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Ironically, the American Congresswoman recently so tragically shot in the head has been extremely close to the Israel lobby, which has played a critical role in enabling the tragedies sketched above. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) works year after year to ensure that the approximately $7-8 million per day of American tax to Israel /13/ keeps flowing regardless of how many civilians its troops kill. <!--break--> Gabrielle Giffords' Israeli Allies Shoot Children in the head all the time Gabrielle Giffords' ,Barack Obama's Israeli Allies Shoot Children in the head all the time Gabrielle Giffords' ,Barack Obama's Israeli Allies Shoot Children,(with Christian names) ,in the head all the time : Gabrielle Giffords, Tom Hurndall and Palestinian Children Shot in the Head By ALISON WEIR http://counterpunch.org/weir01142011.html Several years ago, I was researching the cause of death of Palestinian children killed by Israeli forces during the first months of the Second Intifadah, the Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation. As I counted up the numbers, I was chilled to discover that the single most frequent cause of death in those beginning months was “gunfire to the head.†In the past 10 years Israeli forces have killed at least 255 Palestinian minors by fire to the head, and the number may actually be greater, since in many instances the specific bodily location of the lethal trauma is unlisted. In addition, this statistic does not include the many more Palestinian youngsters shot in the head by Israeli soldiers who survived, in one form or another. Below is a small sampling of those who died. (The term IDF stands for “Israeli Defense Forces,†although these forces are, in reality, an occupation army and are almost always deployed offensively; the incidents below took place on Palestinian territory): Sami, 12, died of head wounds from IDF gunfire during a demonstration. Abdul, 9, was killed by IDF gunfire to his head during a funeral. Ala, 14, died of head wounds from IDF gunfire while on the terrace of his home one hour after injuring an Israeli soldier with a stone. Omar, 11, died of head wounds from IDF gunfire during a demonstration. Diya, 3 months, was killed, along with her older brother, by Israeli settler gunfire to her head and back. Bara, 10, was killed by IDF gunfire to his head while near his home. Ayman, 15, was killed by IDF tank fire to his head while farming. Khalil, 11, was killed by IDF tank fire to his head while playing with a friend. Rami, 13, was killed by IDF helicopter fire to his head while playing in front of his house. Yaser, 11, died of head wounds from an IDF rubber-coated bullet fired at close range during a demonstration…/1/ Imagine if these names were Bobby… Michael… Susan... Melissa… Jimmy… and that the foreign troops killing them were invading Arizona, Connecticut, Ohio... I remember seeing one little brain-dead boy when I was in Gaza in February of 2001; long before any rockets had been fired out of this already assaulted enclave. It’s not a sight you forget, regardless of the name or nationality. A 2009 article in the UK Telegraph entitled “Bullets in the brain, shrapnel in the spine: the terrible injuries suffered by children of Gaza,†investigated a situation in which doctors at a hospital near Gaza were “almost overwhelmed by the number of Palestinian children needing treatment for bullet wounds to their heads.â€/2/ The article began: “On just one day last week staff at the El-Arish hospital in Sinai were called to perform sophisticated CAT brain scans on a nine-year-old, two 10-year-olds and a 14-year-old – each of whom had a bullet still lodged in their brain, after coming under fire during the Israeli ground assault on Gaza.†Asked about the nature of these shootings, a physician replied: “I can't precisely decide whether these children are being shot at as a target, but in some cases the bullet comes from the front of the head and goes towards the back, so I think the gun has been directly pointed at the child." Israeli soldiers in a group called “Breaking the Silence†have provided chilling testimonies about Israeli military culture; the titles alone tell a great deal. Following are a few: “The battalion commander ordered us to shoot anyone trying to remove the bodiesâ€, “The commander of the navy commandos put the muzzle of the rifle into the man’s mouthâ€, “They told us to shoot at anybody moving in the streetâ€, “You can do whatever you feel like, nobody is going to question it.