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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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To: dennisw

Idioto!


21 posted on 04/15/2011 1:47:12 PM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: WashingtonSource
What a incredibly stupid USEFUL IDIOT.

They do not have Israeli bulldozers to encourage ISM members to stand in front of?

Guess they have to do the job themselves.

The entire world is STUPID not to see what kind of nation a Palestinian one would turn into. The situation in Gaza is a good case history. Five minutes after the Israeli's left they were destroying everything in site. Cut the aid and this will not happen?

22 posted on 04/15/2011 1:54:36 PM PDT by Jocko from Canada
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; Delacon; ...

Thanks robowombat.
Gaza police on Friday found the hanged body of Vittorio Arrigoni... 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... 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... a "Palestinian-led movement committed to resisting the Israeli apartheid in Palestine by using nonviolent, direct-action methods and principles."
I sure hope the MaHW terrorists track down the rest of the members of the ISM, and soon.


23 posted on 04/15/2011 5:25:18 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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