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EX500rider

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88. They weren't even bulldozing houses when she was killed
Sat Mar 30, 2024, 04:13 PM
Mar 2024
An IDF officer testified in court that her death was accidental because the bulldozer operator did not see Corrie due to the vehicle's obstructed view, and that on that day they were only clearing vegetation and rubble from houses that were previously demolished, and that no new houses were slated for demolition

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We're told Gazans are just supposed to surrender and it will be over, but this is what happens when they do surrender? ck4829 Mar 2024 #1
Israel wants the land...Jared said that there could be nice beach resorts in Gaza. Demsrule86 Mar 2024 #30
what Jared says is irrelevant NoRethugFriends Apr 2024 #151
Two injured hostages tried to surrender/be rescued obamanut2012 Mar 2024 #56
When the bulldozers start burying bodies things have taken an even more evil turn. ForgoTheConsequence Mar 2024 #2
The US military did the same in Desert Storm RSherman Mar 2024 #3
The difference was they weren't trying to surrender. ForgoTheConsequence Mar 2024 #5
And they were civilians. Voltaire2 Mar 2024 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2024 #12
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And how do you tell the civilian males from Hamas? EX500rider Mar 2024 #76
Or the Hamas babies, old people, women, and children. Voltaire2 Mar 2024 #83
Where is anyone "removing" anybody from Gaza? Did you imagine that or what? EX500rider Mar 2024 #84
So the kids ARE Hamas! AZSkiffyGeek Mar 2024 #112
The problem is that with 20 years of terrorist tactics, you have to consider the Trojan Horse ploy elias7 Mar 2024 #8
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Elias7 said no such thing. nt MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2024 #14
The implication was that everyone is a possible terrorist. ForgoTheConsequence Mar 2024 #16
The implication is your opinion, not a statement of fact. nt. MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2024 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2024 #14
Amazing. What people say to justify the horror of this war crime. erodriguez Mar 2024 #18
It is amazing... David__77 Mar 2024 #49
War Crimes are not protected. History will not be kind. nt TeamProg Mar 2024 #66
They are not the same thing. Renew Deal Mar 2024 #6
Yeah, I know from first hand experience, I was there, I operated one of those dozers, MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2024 #10
Semper Fi. NT Patton French Mar 2024 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2024 #20
Ooh Rah. MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2024 #21
Gross n/t Nutty Putty Mar 2024 #26
Thank you. MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2024 #28
Real funny stuff ha ha. nt PufPuf23 Mar 2024 #72
I thought so too. MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2024 #87
Know you did, my reply was sarcasm. nt PufPuf23 Mar 2024 #89
I knew what you were saying, MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2024 #90
This message was self-deleted by its author MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2024 #11
Disgusting Nutty Putty Mar 2024 #24
And it was Just as wrong Avalon Sparks Mar 2024 #71
DU was against this war sarisataka Mar 2024 #107
This message was self-deleted by its author Avalon Sparks Mar 2024 #122
Umm, you do realize that Desert Storm happened well before DU was created right? MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2024 #111
This message was self-deleted by its author Avalon Sparks Mar 2024 #123
Whoops Avalon Sparks Mar 2024 #124
No problemo. MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2024 #130
Nothing justifies this evil malaise Mar 2024 #4
Nothing justifies the evil spoken of in this thread. cayugafalls Mar 2024 #22
"War is evil" PatSeg Mar 2024 #25
We, the people, have always been canon fodder. cayugafalls Mar 2024 #33
Well, at least today the madness is televised PatSeg Mar 2024 #45
IDF has no interest in 2-state solution. louis-t Mar 2024 #23
