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Eyewitness to an Execution


(Jerusalem Post) - Jerusalem Post reporter Khaled Abu Toameh witnessed an execution by firing squad at Yasser Arafat's compound in Ramallah: "Two plainclothes policemen emerge from the prison with a young, bearded man whose face is badly swollen. He looks me straight in the eye, as if he is trying to tell me something. In my heart I feel something is wrong. It must have been the strange look in his eyes, a look that will haunt me for many years. I feel as if this young man is begging for help. I decide to follow him and see where he is being taken. The man was blindfolded and made to stand against a wall. Three policemen, standing about three meters away, sprayed him with bullets from their rifles. He was hit in the head and chest and fell to the ground. I asked a police officer what happened and he replied, "A criminal has been executed. What's the big deal?"
2002-08-09 00:00:00
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