â€/3/ Another person shot in the head by Israeli forces was 21-year-old Tom Hurndall. The anniversary of his death is this week. Hurndall, a student and photographer, had wanted to “make a difference†with his life. In 2003 he went to Gaza to join the nonviolence movement against Israeli aggression and to photograph what he saw. /4/ On April 11th he was nearby when a group of children who had been playing suddenly came under Israeli rifle fire. Most of the children fled, but three, aged four to seven, froze with fear. Hurndall dashed over, rushed one small boy to safety and returned for two little girls. Just as he was reaching to lift one up, an Israeli sniper shot him in the head. ..................... Gabrielle Giffords Ironically, the American Congresswoman recently so tragically shot in the head has been extremely close to the Israel lobby, which has played a critical role in enabling the tragedies sketched above. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) works year after year to ensure that the approximately $7-8 million per day of American tax to Israel /13/ keeps flowing regardless of how many civilians its troops kill. /14/ Giffords has been known as “a safe pro-Israel vote in the House†/15/ and could be counted on to support AIPAC’s various initiatives to shield Israel from negative consequences for its ruthless and illegal use of American weaponry. /16/ She called a 2001 visit to Israel a turning point in her life (Israeli forces killed 103 children that year, 31 of them shot in the head) and wrote in 2006 (a year in which Israeli forces killed 665 Palestinians, 139 of them children, and Palestinians killed 23 Israelis, two of them children) that “the United States must do everything possible to secure Israel’s long-term security.†/17/ Palestinian victims – killed first and in far greater numbers – seem to have been invisible to her. /18/.............
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<p>Ironically, the American Congresswoman recently so tragically shot in the head has been extremely close to the Israel lobby, which has played a critical role in enabling the tragedies sketched above. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) works year after year to ensure that the approximately $7-8 million per day of American tax to Israel /13/ keeps flowing regardless of how many civilians its troops kill.</p> <!--break--><p>Gabrielle Giffords' Israeli Allies Shoot Children in the head all the time</p> <p>Gabrielle Giffords' ,Barack Obama's Israeli Allies Shoot Children in the head all the time</p> <p>Gabrielle Giffords' ,Barack Obama's Israeli Allies Shoot Children,(with Christian names) ,in the head all the time :</p> <p>Gabrielle Giffords, Tom Hurndall and Palestinian Children<br /> Shot in the Head<br /> By ALISON WEIR</p> <p><a href="http://counterpunch.org/weir01142011.html">http://counterpunch.org/weir01142011.html</a></p> <p>Several years ago, I was researching the cause of death of Palestinian<br /> children killed by Israeli forces during the first months of the<br /> Second Intifadah, the Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation.<br /> As I counted up the numbers, I was chilled to discover that the single<br /> most frequent cause of death in those beginning months was “gunfire to<br /> the head.â€</p> <p>In the past 10 years Israeli forces have killed at least 255<br /> Palestinian minors by fire to the head, and the number may actually be<br /> greater, since in many instances the specific bodily location of the<br /> lethal trauma is unlisted. In addition, this statistic does not<br /> include the many more Palestinian youngsters shot in the head by<br /> Israeli soldiers who survived, in one form or another.</p> <p>Below is a small sampling of those who died. (The term IDF stands for<br /> “Israeli Defense Forces,†although these forces are, in reality, an<br /> occupation army and are almost always deployed offensively; the<br /> incidents below took place on Palestinian territory):</p> <p>Sami, 12, died of head wounds from IDF gunfire during a demonstration.<br /> Abdul, 9, was killed by IDF gunfire to his head during a funeral. Ala,<br /> 14, died of head wounds from IDF gunfire while on the terrace of his<br /> home one hour after injuring an Israeli soldier with a stone. Omar,<br /> 11, died of head wounds from IDF gunfire during a demonstration. Diya,<br /> 3 months, was killed, along with her older brother, by Israeli settler<br /> gunfire to her head and back. Bara, 10, was killed by IDF gunfire to<br /> his head while near his home. Ayman, 15, was killed by IDF tank fire<br /> to his head while farming. Khalil, 11, was killed by IDF tank fire to<br /> his head while playing with a friend. Rami, 13, was killed by IDF<br /> helicopter fire to his head while playing in front of his house.<br /> Yaser, 11, died of head wounds from an IDF rubber-coated bullet fired<br /> at close range during a demonstration…/1/</p> <p>Imagine if these names were Bobby… Michael… Susan... Melissa… Jimmy…<br /> and that the foreign troops killing them were invading Arizona,<br /> Connecticut, Ohio...