Oh so they were lining up to get food were they? EX500rider Mar 2024 #27
They shot people seeking food. David__77 Mar 2024 #32
And yet the link you provided calls it a "swarm" more then once EX500rider Mar 2024 #37
The coverage was far from perfect. David__77 Mar 2024 #39
Swarming for food. You wrote "attacking trucks" which is qite comical. No matter, we have all come to expect lies TeamProg Mar 2024 #67
I bet the truck drivers felt like it was a attack on the trucks EX500rider Mar 2024 #75
At least one driver was killed NorthCountryLib Mar 2024 #139
The evidence showed people surrounded the trucks, killed some drivers NorthCountryLib Mar 2024 #138
Yea, shame on starving people for trying to feed their families. cayugafalls Mar 2024 #34
My objection was to characterizing a riot in progress as "lining up for food" EX500rider Mar 2024 #38
Do you think it was justified to shoot them? David__77 Mar 2024 #42
Were you there? MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2024 #43
This message was self-deleted by its author David__77 Mar 2024 #46
Most of us saw the drone footage. It was almost a massacre. History will not be kind. nt TeamProg Mar 2024 #70
The majority died in a stampede EX500rider Mar 2024 #48
"The IDF says.." Enjoying the Kool-Aid I see. TeamProg Mar 2024 #68
"Hamas says.." Right, always default to believing the terrorists....lol EX500rider Mar 2024 #74
This message was self-deleted by its author MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2024 #91
And HAMAs says enjoying the propaganda. nt MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2024 #91
I believe the IDF or Hamas every day of the week NorthCountryLib Mar 2024 #140
Are you referring to Hamas' lies about the 30k+ dead, mass starvation, hospital bombings, shooting of TeamProg Mar 2024 #141
Every military checkpoint in a active war zone EX500rider Mar 2024 #59
My point was it is kind of hard to be orderly when you are dying. cayugafalls Mar 2024 #44
Yeah, it is pretty easy for people in the U.S. PatSeg Mar 2024 #50
Your impression was people "attacking trucks"? louis-t Mar 2024 #60
Regardless of why that's what it boils down to EX500rider Mar 2024 #61
They were fleeing because IDF started shooting. louis-t Mar 2024 #63
HAMAS has NO interest in a 2 State Solution. Cha Mar 2024 #118
these things happen *shrug* d_b Mar 2024 #29
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Putin, Iran, and Hamas are in league and Al Jazeera is the Qatari government. gulliver Mar 2024 #35
Do you think the killings of the people shown in the video are moral? David__77 Mar 2024 #51
I didn't watch them, but you can tell me if they would have happened if Hamas hadn't attacked on Oct. 7 gulliver Mar 2024 #57
This message was self-deleted by its author MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2024 #94
That's what it all comes down too, MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2024 #95
If Hamas hadn't attacked on Oct 7th, AloeVera Mar 2024 #101
Well, that's a very argumentative and non-authoritatively accusatory thing to say. gulliver Mar 2024 #102
I enjoy your writing. AloeVera Mar 2024 #108
If The Fucking Butchers Of HAMAS Hadn't Started the WAR Committing Cha Mar 2024 #104
Or if Israeli settlers didn't invade Palestinian designated lands. nt TeamProg Mar 2024 #145
I think the settlements should be part of negotiations postwar gulliver Mar 2024 #147
No, all settlers should be out, NOW! Never should have gone in TeamProg Mar 2024 #149
Walked towards IDF troops, ignored orders to stop, ignored warning shots NickB79 Mar 2024 #36
This message was self-deleted by its author MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2024 #40
Aww, MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2024 #41
Cut off Israel NOW! Sky Jewels Mar 2024 #47
When Iran bombs the crap out of Israel will Netanyahu stop? flying_wahini Mar 2024 #52
So it's "the Jews" now AZSkiffyGeek Mar 2024 #53
Yeah, that was pretty obvious. MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2024 #54
Seeing more than normal this week AZSkiffyGeek Mar 2024 #55
And notice there is no acknowledgement that the Jews Nixie Mar 2024 #58
Sorry if that offended you. flying_wahini Mar 2024 #109
