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Israel army resorting to human shield method: Rights group AFP [ FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2002 06:20:41 AM ] JERUSALEM: The Israeli army used Palestinians as human shields during an operation targeting an Islamic Jehad leader in the West Bank town of Jenin last week, an Israeli human rights group charged in a report Thursday. B'Tselem lists a number of cases of the use of "human shields" and the so-called "neighbour procedure" of forcing civilians to act as go-betweens with militants, condemning them as violations of international law and of an August 18 supreme court interim ban on both practices. The report quotes witnesses describing how the army used a Palestinian civilian as a human shield on November 9 in Jenin, during an operation aimed at eliminating local Islamic Jihad chief Iyad Sawalha, whom Israel accused of being responsible for 31 Israeli deaths. The report says Khaled Kamil, whose house was near Sawalha's, was questioned about his neighbour by soldiers and ordered to go to the Hamas leader's house. The troops threatened to destroy Kamil's house if he refused and after blowing up a wall which revealed a gaping hole leading into the wanted man's house, the soldiers forced Kamil -- at gunpoint -- to go inside and call Sawalha. The suspected militant was killed in the operation, while Kamil was held in prison and only released the next day. B'Tselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories recommends in its report that the army give an unambiguous order to its soldiers "not to demand civilians to perform military assignments." An army spokesman said he was looking into the accusations. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http://archive.jab.org/ctrl@;listserv.aol.com/ <A HREF="http://archive.jab.org/ctrl@;listserv.aol.com/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
