From: Adam Flinton 

T'other day they shot at the clearly marked UK embassy diplomatic cars
carrying another briton's family.

Luckily the range rovers are armoured.

But hey that's the Irgun for you.....OK they've rebranded as Likud...but as
the US bod said when they arrested Abbas..."once a terrorist always a
terrorist" & Menachim Begin & the rest of the Irgun/Likud....

However I no longer believe Mr Bush. Actions not words. So far we've seen
everything delayed for every reason Mr Sharon can think of & I see no
evidence of the US stepping up the pace in the face of Israeli opposition.

What makes me laugh is the comment of an israeli mate of mine called Yair
who can't work out why the US admin is so paralysed as in reality the
Israelis & by extension most of the US jewish voters are split right
down the middle on wether they should be dragged kicking & screaming to
a settlement & thus doing anything will result in 1/2 the votes for
Bush
& 1/2 the votes against.

i.e. If he does nothing the people who really want a settlement (let's say
50%) will reckon he's a waste of space & they'll vote democrat but the
other 50% who basically believe in Israel from the Med to the Jordan
& expelling the Arabs will vote for him. This is exactly the same vote
as if he kicks Israel towards some kind of Taba/1967 borders thingy where
the 1st 50% will vote for him but now the latter 50% won't...so no
change....