</p> <p>I remember seeing one little brain-dead boy when I was in Gaza in<br /> February of 2001; long before any rockets had been fired out of this<br /> already assaulted enclave. It’s not a sight you forget, regardless of<br /> the name or nationality.</p> <p>A 2009 article in the UK Telegraph entitled “Bullets in the brain,<br /> shrapnel in the spine: the terrible injuries suffered by children of<br /> Gaza,†investigated a situation in which doctors at a hospital near<br /> Gaza were “almost overwhelmed by the number of Palestinian children<br /> needing treatment for bullet wounds to their heads.â€/2/</p> <p>The article began: “On just one day last week staff at the El-Arish<br /> hospital in Sinai were called to perform sophisticated CAT brain scans<br /> on a nine-year-old, two 10-year-olds and a 14-year-old – each of whom<br /> had a bullet still lodged in their brain, after coming under fire<br /> during the Israeli ground assault on Gaza.â€</p> <p>Asked about the nature of these shootings, a physician replied:</p> <p>“I can't precisely decide whether these children are being shot at as<br /> a target, but in some cases the bullet comes from the front of the<br /> head and goes towards the back, so I think the gun has been directly<br /> pointed at the child."</p> <p>Israeli soldiers in a group called “Breaking the Silence†have<br /> provided chilling testimonies about Israeli military culture; the<br /> titles alone tell a great deal. Following are a few:</p> <p>“The battalion commander ordered us to shoot anyone trying to remove<br /> the bodiesâ€, “The commander of the navy commandos put the muzzle of<br /> the rifle into the man’s mouthâ€, “They told us to shoot at anybody<br /> moving in the streetâ€, “You can do whatever you feel like, nobody is<br /> going to question it.â€/3/</p> <p>Another person shot in the head by Israeli forces was 21-year-old Tom<br /> Hurndall. The anniversary of his death is this week. Hurndall, a<br /> student and photographer, had wanted to “make a difference†with his<br /> life. In 2003 he went to Gaza to join the nonviolence movement against<br /> Israeli aggression and to photograph what he saw. /4/</p> <p>On April 11th he was nearby when a group of children who had been<br /> playing suddenly came under Israeli rifle fire. Most of the children<br /> fled, but three, aged four to seven, froze with fear. Hurndall dashed<br /> over, rushed one small boy to safety and returned for two little<br /> girls. Just as he was reaching to lift one up, an Israeli sniper shot<br /> him in the head. .....................</p> <p>Gabrielle Giffords</p> <p>Ironically, the American Congresswoman recently so tragically shot in<br /> the head has been extremely close to the Israel lobby, which has<br /> played a critical role in enabling the tragedies sketched above. The<br /> American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) works year after year<br /> to ensure that the approximately $7-8 million per day of American tax<br /> to Israel /13/ keeps flowing regardless of how many civilians its<br /> troops kill. /14/</p> <p>Giffords has been known as “a safe pro-Israel vote in the House†/15/<br /> and could be counted on to support AIPAC’s various initiatives to<br /> shield Israel from negative consequences for its ruthless and illegal<br /> use of American weaponry. /16/</p> <p>She called a 2001 visit to Israel a turning point in her life (Israeli<br /> forces killed 103 children that year, 31 of them shot in the head) and<br /> wrote in 2006 (a year in which Israeli forces killed 665 Palestinians,<br /> 139 of them children, and Palestinians killed 23 Israelis, two of them<br /> children) that “the United States must do everything possible to<br /> secure Israel’s long-term security.†/17/ Palestinian victims – killed<br /> first and in far greater numbers – seem to have been invisible to her.<br /> /18/.............</p>
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Ironically, the American Congresswoman recently so tragically shot in the head has been extremely close to the Israel lobby, which has played a critical role in enabling the tragedies sketched above. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) works year after year to ensure that the approximately $7-8 million per day of American tax to Israel /13/ keeps flowing regardless of how many civilians its troops kill. <!