Israeli invasion of Balata continues

[Aidoneus]

Israeli invasion of Balata continues
By Shaista Aziz
Saturday 20 December 2003

The Israeli occupation army has stepped up the four-day military invasion of the Balata refugee camp in the West Bank.

Local residents told Aljazeera.net that soldiers have occupied two new houses inside the camp and are firing rounds of teargas into residents homes.

This is the fourth day of a major army invasion into the refugee camp and surrounding city of Nablus.

Palestinian sources, including the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) say this is one of the biggest invasions that the occupation army has launched in recent times in Balata.

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The Israeli army says that the invasion is part of their campaign to root out ''terrorists'' in the camp. On 16 December, occupation troops surrounded the camp and set up snipers. Around 50 residents are reported to have been forced at gunpoint into a single apartment and restrained according to Palestinian media reports.

A Palestinian boy, Ahmed Ismai, was been left in a coma after being shot in the head by Israeli troops during the raid. Eight more Palestinians were injured including a two-year-old boy.

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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/7509FE71-5C00-4B32-B28F-93519C12D010.htm

[Resistance]

1. What was it Sharon said in his speech?

Something about a commitment to peace?

Riiiight

[Aidoneus]

2. OT, on that note, but..

do you know of a full transcript of his remarks? I just skimmed over a couple articles, but couldn't quite understand the meat of it.. apparently he demanded that the PA commit themselves to being US-Israeli lackeys, or else the occupation forces will unilaterally withdraw and cut themselves off from the Palestinians, taking a few of the zionist colonies with him. That's probably oversimplified and, knowing the Bulldozer, inaccurate, but I couldn't quite figure out where the "threat" there was..

And anyway, it's a great thing that the violence has wound down. The killings have slowed down, by about half it seems. Palestinians still drop like from the "Peace Bullets"(TM) everyday, murdered in their own towns and camps by the invading Israeli aggressor, but that has not ever mattered to those who write such stories.

[bemildred]

4. It was posted here, but I can't find it here.

Here is the BBC version:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3332941.stm

Don't mention it. I didn't get what the threat was either.
Sounded like political sugar candy coating for the withdrawals.

[madrchsod]

3. the bush klan needed

new training films for iraq.

[Muddleoftheroad]

5. How can you invade territory that you are responsible for?