Adam

William F. Zachmann wrote:
> Phil,
>
> We are at a critical point.  If Bush & Co. do not balance their actions in
> Iraq with commensurate demands on the Israeli's, I may end up agreeing with
> you in all particulars.
>
> All the best,
>
> will
>
>
>
> http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?
>
> story=402956
>
> DEAD CAMERAMAN 'CARRIED WHITE FLAG'
>
> By Justin Huggler in Rafah, Gaza Strip
>
> 04 May 2003
>
>
>
> Israeli soldiers who killed a British television cameraman, James
>
> Miller, in southern Gaza could have been in no doubt about his
>
> identity as a journalist, according to witnesses. They said yesterday
>
> that he was shot at close range while in a group carrying a large
>
> white flag and shouting repeatedly that they were journalists.
>
> Mr Miller, who lived in Devon with his wife and son, was working with
>
> the producer Saira Shah, with whom he made two acclaimed
>
> documentaries about Afghanistan. They were working on a film about
>
> the lives of Palestinian children in Rafah. His death comes just
>
> three days after two Britons carried out a suicide bombing that
>
> killed three people in Tel Aviv.
>
> The cameraman was killed in the area where the streets of Rafah run
>
> close to the Egyptian border. The houses are riddled with bullet- holes, and
> the area is overlooked by Israeli army watchtowers. Local
>
> Palestinians keep to the back alleys, saying that if you can be seen
>
> from a watchtower you can be shot.
>
> Abd al-Rahman Abdullah, a Palestinian translator working with the
>
> journalists, gave a detailed account yesterday of the shooting. The
>
> details were confirmed in a separate interview with Tamer Zeyara, a
>
> Palestinian cameraman for the Associated Press news agency who also
>
> witnessed the killing.
>
> Mr Miller was the third foreigner to be killed or seriously injured
>
> by Israeli soldiers in Rafah in the past two months. Rachel Corrie,
>
> an American peace activist, was crushed to death by an Israeli army
>
> bulldozer in March. Tom Hurndall, a British peace activist, is in a
>
> coma after being shot in the head by an Israeli sniper while trying
>
> to rescue Palestinian children from Israeli fire.
>
> Mr Miller and the other members of the crew, Ms Shah and assistant
>
> producer Daniel Edge, were in a house filming Israeli soldiers
>
> preparing to demolish another house nearby. The army regularly
>
> demolishes houses in the area, claiming that they are used by
>
> Palestinian militants.
>
> Mr Abdullah told how the group of journalists debated whether it was
>
> safe to leave the house. Eventually he, Mr Miller and Ms Shah decided
>
> to walk straight towards two Israeli armoured personnel carriers
>
> parked outside, making their identity as journalists clear, rather
>
> than risk being mistaken for militants by trying to take a back route.
>
> All three were wearing helmets and bullet-proof vests. Mr Abdullah
>
> persuaded Mr Miller to swap his helmet, which was unmarked, for one
>
> with "TV" clearly marked in yellow fluorescent tape. Ms Shah's vest
>
> had the same markings.
>
> In addition, Mr Abdullah carried a large white flag that the group
>
> borrowed from the Palestinian owner of the house, and the camerman
>
> held up a torch and shone it at the flag. As they walked towards the
>
> soldiers, the three continually shouted that they were foreign
>
> journalists in both English and Arabic. The soldiers had shouted
>
> insults in Arabic at the inhabitants of the house earlier, and
>
> clearly understood the language.
>
> When they got about 10 yards from the house, Mr Abdullah said, a
>
> soldier began firing at them from the APCs. Both Mr Abdullah and Mr
>
> Zeyara denied claims by the Israeli army that the soldiers were
>
> coming under fire from Palestinian militants and that Mr Miller
>
> was "caught in the crossfire".
>
> Mr Abdullah and Ms Shah both dived for cover. "After the second or
>
> third shot, James was hit," said Mr Abdullah.
>
> The translator managed to get back to the house, where he called a
>
> relative to get an ambulance. But it failed to appear, and the
>
> relative told him the Israelis were not letting it through. "I ran
>
> towards the APCs then. I could not help myself. I was screaming for
>
> help," he said.
>
> An Israeli officer opened the hatch of one APC and told the
>
> journalists to bring Mr Miller over. The cameraman lay on the ground
>
> untended for 25 minutes between being shot and being taken to
>
> hospital. It is not clear if the delay contributed to his death.
>
> The killing comes after the Israeli army issued an order to soldiers
>
> to crack down on foreign peace activists. Mr Zeyara said he saw
>
> foreign activists being shot at by Israeli soldiers in the area
>
> earlier on Friday evening.
>
> -------
>
> http://www.sais-jhu.edu/centers/fpi/novartis/01winners.html
>
>
>
> RAWA Winner of
>
> 2001 SAIS-Novartis International Journalism Award
>
>
>
> Grand Prize Winners:
>
>
>
> Saira Shah, Reporter; Cassian Harrison, Director/Producer [below]; and James
> Miller, Camera [left] with special footage provided by the Revolutionary
> Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA).
>
> "Beneath The Veil"
>
> Broadcast by Channel Four (UK) and CNN Presents (USA)
>
> This extraordinarily powerful documentary reports on life under the
>
> Taliban in Afghanistan before the attacks of 9/11. "It was intended
>
> to grab attention of viewers who didn't think they needed to care
>
> about Afghanistan," explains Saira Shah for whom "Beneath
the Veil"
>
> is also a personal story of return to the homeland of her Afghan-born
>
> father....
>
> -------
>
> http://www.nerve-centre.org.uk/foyle/html/education.htm
>
> Six months after going undercover to make the acclaimed Dispatches
>
> film Beneath The Veil, reporter Saira Shah returned to Afghanistan to
>
> investigate how the US bombing has affected the lives of ordinary
>
> Afghans. In Unholy War, Saira and the film's director, James Miller,
>
> document how the changed international situation has impacted on the
>
> country as a whole. On a more personal level, they also track down
>
> the three little girls who were at the centre of Beneath The Veil.
>
> Schedule permitting, the director James Miller will introduce this
>
> film, and conduct a Q&A after the screening.
>
> -------
>
> http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article1248.shtml
>
> Photo story: Israeli bulldozer driver murders American peace activist By
> Nigel Parry and Arjan El Fassed, The Electronic Intifada, 16 March
>
> 2003
>
> -------
>
>
> http://www.electronicintifada.net/v2/article1358.shtml
>
> ISM: Israeli soldier shoots British ISM activist Tom Hurndall in Gaza Press
> Release, International Solidarity Movement, 11 April 2003
>
>
> -------
>
> http://www.palestinemonitor.org/gallery/children2.htm
>
> Palestinian children in horrific situations
>
> -------
>
>
>
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> "Phil Payne"  wrote in message
> news:3EB7AE64.12C6AA59{at}isham-research.com...
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>>http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030505-052235-6374r
>>
>>"Pentagon officials said Friday that some detainees at Guantanamo are
>
> being
>
>>considered for trial before a military commission or tribunal. President
>>Bush must select the prisoners who will face the newly created legal
>
> court.
>
>>The military commission can recommend the death penalty."
>>
>>Just like the Wehrmacht in Poland.  That wasn't German sovereign territory
>>either, so captives weren't protected by German law.
>>
>>You think they'll use firing squads like the Germans?  It's probably not
>>worth building gas chambers for 600 - unless they're thinking of a
>>long-term facility for Iraqis, Syrians, etc.
>>
>>--
>>  Phil Payne
>>  http://www.isham-research.com
>>  +44 7785 302 803
>>  +49 173 6242039
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