To: Dale Knipschield who wrote (70290 ) 5/13/2003 5:29:58 AM From: zonder Read Replies (1) | Respond to that this incident happened at night. On the night he died, he was filming Israeli soldiers demolishing a Palestinian house. The Israeli army claimed there had been a heavy exchange of fire with Palestinian militants when Mr Miller was shot, and that its soldiers had come under fire from rocket-propelled grenades. Colonel Avi Levi, the deputy commander of the battalion involved, claimed: "We are speaking of a situation in which soldiers are under fire, under massive shooting from a number of sources, also from the area where the British TV crew was."But footage filmed by an Associated Press cameraman, Taher Zeyara, shows that there was no firing when Mr Miller left the house he was filming from, with Ms Shah and a Palestinian translator, Abd al-Rahman Abdullah. There is total silence as the three walk towards the Israeli soldiers. The journalists are clearly visible, holding up a large white flag and shining a torch at it. Fluorescent "TV" markings can also be seen on Ms Shah's bullet-proof vest . Without warning, there is a single loud shot. There is a second single shot, and then Mr Miller is heard yelling in pain. There is no sign of any exchange of fire.
