On 19 Aug 2002 at 14:27, Casey wrote:
Palestinian leaders have done the same, too; the head of the military
wing of Hamas (Saleh Shehadeh) was surrounded by civilians when an
Israeli missile took him out in Gaza. Israel did not allow the shield to
work; this individual had coordinated the suicide bombing deaths of
over one hundred Israeli civilians, and the Israelis apparently were
willing to kill those fourteen human shields and suffer the consequent
flack rather than to allow this individual to coordinate the suicide
bombing deaths of another hundred Israeli civilians.
>
> It seems as if the Iraqis are not the only country in the Middle East
> to have used "human shields". :o
>
> The Israeli Supreme Court announced a temporary injunction on the use
> of "human shields" by the Israeli Army. Seven human rights groups
> took the Army to task and filed their complain today. The Israeli
> Supreme Court announced their decision later on in the afternoon
> effectively preventing the use of Palestinians as "human
> shields"---whom were used to approach homes in Palestinian camps that
> were thought to house militants, or may have been booby trapped.
>
> Israeli Court Bans Use of 'Human Shields'
> Mideast: The temporary injunction comes after seven rights groups
> complained about the army's use of unwilling Palestinian civilians.
>
> by Mark Magnier, Los Angeles Times Staff writer
>
> http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-shield19aug1900505
> 9.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dworld%2Dmanual
>
> You'll need to register with the LA Times website in order to read the
> full text.
>
> Regards,
> Casey
>
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