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Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Israeli Army ordered to find and murder militants

From the ABC:
Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz has ordered the Army to track down and kill Palestinian militants behind rocket attacks, following a renewal at the weekend of rocket strikes from the Gaza Strip.

In the latest strike, two rockets hit the farming community of Shuva, about eight kilometres from the Gaza Strip. Two residents were treated for shock after a rocket landed near a house on Sunday night.

This is what I find disgusting. The rockets fired on the weekend didn't kill anyone and caused a grand total of two resident to be treated for shock. The penalty for doing this is death?

Actually, I shouldn't say 'penalty' because the word implies that someone like a referee/umpire has looked at the case and made a decision; but these suspected militants won't get the benefit of going to court. And how many people not involved in firing rockets will be killed during the Israeli's asymmetric retaliation?

Why hasn't the Israeli Army been ordered to identify the alleged criminals and develop a water-tight legal case against them?

LATER:

This was before the suicide bombing, but even after, the point is the same - if you must kill people (and I don't think you must) you can't do it until after they have had a fair trial.

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