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IDF shoots dead retarded teen
Efrat Weiss
Published: 15.02.06, 12:37
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31.  Gabrielle Goldwater. Amen!
Ronit ,   Zikhron   (02.15.06)
32. IF Marine killed him
HIlda ,   USA   (02.15.06)
Are you kidding? He would probably have been court marshalled and the Arabs would have started a riot like they are doing over the cartoons. Truth is family wanted to get rid of him so sent him out with the gun because he probably was not able to handle a bomb belt
33. #17
Ann   (02.15.06)
What you call is "revenge" is nothing more then cold blooded murder and you are trying to justify you should be ashamed.The incidents you mentioned were horrible and very tragic,but mistakes and accidents happen like this all the time in war.I don't believe the Israelis practice random killing that is what the Hamas and PLO terrorists do.Besides these tragedies did not occur in a vacuum. Palestinians have been using their own children in war against Israelis.This has been going on for many years.Many Palestinian teens have been suicide bombers and have killed Israeli children as well. The soldiers didn't see the 9 year old girl you mentioned they just saw a shadow of a suspicious figure carrying a large bag right next to the securtiy fence late at night.How were they not supposed to know there could have been a bomb in that bag? How many 9 year olds are wandering alone late at night in a closed military zone? The boy in the above article was shot after he pointed a very looking toy rifle at Israeli soldiers in a war zone.Palestinians need to stop using their own kids to fight their dirty war against Israelis.Only when they love their kids more then they hate Israelis will their be real peace in the middleast.
34. Ann
Salam #29   (02.15.06)
I saw the video of the "kids" as LAW called them who staged that fake burial in Jenin.If those are "kids" as that group claimed all I can say is that they are some of the biggest looking kids I have ever seen in my life.
35. Hypocrites
Lacey ,   USA   (02.15.06)
Many of you write like Muslims are the only people who allow their children to play with guns, toy or real. Face reality, how many kids are taught to use guns for "hunting" in the US? God only knows what they'll end up doing with their new ability. Raising children to hate Muslims and Palestinians is EQUAL to Palestinians and Muslims raising their children to hate others.
36. #35 moral equivalences don't cut it.
Mary ,   Wyoming   (02.15.06)
They don't even make sense. I guess you did not read 24,27 and 30. Go to http://memri.org/ http://memritv.org/ http://www.pmw.org.il/ My brother had a toy gun and my husband hunts. I hate guns. What are saying other then making excuses? Of course we know that guns kill but this has nothing to do with the culture of hate which permeates every aspect of Palestinian society. You know it and so do I. Cars kill to you know. And if someone really wants to kill someone they can do it with a garden shovel. Please.....
37. #35 I know I wouldnt send my retarded child with a toy gun
(02.15.06)
To confront Palestinians.
38. To KS, and Yasmeen.....
DR ,   Florida, USA   (02.15.06)
Look at some of the pictures that #24 has posted and tell me it doesn't make you sick to see these kids walking around with guns etc. (It reminds me of the Hitler youth.) You cannot argue with facts. Nobody here is saying that the death of that boy is not a tragedy, but we are saying it can be avoided in the future. What kind of culture does this to their children??? Sick people!!!
39. All I'm saying
Lacey ,   USA   (02.16.06)
is that I'm sick and tired of Islam being the cause of all evil in my idiotic culture. I'm not saying that there aren't quite a lot of Muslims buying into the violent philosophy, but many, many aren't. The immaturity exists on both sides, and both sides use excessive force. NOTHING justifies murdering a child, especially a disabled one. I'd rather be sure the gun was real before I shot, and yes, I would rather be shot first than live knowing I'd killed a kid.
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