It has always been about that. TheKentuckian Mar 2024 #142
Oh, I know what they've meant since the beginning AZSkiffyGeek Mar 2024 #146
When Jews feel targeted? Really ?!?!?!?! Mossfern Mar 2024 #62
I may be presumptuous sarisataka Mar 2024 #65
Not like they will in the future. They are controlling the narrative and doing it badly. flying_wahini Mar 2024 #110
So if I am understanding you predict there will be another holocaust this time led by Iran sarisataka Mar 2024 #114
Yup, the slip is showing AZSkiffyGeek Mar 2024 #115
Of course not. But you have to admit Israel's genocide is a bit hard to swallow no matter who it is? flying_wahini Mar 2024 #144
Now that IS presumptuous sarisataka Mar 2024 #148
Wow!!!! MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2024 #131
This message was self-deleted by its author MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2024 #132
"When Iran bombs the crap out of Israel " EX500rider Mar 2024 #77
"The Jews" were "Targeted on Oct 7, 2023 by the Cha Mar 2024 #119
Er... "the Jews"? Jews here in the US, and Israelis have seen a Rise in Anti-Semitism here, and in Europe! They... electric_blue68 Mar 2024 #121
Anti-Jewish hate crimes quadrupled in San Francisco in 2023 Behind the Aegis Mar 2024 #126
Iran has approximately zero capability to Voltaire2 Mar 2024 #137
Rachel Corrie again? Ping Tung Mar 2024 #64
Trying to stop a D9 armored bulldozer with your body was never going to be a good idea EX500rider Mar 2024 #79
Destroying peoples' houses was always a bad idea..and still is. Ping Tung Mar 2024 #82
They weren't even bulldozing houses when she was killed EX500rider Mar 2024 #88
Reality check: It has never been about "destroying Hamas". TeamProg Mar 2024 #69
100% agree with that opinion Avalon Sparks Mar 2024 #73
If Israel was intent on "genocide" the death toll in Gaza after 1/2 a year would be in the 100's of thousands+ EX500rider Mar 2024 #78
Have to give Bibi credit for not making too, too obvious. But yes, the goal is to get all Palestinians out of Israel. TeamProg Mar 2024 #80
So how many Gazan's have been forced out of Gaza so far? EX500rider Mar 2024 #81
Must I repeat myself? Come on kids, put on your "thinking caps"! I said "THE GOAL.." History will NOT be kind. nt TeamProg Mar 2024 #85
So none, got it, it's part of some future secret plan that you heard on the internet maybe? EX500rider Mar 2024 #86
I can imagine that response coming from the mind of a snotty child. Funny, huh? TeamProg Mar 2024 #93
The rest can't escape Diraven Mar 2024 #96
It is a siege, supported by the US. David__77 Mar 2024 #97
Umm, you seem to be unaware that Egypt has blockaded their side of the border with Gaza MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2024 #98
Then it's obvious Israel doesn't want them to leave? EX500rider Mar 2024 #100
Egypt is charging Avalon Sparks Mar 2024 #127
Well there's still over 2 million people in Gaza EX500rider Mar 2024 #134
How so Avalon Sparks Mar 2024 #125
Easy instead of trying to miss civilians they'd be trying to hit them EX500rider Mar 2024 #133
They totally do. You can get 120 a day or less with bullets TheKentuckian Apr 2024 #150
Thank you. That's a perfect description of what Israel's goals are. Hamas is their tool , everyone is Hamas. Autumn Mar 2024 #105
Said it much better than I ever could. AloeVera Mar 2024 #116
This is a shock to NO ONE... LowerManhattanite Mar 2024 #99
This is what happens far too regularly when Palestinians innocently walk up to IDF NickB79 Mar 2024 #103
But he was just an innocent child! AZSkiffyGeek Mar 2024 #106
There are A LoT of these type of incidents JI7 Mar 2024 #129
Cutting out the important part Mountainguy Mar 2024 #113
It is not a war that Gaza started. N/T Big Blue Marble Mar 2024 #117
Yes it is Mountainguy Mar 2024 #120
This message was self-deleted by its author Avalon Sparks Mar 2024 #128
It most certainly is, MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2024 #135
This message was self-deleted by its author MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2024 #136
It was an Easter Bunny from Pluto's moon. TheKentuckian Mar 2024 #143
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