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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran
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To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (5251)6/20/2004 5:38:07 PM
From: Thomas M.  Read Replies (1) of 22250
 
Some anecdotes on the early days of the Intifada -

<<< ... When the head of military intelligence requested an inquiry into "how many bullets the IDF fired from the start of the hostilities," he and other generals were shocked to learn that in the first few days of the Intifada the IDF fired a million bullets and other projectiles — "a bullet for each child," one officer of the high command commented with disgust. Military sources confirmed a report that in one incident, a single shot, fired in the air to illustrate the reality to a European observer, evoked two solid hours of intense fire from Israeli troops and tanks.

According to IDF accounting, the ratio of Palestinian to Israeli dead was almost twenty to one in the first month of the Intifada (seventy-five Palestinians, four Israelis), in areas under military occupation, with resistance scarcely going beyond stone throwing ... >>>

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