(Saw the following today and wondered how this country can live with itself.)
Harpers has a chilling excerpt from a radio communication transcript between an Israeli company commander and his subordinates. The commander is facing a three-year sentence in prison.
SENTRY: We spotted an Arab female about 100 meters below our emplacement, near the light armored vehicle gate.
HEADQUARTERS: Observation post “Spain,†do you see it?
OBSERVATION POST: Affirmative, it’s a young girl. She’s now running east.
…
HQ: Are you talking about a girl under ten?
OP: Approximately a ten-year-old girl.
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cc [to HQ]: We fired and killed her. She has . . . wearing pants . . . jeans and a vest, shirt. Also she had a kaffiyeh on her head. I also confirmed the kill. Over.
HQ: Roger.
CC [on general communications band]: Any motion, anyone who moves in the zone, even if it’s a three-year-old, should be killed. Over.
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the olive ream 01.28.06 at 5:09 pm
I am at a lost for words… which is good thing otherwise my response to the content of this post would have been filled with profanity towards these murders..