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To: calgal who wrote (194950)	10/23/2001 12:46:19 PM
From: thames_sider	Respond to of 769667

Figures. :( Overnight, fresh fighting erupted in Bethlehem between Palestinian gunmen and Israel troops patrolling in tanks. The Holy Family Hospital, a maternity hospital and orphanage run by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent, came under fire, but no one was injured. Three Israeli tank shells hit the laundry room and an empty guest house, and bullets shattered several windows, including a stained-glass window in a chapel in the compound. Sister Munira Jabali said the firefight lasted for seven hours, and that the 60 children sleeping in the orphanage were moved into the hallways for safety. ... Israel has been arguing that its military campaign against the Palestinians -- the broadest in years -- is comparable to the U.S. strikes against Al Qaeda. However, the Bush administration sharply rebuffed the Israeli claims. I'm no military expert, OK, but I perceive a slight difference between an air-dropped bomb going astray and tank-shelling an orphanage...