Moi kaikille,
Muutamien uutistoimistojen kirjoitusten mukaan palestiinalaiset ovat palkanneet eurooppalaisia tarkka-ampujia, todennäköisesti IRA:n jäseniä, taistelemaan puolestaan israelilaisia sotilaita vastaan. Onko tämä totta, en tiedä, mutta kaikki viittaisi siihen.
Ohessa asiasta kirjoitettu lehtijuttu. Jokainen voi vetää omat johtopäätöksensä kirjoituksen totuudenmukaisuudesta.
Carpe Diem,
MJ
European Marksmen-for-Hire in Gaza
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
September 8, 2004, 12:04 PM (GMT+02:00)
The pair talked as they walked, indicating sandbanks until they reached a point
500 meters from his perch atop an IDF position. They then turned back and
disappeared behind Palestinian houses.
M. decided this break in Palestinian routine was worth reporting to his superior
officer, which he did and put the incident out of his mind.
Around 90 minutes later, he stood up to move to another part of the roof. His
right shoulder had been visible over the parapet no more than three or four
seconds when he was knocked over by a gunshot before he had time to fire.
Another soldier on the roof shot back at once, but the sniper was gone.
In the hospital, M was shown the bullet extracted from his shoulder. It came
from an M16 automatic rifle and had been fired from a distance of 500 meters,
exactly the point where the pair had turned back from the sandbank opposite M.'s
rooftop sights. His comrade told him he had caught a glimpse of the shooter he
missed and was sure he was European. "A sniper fast enough to lock onto my
shoulder, shoot and disappear – all in the space of a three or four seconds must
be a top-line professional marksman," said M.
His account has been repeated by members of other units serving in the Rafah and
Khan Younes sectors of the southern Gaza Strip. They swear they have come across
snipers they are sure are not Palestinian but foreigners from northern parts of
the world.
DEBKAfile's military sources report that in 2003, the IDF confirmed four
instances of "foreign" snipers operating in Palestinian ranks. By September, 5
incidents had been registered this year. In one, an Israel soldier died of a
direct shot to the head; four were injured in Operation Rainbow in Rafah earlier
this year and two more recently. Soldiers serving in the southern sector claim
the number of casualties from European snipers is much higher and are asking
questions. Their officers reply that the matter is extremely sensitive but urge
them to take precautions on the assumption that professional marksmen are in the
vicinity.
Some troops say they have heard the special bang peculiar to the Russian-made
SVD sharpshooter's rifle, of the type captured aboard the Karin-A Palestinian
smugglers' ship and found during Operation Rainbow. The troops who have come up
against these foreigners note their exceptional speed. They fire a single round
and duck out of sight, leaving a Palestinian to take over their firing position.
This description, according to DEBKAfile's military sources, fits mercenary
marksmen. By firing once and moving out, they save themselves from Israeli
sniper reprisals. As one Israeli officer put it, "After all they're in it for
the money, not to get killed." For that reason too, they never stay long in the
Gaza Strip – a couple of days and they are gone back across the border into
Egypt. Some are thought to enter through the Palestinian gunrunning tunnels from
Sinai to Rafah and leave by the same route. Others may be smuggled in from Sinai
to southern Israel in groups of illegal workers and prostitutes. The smugglers
are said to receive extra-high pay, as much as $1,000, for bringing a foreign
marksman in and out of the Gaza Strip.
Palestinian terrorist chiefs have been importing marksmen for hire to hit
Israeli troops for two or more years. In March 2002, the London Daily Telegraph,
known for its good British MoD and intelligence sources, reported a request from
the Israeli Mossad to the British MI6 to find out if an IRA sharpshooter had not
been responsible for the 7 Israeli troop deaths at the Wadi Harmiya checkpoint.
Israeli tests had shown that the planning of the ambush, the type of weapons
used, the way the firefight was managed and, even more tellingly, the fact that
the weapons left behind were not the ones used, were typical of an assailant
thoroughly conversant with IRA tactics.
One month later, when the Moshav Adura was stormed by Palestinian gunmen,
Israeli civilians who had seen the terrorists at close quarters reported
that among the Palestinians was a European.
Ei kai tuossa mitään kummaa olisi, jos yksi europpalaisen näköinen pyörisi palestiinalaisten mukana, niin kuin tuossa sanottiin. Israelilaisiakin on monen värisiä, kun juutalaisia on muuttanut maahan eri suunnilta.
Noita juttuja vieraista taistelijoista levitetään monella suunnalla yhtenä keinona vihollisen demonisoimiseen propagandasodassa. Jenkit korostavat monien Irakin vastarintataistelijoiden olevan ulkomaalaisia, ja venäläisten mukaan moni koulukaappari puhui arabiaa. Voi olla tottakin, mutta ei kai sillä ole suurta merkitystä jos joukossa on joku ulkomaalainen, tai jos ei ole. Jos merkittävä osa olisi ulkomaalaisia voisi puhua vieraan valtion sekaantumisesta asiaan.
Kuulin aikanaan, että siellä on toiminut Eurooppalaisia TA -miehiä Iippojen palkkalistoilla jo hieman aikaa, mutta on mielenkiintoista kuulla, että Palestiinalaiset ovat päässeet myös...
Olosuhteethan ovat ko. toimialueella TA toiminnalle on mitä parhaimmat,
sekä taajamassa, että taajaman ulkopuolella.
Lisäksi "kamaa" saa Dollarin kuvilla joka puolelta niin paljon kuin jaksaa kantaa.
Between 1992 and 1997, nine Army and Royal Ulster Constabulary personnel were shot dead in sniper attacks using a single high-velocity bullet. The IRA snipers - there were believed to have been two triggermen - carried out 15 other attacks, missing 14 times and wounding a policeman once.
At an early stage the Army established most shots were fired from vehicles. It was confirmed in April 1997 when the SAS swooped on a farm near Crossmaglen. As well as capturing four IRA men, they found a Mazda 626 with a metal plate fitted in the boot.
A hole was cut in the plate, which was designed to protect the sniper from any fire the Army might return. Just like Muhammad, the IRA sniper had been lying in a prone position and had been driven away immediately after firing his single shot.
Sean MacStiofain, the Provisional IRA's first Chief of Staff, claimed to have introduced the theory of one-shot sniping to Northern Ireland in 1972. "One-shot sniping was in fact the theory of the guerrilla rifle," he wrote in his memoirs. "It turned up, struck once and vanished, presenting no target in return."
koko artikkeli on tässa (myös 1 kuva):
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2002%2F10%2F26%2Fwsnipe226.xml