Israeli forces raid West Bank village

[Aidoneus]

Israeli forces raid West Bank village
Saturday 17 January 2004

Several Israeli military vehicles rolled into the Palestinian village of Tal, south of Nablus, in the early hours of Saturday and imposed a curfew upon the estimated 6000 residents.

According to Aljazeera's correspondent, Khaled Amayreh, the occupation soldiers carried out "meticulous and onerous" house searches.

Amayreh further reported several incidents of residents having been beaten up and seeing their property destroyed.

Saturday is also the first day of the winter school term and the curfew meant hundreds, "if not thousands" of school children, were forced to stay at home.

Tal, due to ongoing invasions and curfews imposed by the Israeli military, remains cut off from the rest of Nablus, reports Amayreh.

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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/45CACD50-C405-4182-B04A-0CD3BF386B05.htm

[mmm]

1. Nothing like imposing random terror on innocent people...

to stoke up the hatred. This is Sharon's Peace Initiative of the week.

[bluesoul]

2. State

terrorism...

[Bozola]

3. Lucky they didn't have any art shows

[Malva Zebrina]

4. I am really getting confused now when I read the headlines

is it Israel or is the occupying troops in Iraq? Both seem to have the same fascist agendas and similar ways of dealing with those they know they can run over with their superior military apparatus (i)

[Gimel]

5. Highly questionable

The source of al jazeera is highly questionable. They are prone to hyperbole and extensive exaggeration. I wouldn't believe much of this. I definitely ask for further verification.