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Gun battle at Church of the Nativity
Ananova ^ | Story filed: 20:49 Monday 22nd April 2002 | Ananova

Posted on 04/22/2002 7:19:12 PM PDT by Democrats are liars

Gun battle at Church of the Nativity

Heavy gunfire has broken out between Israeli forces and armed Palestinians holed up inside the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.

Stun grenades were heard around the church and a puff of white smoke rose up from the compound.

A Palestinian policeman inside the compound said Israeli fire was hitting the church walls.

Israel's army said Palestinians opened fire from several positions in the church compound and soldiers returned fire.

Bethlehem Governor Mohammed Mdani, who is inside the church, said the Israelis fired first, and armed Palestinians shot back. There were no reports of injuries in the 15-minute exchange.

Mr Mdani said fires set by the stun grenades damaged two rooms of Greek Orthodox monks and were put out.

A courtyard statue of the Virgin Mary near St. Catherine's church also was damaged by gunfire but the extent cannot yet be determined.

Palestinian policemen inside the church said Israeli soldiers were leaning ladders against compound walls.

The army has leaned up ladders before to throw in leaflets urging surrender and to allow people interested in leaving the church to get out. Israel has promised Christian leaders it would not storm the church.

On Sunday, five people used the ladders to get out, two civilians, two Palestinian police and one member of Yasser Arafat's guard.


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To: buffalo124
Who defends my Christian shrine?

Shrine ? Whom-ever has Christ in his heart needs nothing more.

Jews and Moslem are tearing it down. We need to rescue this Holy place!

No; "we" don't.

21 posted on 04/22/2002 7:51:40 PM PDT by dread78645
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To: kcrack
So, what is it?

BANG!(double tap)

22 posted on 04/22/2002 7:52:53 PM PDT by Cold Heat
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To: kcrack
That is a building. It is a shame this has happened but my allegiance is to God and Jesus - not a building.
24 posted on 04/22/2002 7:57:49 PM PDT by ClancyJ
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To: tet68

Thick smoke billowing out of a compound near the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem on Monday.

25 posted on 04/22/2002 7:58:55 PM PDT by Democrats are liars
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To: contessa machiaveli
Too bad it's backfiring. The Christians are ready to start the Crusades against the Muslims, not the Jews here.
27 posted on 04/22/2002 7:59:28 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
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To: kcrack
That would never happen, Westerns are dying, they are bunch of idiots control by morans, like UN and all of this pc crop

I am sure you have something important to say.

You would be so much more effective if you spent more time on improving your level of education.

I am not making fun of you, I am saying that you are using an environment (the internet) where proper use of the language is the most important part to effective communication.

When you make statements like "Westerns are dying, they are bunch of idiots control by morans", then you have explicitly shown who is the idiot.

28 posted on 04/22/2002 8:00:33 PM PDT by UCANSEE2
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To: kcrack
and the fact that bingo is u it means u r all weak, u have no balls to stand up for what is right or wrong, all is just : let's see what happens

Kcrack, are you on crack?

30 posted on 04/22/2002 8:06:21 PM PDT by Polybius
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To: wirestripper
Bang!............Bang,Bang! Mombasa pattern.
31 posted on 04/22/2002 8:07:59 PM PDT by tet68
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To: kcrack
and the fact that bingo is u it means u r all weak, u have no balls to stand up for what is right or wrong, all is just : let's see what happens

So what would you have "us" do? Rant and rave and drool all over our keyboards? Seems you have that angle pretty well covered. Now, since you are criticizing what it seems you are saying is non-activity on the part of Christians, let me ask a simple question, as others have: What exactly are YOU doing about the standoff that is destroying YOUR shrine?

32 posted on 04/22/2002 8:10:23 PM PDT by bluefish
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To: kcrack
So, it's just a buiding u say, let me see: what would happened if we blew up the stupid mecca?>

Only people who have little faith in God put such great store in buildings. That building is of the earth, not of God. Frankly, we don't need a crutch, that's why there has been so little excitement over this. That and the fact that we have faith that the Israelis won't deliberately damage the church. If the church is damaged, it will be damaged by the Palestinians who ran in there with guns.

33 posted on 04/22/2002 8:14:28 PM PDT by McGavin999
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To: kcrack
This church is just a building made of stone. The true church is made up of people.
34 posted on 04/22/2002 8:17:13 PM PDT by Eva
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To: kcrack
Get a grip, man. The IDF will be as careful as necessary. Israel has an excellent record of preserving Holy places of all faiths, as opposed to the Muslims, who destroy other than Muslim places of worship if they can.
35 posted on 04/22/2002 8:19:12 PM PDT by Navy Patriot
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Congratulations Freepers for not taking the bait from kcrack. Just think how annoying this must be for him, the Palestines, and whoever else wants to draw Christians into this endless fight.
36 posted on 04/22/2002 8:19:17 PM PDT by balls
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To: tet68
I was wondering when you would warm up that weapon.....:-)
37 posted on 04/22/2002 8:19:34 PM PDT by Cold Heat
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To: kcrack
You are missing a very serious point!!! If u belive what u do, this is the place, so where is your place? If someone come to the place u were born n just borned it down, would u just stand there and say: My alegiance is where I am?

You should lay off the AOL Instant Messaging. It rots your brain and compromises your spelling.

Say, I have an idea on that Bethlehem problem. Why don't you go tell them to stop? Be sure to bring a change of underwear and some Band-Aids (tm).

38 posted on 04/22/2002 8:27:29 PM PDT by Fifth Business
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