Israel allows army to kill Palestinians on reconnaissance

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The army has introduced new rules of engagement allowing troops to shoot to kill Palestin-ians carrying out reconnaissance of military activity, an Israeli civil rights group said on Wednesday.

A spokesman for the Association for Civil Rights in Israel said that soldiers arriving for reserve duty last week in the area of the Netzarim settlement in the Gaza Strip were told they were to shoot to kill Palestinians watching them through binoculars.

The army denied the report, saying that Palestinian lookouts were subject to the standard procedure for apprehending a suspect. That means a verbal warning, a warning shot and, if necessary, a shot to wound the suspect.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2003/11/07/2003074922

[LibertyorDeath]

1. I see only good things in Israels future.

If the past is any indicator of the future.

[The Magistrate]

2. If The Report Is True, Sir

It is hardly exceptionable. Such survellaince is a necessary preliminary to a successful attack upon the soldiery, and thus the soldiers can be expected to discourage it.