--break--> Gabrielle Giffords' Israeli Allies Shoot Children in the head all the time Gabrielle Giffords' ,Barack Obama's Israeli Allies Shoot Children in the head all the time Gabrielle Giffords' ,Barack Obama's Israeli Allies Shoot Children,(with Christian names) ,in the head all the time : Gabrielle Giffords, Tom Hurndall and Palestinian Children Shot in the Head By ALISON WEIR http://counterpunch.org/weir01142011.html Several years ago, I was researching the cause of death of Palestinian children killed by Israeli forces during the first months of the Second Intifadah, the Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation. As I counted up the numbers, I was chilled to discover that the single most frequent cause of death in those beginning months was “gunfire to the head.†In the past 10 years Israeli forces have killed at least 255 Palestinian minors by fire to the head, and the number may actually be greater, since in many instances the specific bodily location of the lethal trauma is unlisted. In addition, this statistic does not include the many more Palestinian youngsters shot in the head by Israeli soldiers who survived, in one form or another. Below is a small sampling of those who died. (The term IDF stands for “Israeli Defense Forces,†although these forces are, in reality, an occupation army and are almost always deployed offensively; the incidents below took place on Palestinian territory): Sami, 12, died of head wounds from IDF gunfire during a demonstration. Abdul, 9, was killed by IDF gunfire to his head during a funeral. Ala, 14, died of head wounds from IDF gunfire while on the terrace of his home one hour after injuring an Israeli soldier with a stone. Omar, 11, died of head wounds from IDF gunfire during a demonstration. Diya, 3 months, was killed, along with her older brother, by Israeli settler gunfire to her head and back. Bara, 10, was killed by IDF gunfire to his head while near his home. Ayman, 15, was killed by IDF tank fire to his head while farming. Khalil, 11, was killed by IDF tank fire to his head while playing with a friend. Rami, 13, was killed by IDF helicopter fire to his head while playing in front of his house. Yaser, 11, died of head wounds from an IDF rubber-coated bullet fired at close range during a demonstration…/1/ Imagine if these names were Bobby… Michael… Susan... Melissa… Jimmy… and that the foreign troops killing them were invading Arizona, Connecticut, Ohio... I remember seeing one little brain-dead boy when I was in Gaza in February of 2001; long before any rockets had been fired out of this already assaulted enclave. It’s not a sight you forget, regardless of the name or nationality. A 2009 article in the UK Telegraph entitled “Bullets in the brain, shrapnel in the spine: the terrible injuries suffered by children of Gaza,†investigated a situation in which doctors at a hospital near Gaza were “almost overwhelmed by the number of Palestinian children needing treatment for bullet wounds to their heads.â€/2/ The article began: “On just one day last week staff at the El-Arish hospital in Sinai were called to perform sophisticated CAT brain scans on a nine-year-old, two 10-year-olds and a 14-year-old – each of whom had a bullet still lodged in their brain, after coming under fire during the Israeli ground assault on Gaza.†Asked about the nature of these shootings, a physician replied: “I can't precisely decide whether these children are being shot at as a target, but in some cases the bullet comes from the front of the head and goes towards the back, so I think the gun has been directly pointed at the child." Israeli soldiers in a group called “Breaking the Silence†have provided chilling testimonies about Israeli military culture; the titles alone tell a great deal. Following are a few: “The battalion commander ordered us to shoot anyone trying to remove the bodiesâ€, “The commander of the navy commandos put the muzzle of the rifle into the man’s mouthâ€, “They told us to shoot at anybody moving in the streetâ€, “You can do whatever you feel like, nobody is going to question it.â€/3/ Another person shot in the head by Israeli forces was 21-year-old Tom Hurndall. The anniversary of his death is this week. Hurndall, a student and photographer, had wanted to “make a difference†with his life. In 2003 he went to Gaza to join the nonviolence movement against Israeli aggression and to photograph what he saw. /4/ On April 11th he was nearby when a group of children who had been playing suddenly came under Israeli rifle fire. Most of the children fled, but three, aged four to seven, froze with fear. Hurndall dashed over, rushed one small boy to safety and returned for two little girls. Just as he was reaching to lift one up, an Israeli sniper shot him in the head. ..................... Gabrielle Giffords Ironically, the American Congresswoman recently so tragically shot in the head has been extremely close to the Israel lobby, which has played a critical role in enabling the tragedies sketched above. