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Thursday November 21, 2002 Israeli forces beat journalist in West Bank 20.11.2002 - HEBRON, West Bank - Israeli border police kicked and beat a Reuters cameraman in the divided West Bank city of Hebron on Tuesday (Wednesday NZT), witnesses said. Mamoun Wazwaz, 27, was among a group of 13 Palestinian journalists leaving a Reuters colleague's home after dinner there when three border police accosted them in a parking lot. Wazwaz was knocked to the ground, and one of the policemen bashed him in the leg with an M-16 assault rifle, witnesses said. Wazwaz's colleagues rushed him to a nearby hospital, where X-rays showed no broken bones and he was treated and released. Journalists in the group, who were shoved against a wall and held at gunpoint, said the attack was unprovoked. They said a policeman held a gun to the head of one of their colleagues. "Suddenly we heard shouting and they were beating Mamoud," Reuters cameraman Nael Shyoukhi said. "We told them we were journalists and not to deal with us like criminals." Before leaving, the police told Wazwaz he was wanted for questioning by Israeli security services and ordered him to report to them later this month, his Reuters colleagues said. Reuters filed a letter of protest with the Israeli army and demanded an investigation. The army had no immediate comment. The incident occurred near an Israeli military post in the Israeli-ruled part of Hebron, which was divided into Israeli- and Palestinian-run sections under a 1997 interim accord. Israeli forces reoccupied the entire city this week after Palestinian gunmen killed five border police, four soldiers and three settler security men in an ambush on Friday night. - REUTERS ©Copyright 2002, NZ Herald <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
