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| PIJ member shot dead during Rafah funeral; Hamas police accused |
| 2007-11-07 |
| A member of Islamic Jihad named Hussein Al-Buji was killed on Wednesday after fighting erupted during a funeral procession for an Islamic Jihad leader wounded in similar clashes in the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. Islamic Jihad leader Rami Salama died on Wednesday of wounds he sustained during clashes with Hamas-affiliated forces on October 21st. A fifty-year-old woman was also killed in the fighting that day. Islamic Jihad accused police affiliated with the de facto Gaza Strip government of firing on the procession after children threw stones at the Tal Sultan police station while the mourning Palestinians were passing. The Interior Ministry of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip government denied that their officers were involved in the shooting, asserting that Buji was shot by someone in the funeral procession. Interior Ministry officials said the police at the Tal Sultan station had strict orders to avoid confrontation with the funeral procession. The International Middle East Media Center reported that two other people were wounded after the Islamic Jihad members traded gunfire with police. |
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| #6 People dieing at funerals has a special Palestinian sort of continuity to it. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-11-07 23:44 |
| #5 Thanks for pitching in, tw. You're right - I've been swamped since the last week of October, between my job and my business (this is my busy season). Except for Thanksgiving week - which I alway spend with family and friends in NC - I won't be able to come up for air until the first week in December. Drive-by snark will be attempted when possible. But I am investing in popcorn futures - the better to serve the 'Burg upon my return. :-D |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2007-11-07 23:12 |
| #4 Thanks, tw. This is such a guilty pleasure. We sneer at the Paleos for acting out their little Lord of the Flies scenarios, but you have to admit that fighting and killing during a funeral has a certain "cut out the middle man" efficiency. Plus they have stone throwing for the kiddies. Fun for all ages! |
| Posted by: SteveS 2007-11-07 23:05 |
| #3 Barbara Skolaut seems to be a bit busy, so I'll make a batch of popcorn for y'all. Lightly buttered, per Liberalhawk's request. ;-) Here you are -- enjoy! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-11-07 22:18 |
| #2 Nothing says Paleo mourning like a riot followed by a gunbattle. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2007-11-07 18:43 |
| #1 I love caramel coated, but Im afraid for my teeth. I'll settle for lightly buttered. |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2007-11-07 16:01 |