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) works year after year to ensure that the approximately $7-8 million per day of American tax to Israel /13/ keeps flowing regardless of how many civilians its troops kill. /14/ Giffords has been known as “a safe pro-Israel vote in the House†/15/ and could be counted on to support AIPAC’s various initiatives to shield Israel from negative consequences for its ruthless and illegal use of American weaponry. /16/ She called a 2001 visit to Israel a turning point in her life (Israeli forces killed 103 children that year, 31 of them shot in the head) and wrote in 2006 (a year in which Israeli forces killed 665 Palestinians, 139 of them children, and Palestinians killed 23 Israelis, two of them children) that “the United States must do everything possible to secure Israel’s long-term security.†/17/ Palestinian victims – killed first and in far greater numbers – seem to have been invisible to her. /18/.............
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The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) works year after year to ensure that the approximately $7-8 million per day of American tax to Israel /13/ keeps flowing regardless of how many civilians its troops kill.</p> <!--break--><p>Gabrielle Giffords' Israeli Allies Shoot Children in the head all the time</p> <p>Gabrielle Giffords' ,Barack Obama's Israeli Allies Shoot Children in the head all the time</p> <p>Gabrielle Giffords' ,Barack Obama's Israeli Allies Shoot Children,(with Christian names) ,in the head all the time :</p> <p>Gabrielle Giffords, Tom Hurndall and Palestinian Children<br /> Shot in the Head<br /> By ALISON WEIR</p> <p><a href="http://counterpunch.org/weir01142011.html">http://counterpunch.org/weir01142011.html</a></p> <p>Several years ago, I was researching the cause of death of Palestinian<br /> children killed by Israeli forces during the first months of the<br /> Second Intifadah, the Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation.<br /> As I counted up the numbers, I was chilled to discover that the single<br /> most frequent cause of death in those beginning months was “gunfire to<br /> the head.â€</p> <p>In the past 10 years Israeli forces have killed at least 255<br /> Palestinian minors by fire to the head, and the number may actually be<br /> greater, since in many instances the specific bodily location of the<br /> lethal trauma is unlisted. In addition, this statistic does not<br /> include the many more Palestinian youngsters shot in the head by<br /> Israeli soldiers who survived, in one form or another.</p> <p>Below is a small sampling of those who died. (The term IDF stands for<br /> “Israeli Defense Forces,†although these forces are, in reality, an<br /> occupation army and are almost always deployed offensively; the<br /> incidents below took place on Palestinian territory):</p> <p>Sami, 12, died of head wounds from IDF gunfire during a demonstration.<br /> Abdul, 9, was killed by IDF gunfire to his head during a funeral. Ala,<br /> 14, died of head wounds from IDF gunfire while on the terrace of his<br /> home one hour after injuring an Israeli soldier with a stone. Omar,<br /> 11, died of head wounds from IDF gunfire during a demonstration. Diya,<br /> 3 months, was killed, along with her older brother, by Israeli settler<br /> gunfire to her head and back. Bara, 10, was killed by IDF gunfire to<br /> his head while near his home. Ayman, 15, was killed by IDF tank fire<br /> to his head while farming. Khalil, 11, was killed by IDF tank fire to<br /> his head while playing with a friend. Rami, 13, was killed by IDF<br /> helicopter fire to his head while playing in front of his house.<br /> Yaser, 11, died of head wounds from an IDF rubber-coated bullet fired<br /> at close range during a demonstration…/1/</p> <p>Imagine if these names were Bobby… Michael… Susan... Melissa… Jimmy…<br /> and that the foreign troops killing them were invading Arizona,<br /> Connecticut, Ohio...</p> <p>I remember seeing one little brain-dead boy when I was in Gaza in<br /> February of 2001; long before any rockets had been fired out of this<br /> already assaulted enclave. It’s not a sight you forget, regardless of<br /> the name or nationality.</p> <p>A 2009 article in the UK Telegraph entitled “Bullets in the brain,<br /> shrapnel in the spine: the terrible injuries suffered by children of<br /> Gaza,†investigated a situation in which doctors at a hospital near<br /> Gaza were “almost overwhelmed by the number of Palestinian children<br /> needing treatment for bullet wounds to their heads.â€/2/</p> <p>The article began: “On just one day last week staff at the El-Arish<br /> hospital in Sinai were called to perform sophisticated CAT brain scans<br /> on a nine-year-old, two 10-year-olds and a 14-year-old – each of whom<br /> had a bullet still lodged in their brain, after coming under fire<br /> during the Israeli ground assault on Gaza.