Wednesday, April 24, 2002

Israeli Snipers Playing Cat to Palestinians' Mouse
A sharpshooter in the Israeli Army reserves, Sergeant Doré was waiting to pick off any armed Palestinian who might emerge in or around the church compound. He said he had shot two during the three-week standoff at the church.

"I saw them fall the minute we fired at them, and I saw their friends drag them away," he recalled, his finger poised near the trigger.

Snipers like Sergeant Doré are a crucial part of the Israeli Army's siege of the church, where more than 200 Palestinians, dozens of them armed, have been holed up since April 2, when Israeli forces reoccupied Bethlehem.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/24/international/middleeast/24BETH.html

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