[Shadow_Group] Fw: soldiers posing next to the bodies of dead

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aljazeera.net (english version)

Israeli troops accused of corpse abuse


Friday 19 November 2004, 14:37 Makka Time, 11:37 GMT    

 
Some Israeli soldiers press their feet into dead Palestinians
 
 
 
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The Israeli army has launched an investigation into photographs
apparently showing soldiers posing next to the bodies of dead
Palestinians. 


One such picture, published in the mass-selling Yediot Aharonot Israeli
daily, shows a soldier pointing his weapon at a corpse while pressing his
foot into the half-naked body.

"I ordered the military police to open an investigation and I intend to
shed full light on this matter," chief of Staff General Moshe Yaalon told
military radio on Friday. 

"It is inconceivable that such things should happen in the ranks of
Israel's army," he added. 

"They shoot and have their pictures taken" read Yediot's headline as the
paper went on to detail "ways that soldiers play with bodies". 

Another picture shows a dead man, a cigarette allegedly stuck in his
mouth by troops. When walking by a Palestinian shot in combat, several
troops would "fire into the dead body. One of them even shot four
bullets," one soldier is quoted as saying by the newspaper. 

"Our unit commander told us it was morally wrong, especially for that
soldier who fired the four shots. His punishment? He was downgraded to
serving as the commander's driver and then radio," the soldier was
reported as saying.





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