â€</p> <p>Asked about the nature of these shootings, a physician replied:</p> <p>“I can't precisely decide whether these children are being shot at as<br /> a target, but in some cases the bullet comes from the front of the<br /> head and goes towards the back, so I think the gun has been directly<br /> pointed at the child."</p> <p>Israeli soldiers in a group called “Breaking the Silence†have<br /> provided chilling testimonies about Israeli military culture; the<br /> titles alone tell a great deal. Following are a few:</p> <p>“The battalion commander ordered us to shoot anyone trying to remove<br /> the bodiesâ€, “The commander of the navy commandos put the muzzle of<br /> the rifle into the man’s mouthâ€, “They told us to shoot at anybody<br /> moving in the streetâ€, “You can do whatever you feel like, nobody is<br /> going to question it.â€/3/</p> <p>Another person shot in the head by Israeli forces was 21-year-old Tom<br /> Hurndall. The anniversary of his death is this week. Hurndall, a<br /> student and photographer, had wanted to “make a difference†with his<br /> life. In 2003 he went to Gaza to join the nonviolence movement against<br /> Israeli aggression and to photograph what he saw. /4/</p> <p>On April 11th he was nearby when a group of children who had been<br /> playing suddenly came under Israeli rifle fire. Most of the children<br /> fled, but three, aged four to seven, froze with fear. Hurndall dashed<br /> over, rushed one small boy to safety and returned for two little<br /> girls. Just as he was reaching to lift one up, an Israeli sniper shot<br /> him in the head. .....................</p> <p>Gabrielle Giffords</p> <p>Ironically, the American Congresswoman recently so tragically shot in<br /> the head has been extremely close to the Israel lobby, which has<br /> played a critical role in enabling the tragedies sketched above. The<br /> American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) works year after year<br /> to ensure that the approximately $7-8 million per day of American tax<br /> to Israel /13/ keeps flowing regardless of how many civilians its<br /> troops kill. /14/</p> <p>Giffords has been known as “a safe pro-Israel vote in the House†/15/<br /> and could be counted on to support AIPAC’s various initiatives to<br /> shield Israel from negative consequences for its ruthless and illegal<br /> use of American weaponry. /16/</p> <p>She called a 2001 visit to Israel a turning point in her life (Israeli<br /> forces killed 103 children that year, 31 of them shot in the head) and<br /> wrote in 2006 (a year in which Israeli forces killed 665 Palestinians,<br /> 139 of them children, and Palestinians killed 23 Israelis, two of them<br /> children) that “the United States must do everything possible to<br /> secure Israel’s long-term security.†/17/ Palestinian victims – killed<br /> first and in far greater numbers – seem to have been invisible to her.<br /> /18/.............</p>
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In addition, this statistic does not<br /> include the many more Palestinian youngsters shot in the head by<br /> Israeli soldiers who survived, in one form or another.</p> <p>Below is a small sampling of those who died. (The term IDF stands for<br /> “Israeli Defense Forces,†although these forces are, in reality, an<br /> occupation army and are almost always deployed offensively; the<br /> incidents below took place on Palestinian territory):</p> <p>Sami, 12, died of head wounds from IDF gunfire during a demonstration.<br /> Abdul, 9, was killed by IDF gunfire to his head during a funeral. Ala,<br /> 14, died of head wounds from IDF gunfire while on the terrace of his<br /> home one hour after injuring an Israeli soldier with a stone. Omar,<br /> 11, died of head wounds from IDF gunfire during a demonstration. Diya,<br /> 3 months, was killed, along with her older brother, by Israeli settler<br /> gunfire to her head and back. Bara, 10, was killed by IDF gunfire to<br /> his head while near his home. Ayman, 15, was killed by IDF tank fire<br /> to his head while farming. Khalil, 11, was killed by IDF tank fire to<br /> his head while playing with a friend. Rami, 13, was killed by IDF<br /> helicopter fire to his head while playing in front of his house.<br /> Yaser, 11, died of head wounds from an IDF rubber-coated bullet fired<br /> at close range during a demonstration…/1/</p> <p>Imagine if these names were Bobby… Michael… Susan... Melissa… Jimmy…<br /> and that the foreign troops killing them were invading Arizona,<br /> Connecticut, Ohio...</p> <p>I remember seeing one little brain-dead boy when I was in Gaza in<br /> February of 2001; long before any rockets had been fired out of this<br /> already assaulted enclave. 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