Shot British peace activist dies

[Scurrilous]

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/DD065357-0D95-453D-AB20-EE59F62738DE.htm

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"A British peace volunteer who was shot by Israeli occupation forces has died in a London hospital.

Tom Hurndall, who was hit in the head and critically wounded by sniper fire in the Rafah refugee camp on 11 April, had spent nine months in a vegetative state.

Hurndall, 22, was a volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), a group of pro-Palestinian activists who engage in non-violent action to protect civilians in the West Bank and Gaza.

His family have called for a vigil outside the British prime minister's residence in London on Wednesday to mark his death."

[the_boxer_]

1. How incredibly unfortunate.

What a hero. My prayers to his family. He died for a noble cause.

[Resistance]

8. Why is it

that the real peacebringers are considered such enemies?

[the_boxer_]

10. Because they think for themselves....

That's very dangerous to some.

[Ellen Forradalom]

2. ISM people are getting knocked off too regularly

And to what effect? I think they need to reassess their tactics.

[DuctapeFatwa]

3. I hope all who pray will remember his family in their prayers

There is a verse from the Bible:

Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. Bible, John 15:13

[GabysPoppy]

4. We should all feel sad for his family

Parents should never bury a child. Nothing is more terrible.

My prayers to them.

[Jack Rabbit]

5. He died protecting children

How tragic.

[Lurking Dem]

6. RIP

I can't help but think he's better off (than being a vegetable) but I'm sure that's small comfort to his family.

They're in my prayers.

[Gimel]

7. More info

This thread was posted later. I didn't see this first post. (although I did look to see if a previous post had been made.)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=124&topic_id=46345

[JohnLocke]

9. God bless.

He's in a better world than this one...