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Originally posted by CDSmith
Interesting.
I don't see where a court marial would be warranted then. I simply can not figure out why average joe citizen would be out walking around and risking this kind of incident when they could just as easily stay at home and tend the chores, mind the kids, screw the wife etc. Doesn't make sense.
If more people stayed at home in that region there would be far less violence occuring.
Stay the fuck at home.
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They had been under curfew for several days. They were out getting water, food, etc., the necessities for life.
There were literally hundreds of people outside shopping in open markets. As I recall the incident; the ones that the Tank Commander fired upon and killed were all members of the same family. A father and his children, I cannot recall if the mother was present or not. Whether or not they came to close to the Tank Commaner's tank, I do not know, but the excuse given at the time was that the Tank Commander thought the curfew was still in effect is the reason he opened fire. The Israel military admitted the Tank Commander was in the wrong.
In other words, the way I recall the incident is this: It was broad daylight, hundreds of people were out shopping, but this particular Tank was around the corner from the main area of shopping, this Palestinian family came out to do some shopping and the Tank Commander fired upon them because he thought the curfew was still in place.
If someone can find a link with the specifics of the event please post it.