Those could be valid. - Edit 2
Before modification by SilverWarder at 02/06/2010 05:46:52 PM
there is still some debate about who shot first, and the final verdict is not in whether the soldiers were shot by protesters or by friendly fire. if it turns out to be from the protesters then you do have a very valid point here, but in close quarters, i can't believe that a few stray bullets didn't find their way into the other soldiers fighting alongside each other.
Blue on blue scenarios do happen but these are commandos, not regular troops. They happen less with SpecFor troops. Not impossible.
The current info seems to be that the troops were physically attacked with knives and bats as they hit the deck and some of them were wounded with their own weapons which were taken from them in the struggle. Under such circumstances we'll never know if the Israelis were shot by protestors with captured Israeli guns or other Israelis trying to break things up. Not unless a vid turns up or something.
israel had a blockade of gaza long before hamas was elected to power there. having hamas in power was an excuse to turn up the pressure on gaza, but the blockade has been there for much longer than the current palestinian power struggle. the wall around the border was built in 1996 on israel's side, and they are building another one along egypt's side as we speak. but the point is, israel has had some kind of blockade in place for at least 16 years, and well before hamas had the kind of power they have now.
Hmmm. I'd need to research that to verify any commentary on it (I'm not expert on Gaza) but that doesn't sound right. I believe that Israel was occupying Gaza until the early 2000s.
No time to check today at work though - so I'll just say, "Sounds wrong, but not sure." Perhaps someone else will have time to research it and let us know.
Blue on blue scenarios do happen but these are commandos, not regular troops. They happen less with SpecFor troops. Not impossible.
The current info seems to be that the troops were physically attacked with knives and bats as they hit the deck and some of them were wounded with their own weapons which were taken from them in the struggle. Under such circumstances we'll never know if the Israelis were shot by protestors with captured Israeli guns or other Israelis trying to break things up. Not unless a vid turns up or something.
israel had a blockade of gaza long before hamas was elected to power there. having hamas in power was an excuse to turn up the pressure on gaza, but the blockade has been there for much longer than the current palestinian power struggle. the wall around the border was built in 1996 on israel's side, and they are building another one along egypt's side as we speak. but the point is, israel has had some kind of blockade in place for at least 16 years, and well before hamas had the kind of power they have now.
Hmmm. I'd need to research that to verify any commentary on it (I'm not expert on Gaza) but that doesn't sound right. I believe that Israel was occupying Gaza until the early 2000s.
No time to check today at work though - so I'll just say, "Sounds wrong, but not sure." Perhaps someone else will have time to research it and let us know.