Israeli soldiers indicted for brutality

[Barack_America]

From United Press International:

JAFFA, Israel, April 6 (UPI) -- An Israeli Army medic and his superior officer are facing charges they brutalized Palestinian detainees in the West Bank, prosecutors say.

Charges filed with the Jaffa Military Court allege the two, a staff sergeant serving as a medic and a lieutenant serving as a company commander, committed aggravated assault upon Palestinians detained for routine searches and questioning, Ynetnews.com reported.

Prosecutors say the incident occurred last September when, while on a military motorcade patrolling the West Bank, the medic struck a Palestinian who had been stopped for questioning with his helmet, kicked him in the abdomen and tore his shirt while the lieutenant -- his direct superior -- stood by and did nothing...

More:
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/04/06/Israeli-soldiers-indicted-for-brutality/UPI-98691239043357/

[ConsAreLiars]

1. Whoopy-doo!

And those who ordered and carried out the massacre of 1300-1400, the destruction of the farms and orchards and homes of 10's of thousands? Well, they get only praise from their racist enablers and job security from their sponsors.

[Violet_Crumble]

2. There must be something wrong here. I'll wait till CAMERA exonerates him...

Then I'll know the TrUtH has been found! ;)

[azurnoir]

3. But now we can all rest assured that

IDF's self probing WRT Gaza was the absolute truth:P

[Sezu]

4. Interesting that the first 3 replies are all so

passive-aggressive in nature.

[question everything]

5. Welcome to I/P

where such responses are the norm. And since so many of us just leave this forum in disgust, these are the ones who stay.

Someday I would like to see an Arab soldier, or a Palestinian being indicted for their actions.

Heck, some day I would like to see a story from an Arab media criticizing the Arabs or the Palestinians. If you will notice, many of the stories criticizing Israel originate from an Israeli source. And the writers and editors continue to operate, freely, not being locked, tortured and executed.

[LeftishBrit]

6. Horrible. At least it's good that they're being prosecuted.