Death by Remote

[Resistance]

http://www.dailynews.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=501&fArticleId=274783

October 31, 2003

The giant Caterpillar bulldozer used by the Israeli military to destroy Palestinian homes in the West Bank and Gaza Strip now comes with a controversial new feature: remote control.

Israel says its remote-control technology will lower risks to soldiers. But Palestinians fear it will lead to more frequent raids and make the three-year conflict even bloodier.

The remote-controlled D-9 bulldozer and a remote-controlled version of the Humvee, equipped with machine guns, were developed by the Israeli army and the Technion Institute of Technology. Both machines are US-made, with Israeli modifications. They are expected to go into service in the next few weeks.

No D-9 driver has been killed in the last three years of Israeli-Palestinian violence, despite operating in densely-populated Palestinian cities where they are exposed to sniper fire and bombs. However, Israel is concerned they could fall victim to roadside bombs that have destroyed three Israeli tanks. - Sapa-AP

[pasadenaboy]

1. your tax dollars at work

who do you think pays for all this stuff.

My god, can we ever get out of all the crap we have gotten ourselves into?

[goforit]

2. WOW!.............Heaven help us all!!!

When are we gonna cage these lions?

[Judi Lynn]

3. Almost unbearable-

From the article:

The grey, heavily-armoured machines, which stand as tall as a small house, already have turned hundreds of buildings into dusty rubble heaps and ancient olive groves into wastelands with their powerful shovel blades. Israeli commentator Nahum Barnea has called them "the terrifying beast of this war".

[Ellen Forradalom]

4. Let's hope the remote

gets lost under the couch.

[Dover]

5. They've been running the Shrub by remote for years.....

Hell...the whole Bushco administration is like a remote controlled bulldozer...controlled from the bunker.

[TahitiNut]

6. Locking

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