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To: Andy Thomas who wrote (16712)	8/30/2002 4:22:52 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23908

Re: man those jewish women are just so beautiful... as beautiful as asian women... Oh, so true! Too bad their boyfriends don't have balls, eh? B'Tselem scolds IDF for using 'human shields' Dan Izenberg Aug. 29, 2002 The army has violated an interim injunction issued by the High Court of Justice by using two Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as human shields, the human rights group B'Tselem charged Wednesday. According to B'Tselem, on August 23 soldiers forced Samir Abu 'Amra and Ahmad Abu 'Amra to flush out a terrorist who had hidden in Samir Abu 'Amra's house after trying to attack nearby Kfar Darom in Gush Katif. In response to a request by seven human rights groups on August 18, the High Court of Justice issued a temporary interim injunction prohibiting the army from using Palestinian civilians to carry out missions on behalf of the army until the court issues a ruling on the matter. Israel Radio quoted a military source last night as saying that Samir Abu 'Amra volunteered to enter his house and bring out the terrorist because he was worried the house might be damaged. Samir Abu 'Amra told a B'Tselem fieldworker soldiers backed by tanks and bulldozers surrounded the house and said they would kill him unless he obeyed their orders to bring them the wanted terrorist. According to his testimony, one of the soldiers "called out to me. While I was walking over to him, one of the tanks fired shots over my head. The soldier told me there was a wounded person in our house, and he ordered me to bring him out, dead or alive, within five minutes. He added, 'If you don't do it, we'll shoot you and your family and demolish your house.' "I went inside and started to look around the house and yard in accordance with instructions I received from a soldier who was standing on a tank facing the house. "He pointed toward the west corner. There was a water container with a pigeon coop on top of it. The soldier said the wanted person was located there . He told me to bring him out dead or alive. "I saw a guy wounded in the head and leg. I told him what the soldiers had said. He refused to leave, and I saw that he had a grenade in his hand. I was frightened. I went back to the soldiers who were behind the house. The soldier who was in the tank opposite the house ordered me to go back to the wounded man, but I continued to walk toward the soldiers. One of them asked, 'Why didn't you bring him?' I replied, 'He had a grenade in his hand, and I am afraid I'll die.' "The soldier ordered me to go back. I explained to him that I had diabetes and can't stand the sight of blood. My wife said I was liable to faint if I saw blood. The soldier told her to shut up and threatened to send her and my mother [to do it.]" jpost.com