Three Egyptian Soldiers Killed

[CHIMO]

By Israeli tank fire near Rafah border.
http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage

Edit
Three Egyptian soldiers have been killed by an Israeli tank crew on the border between occupied Gaza and Egypt.


Aljazeera's correspondent in Ram Allah reported on Thursday that all three soldiers had been on their side of the border near the Rafah border crossing.

Walid al-Umari also reported that Tel Aviv had accepted the possibility that an Israeli occupation force tank mistakenly fired a shell into Egypt, but was as yet unwilling to make a statement.

"The Israelis claim they have killed the three soldiers mistakenly, believing them to be an armed group attempting to cross the border into occupied Gaza," he said.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/1290AE2A-9E6D-4959-8887-2A2B4EA4BCC2.htm

[Bobbie47]

1. msnbc got the story too

[Brundle_Fly]

2. Oh god.

here we go...

[Hard Attack]

3. Haaretz has it posted

Here it is ..
IDF tank mistakenly kills 3 Egyptian soldiers near Rafah
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/503304.html

[lil-petunia]

4. and called it a "grave result." I wonder if black humor still lives.

I don't know what is worse, Israel's behavior in killing these three men, or the total lack of coverage in US media.

[Englander]

5. The three killed were border police, says Mena & BBC

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4021461.stm

"Israeli forces have killed three Egyptian border police after mistaking them for Palestinian militants trying to cross into the Gaza Strip.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has apologised to President Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's Mena news agency says."

[saltpoint]

6. Violence really does beget more of the same.

I tend to forget this, day after day reading accounts of depressing news from the Middle East.

I would feel better if U.S. foreign policy were in different hands.