Does the IDF target civilians?

[WildCat]

Wildcat just joined Jocko on my ignore list. I'm weeding out posters who never say anything interesting.

Thanks for bumping this thread, demon, I never would have known of the honor of Orwell putting me on ignore otherwise!

 

[WildCat]

The Israeli authorities declined to attend the inquest.
The inquest heard that the Israeli authorities claimed the sniper had mistaken Mr Hook's mobile phone for a pistol.
Dr Hansen showed the jury photographs of where the gunman was positioned and said: "It is fairly difficult to imagine how a small mobile phone could be mistaken for a gun."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/suffolk/4534620.stm

So, there was no defense put up by Israel, not really surprising that the ruling went against Israel. More of a show trial really, wasn't it?

And FWIW, after a high-speed chase in March '05 here in Chicago passenger LaTanya Haggerty was shot and killed by police after her cell phone was mistaken for a gun. The cop was fired, but no criminal complaint was filed. This was from a distance of only a few feet away, I assume the sniper was much further away in far more dangerous and chaotic circumstances.

 

[webfusion]

Shot in the back...

"The inquest at Ipswich Crown Court had heard that the shooting of Mr Hook took place after troops surrounded the nearby hideout of an Islamic Jihad leader."

A fully unbiased account can be found HERE:
http://www.counterpunch.org/abunimah1126.html

( I especially enjoyed reading the testimony of Ms Butterly, who I heard got herself shot also in Jenin during that time while trying to confront the IDF during combat operations ).

Demon, just for you I am posting the link to a photo of the body of Mr Hook in the hospital, with a hospital staff pointing to "the shot in the back" ---
http://www.islamonline.org/English/News/2002-11/22/images/pic41.jpg
http://www.islamonline.org/English/News/2002-11/22/article41.shtml
The accompanying story is from another completely unbiased source --- enjoy...