on 08/17/2010 10:05:48 AM PDT by Dem Guard
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LOL What exactly does he think is going to happen?


4 posted on 08/17/2010 10:34:09 AM PDT by bill1952 (Choice is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
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Somewhere there is a handler saying “I told the damned fool the Israeli embassy in Turkey, not the Turkish embassy in Israel, I swear.”


5 posted on 08/17/2010 11:48:29 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("Obama suffers from decision-deficit disorder." Oliver North 6/25/10)
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