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R. Daneel Olivaw

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Mon Mar 10, 2014, 11:44 PM Mar 2014

Poisoned by tear gas in the comfort of their own home

http://972mag.com/poisoned-by-tear-gas-in-the-comfort-of-their-own-home/88250/

An IDF night raid on the West Bank village Qaddum left three family members in the hospital. Chances are we’ll never hear about it in mainstream Israeli news outlets.

The security forces have a problem with the village of Qaddum – we’re not quite sure why. Perhaps it is because the residents hold weekly demonstrations against the occupation. Whatever the reason, it is clear that the security forces have decided to teach the village a lesson. Recently, a mysterious officer, who according to testimonies of the residents calls himself Captain Sabri, walks around telling village residents that he will “teach them a lesson.” Some of the residents suspect him of being a Shin Bet officer.

Whatever Sabri’s organizational loyalty may be, he keeps his word. The Friday demonstrations are dispersed with an iron fist; beyond that the residents also report recurring attacks on the village, even on days when no demonstrations are held. These attacks include the throwing of stun grenades and CS gas canisters (a more aggressive form of tear gas).

In one case, which actually made it to the Israeli media – of course, under the pretense that one more person killed by the IDF will make the kettle boil and bring about a new intifada – Saeed Gasser Nassar Ali, an 85-year-old resident of the village, died after inhaling tear gas, which seeped into his house following a demonstration. The doctor who treated Ali found it hard to give him the best treatment possible, since he too was suffocating from the gas. Let’s say that again: the man suffocated in his house and died in the hospital shortly thereafter. Not during a demonstration. In his house.
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Poisoned by tear gas in the comfort of their own home (Original Post) R. Daneel Olivaw Mar 2014 OP
I went through demonstrations and outright riots in Boston and was never gassed Warpy Mar 2014 #1
How much do you want to bet that the CS gas used by the IDf was funded R. Daneel Olivaw Mar 2014 #2

Warpy

(110,909 posts)
1. I went through demonstrations and outright riots in Boston and was never gassed
Tue Mar 11, 2014, 12:01 AM
Mar 2014

A week after I moved out west, the SWAT team surrounded a house down the street, used a couple of flash-bangs and then started firing multiple containers of CS gas into the house.

Worst asthma attack of my life. The cat and I decamped to a hotel. I don't know what my poorer neighbors did, it was awful.

Best part was that the guy they were after wasn't even at home.

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