Masked Palestinian gunmen killed two men suspected of being informers for Israel, then displayed their bodies Thursday in the central square of a West Bank refugee camp
The two men were abducted two weeks ago, along with six other men, on suspicion of giving away the hideout of a wanted member of the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade, a militant group loosely linked to Arafat's Fatah faction.No due process, just kidnapping, torture and execution. I expect the international human rights community and the Free Mumia crowd to be all over this. Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at October 23, 2003 11:03 AMA member of Al Aqsa said the men were kidnapped and interrogated by Islamic Jihad, an Iranian-funded group that often cooperates with Al Aqsa in the northern West Bank. The Al Aqsa member said the two groups carried out the killings together "to share the honor."
I always felt and still believe taht a lot of these "collaborator" killings are really the Freaks settling personal scores with each other. Tell me again about how humiliated they are by checkpoints and how evil the fence is.
Posted by: Joel on October 23, 2003 01:04 PMHoo boy, ISM really dropped the ball this time. Where the hell were the ISM tools and other peace activists who are supposed to be protecting Palestinians from being gratuitously murdered and otherwise oppressed by gun toting thugs?
Hello, Huwaida? Hello, Adam? Hello, Laura? Hello, Roy R.? Hello, CJ? Where the heck are you? These two could have used a little solidarity, don'tcha think?
Or does ISM only care about helping Palestinians when ISM can garner some anti-Israel publicity out of it?
Cowards AND hypocrites.
Posted by: /d/ on October 23, 2003 05:42 PMOh jeez, Mumia thinks the naqba is the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. Somebody please spare me from historically illiterate radicals with opinions.