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"Captain Compassion" |
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14 Jul 2004 11:05:48 AM |
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Peeping Tom sparks West Bank riot |
Peeping Tom sparks West Bank riot
Reuters ^ | 7/14/04
BEIT SAHOUR, West Bank (Reuters) - A "Peeping Tom" who photographed a
woman in the changing room of a Bethlehem area clothes shop sparked a
night of rioting between Palestinian Muslims and Christians, witnesses
say.
At the height of the hours-long riot on Tuesday night, hundreds of
Muslims and Christians fought each other with metal rods and stones
overnight in the streets of the West Bank town of Beit Sahour,
adjacent to Bethlehem, revered as the birthplace of Jesus.
Palestinian police tried to quell the fighting by firing volleys in
the air with automatic rifles, but the fighting only died down when
the Bethlehem district governor imposed a curfew on the predominantly
Christian town.
"It was like a war," said Nahle, a Beit Sahour resident.
It was the first time in years that tension between Muslims and
Christians in the Bethlehem area had exploded into large-scale
violence, residents said.
Two people were taken to hospital with moderate injuries and scores
more suffered cuts and bruises, medics said.
The incident began on Tuesday evening when a Muslim man snuck a camera
into a changing room in a Beit Sahour clothes shop as a woman was
dressing and snapped several pictures of her, residents said.
The man, from a nearby Muslim town, raced to a taxi with the shopowner
in pursuit, residents said. But he was forced to flee to a mosque when
dozens of Beit Sahour residents arrived and began smashing the taxi,
which they later torched.
By then, Christians and Muslims involved in the dispute had called in
reinforcements, witnesses said.
The Muslims demanded police free the man, who was badly beaten during
the melee, residents said. But the suspect was arrested and taken to a
local jail. "Then the clashes really started," Nahle said.
"They were fighting with sticks and stones, and extra police had to
come from Ramallah and Bethlehem to stop it," he said.
Beit Sahour looked like a ghost town on Wednesday after the clashes
had died down. Most shops were closed and the streets were littered
with stones thrown by rioters, residents said.
Inter-religious tension has been brewing for some time in the
Bethlehem area, where Christians number only around 20 percent of the
population despite making up a majority of the population less than a
century ago.
The exodus of more affluent Christians has grown since a Palestinian
uprising began in September 2000.
Among grievances cited by Christians are land seizures by Palestinian
Muslims, a rise of Islamic radicalism during nearly four years of
conflict with Israel, growing numbers of Muslims moving to Bethlehem
from elsewhere and Israeli army operations and checkpoints in the
Bethlehem area.
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| Title: Re: Peeping Tom sparks West Bank riot |
14 Jul 2004 01:28:04 PM |
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"Captain Compassion" <res0mp8t@NOSPAMverizon.net> wrote in message
news:qbmaf0551d658m7b38mdjr12mm9ug3ssfc@4ax.com...
Peeping Tom sparks West Bank riot
Reuters ^ | 7/14/04
BEIT SAHOUR, West Bank (Reuters) - A "Peeping Tom" who photographed a
woman in the changing room of a Bethlehem area clothes shop sparked a
night of rioting between Palestinian Muslims and Christians, witnesses
say.
In the USA he'd be on Entertainment Tonight.
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| User: "Captain Compassion" |
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| Title: Re: Peeping Tom sparks West Bank riot |
14 Jul 2004 03:54:37 PM |
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On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 18:28:04 GMT, "abracadabra" <abra@hotmail.com>
wrote:
"Captain Compassion" <res0mp8t@NOSPAMverizon.net> wrote in message
news:qbmaf0551d658m7b38mdjr12mm9ug3ssfc@4ax.com...
Peeping Tom sparks West Bank riot
Reuters ^ | 7/14/04
BEIT SAHOUR, West Bank (Reuters) - A "Peeping Tom" who photographed a
woman in the changing room of a Bethlehem area clothes shop sparked a
night of rioting between Palestinian Muslims and Christians, witnesses
say.
In the USA he'd be on Entertainment Tonight.
LOL!
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"Only one ambition is worthy of Islam, to save the world from the
curse of democracy: to teach men that they cannot rule themselves
on the basis of man-made laws. Mankind has strayed from the path of
God, we must return to that path or face certain annihilation."
-- Sheikh Muhammad bin Ibrahim al-Jubair
"Long term commitment in relationships is only necessary because it takes
so damn long to raise children. Marriage may well be some kind of trick
to keep the males around beyond sexual satiation." -- Captain Compassion
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
res0mp8t@NOSPAMverizon.net
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| User: "Bill Bonde ``Theres sunshine in my stomach" |
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| Title: Re: Peeping Tom sparks West Bank riot |
15 Jul 2004 12:31:58 AM |
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abracadabra wrote:
"Captain Compassion" <res0mp8t@NOSPAMverizon.net> wrote in message
news:qbmaf0551d658m7b38mdjr12mm9ug3ssfc@4ax.com...
Peeping Tom sparks West Bank riot
Reuters ^ | 7/14/04
BEIT SAHOUR, West Bank (Reuters) - A "Peeping Tom" who photographed a
woman in the changing room of a Bethlehem area clothes shop sparked a
night of rioting between Palestinian Muslims and Christians, witnesses
say.
In the USA he'd be on Entertainment Tonight.
They'd even let him bring his picture of her bare ankle.
--
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