Reply #59: AP says some witnesses did not see stone throwers [View All]

[pschoeb]

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"In Jerusalem, meanwhile, Israeli police stormed the city's most hotly disputed holy site Friday, firing tear gas and stun grenades to disperse Muslim worshippers who police said threw stones down at Jewish worshippers at the Western Wall. Some witnesses said they didn't see stones thrown but ran after they heard the shouts of Muslims atop the wall."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030912/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_palestinians_692

Also there was a Reuters and a AP photographer on the scene as it happened, and we have several photos of people fleeing the Western Wall, but no pictures of stone throwers, or even of stones on the ground in the Western Wall area(or even people on top of the wall). These photos would be key for any photo journalist, even just a picture of the thrown stones on the ground by the Western Wall after it had been cleared. So far, I haven't found any such photos, and have found several that show the ground with no stones. Photos were taken this same day of Palestinian throwing stones at the IDF at the Kfar Darom checkpoint.

Temple Mount photos
http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news/?ei=UTF-8&p=temple+mount&c=news_photos

Kfar Darom
http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news/?c=news_photos&p=Kfar+Darom

Patrick Schoeb