USA Today · 12 March 2002
CP-2002-052
Palestinian gunmen use Manger Square for cover
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Israelis round up, question residents of refugee camp By Matthew Kalman USA TODAY DHEISHEH REFUGEE CAMP. West Bank An extraordinary scene unfolded Monday the town where the Bible says Jesus was born 2,000 years ago. Kraelt troops protected by tanks and armored cars. interrogated more than 600 Palestinian men gee camp near Bethlehem.
But the terrorists they suspected were But du ser up a damcd Calle less than a mile away under the protection of uniformed Palestin- an Authority police.
Dozens of Palestinian gunmen from the three main militant Pales- tinian groups - Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, Hamas and Islamic Jihad - smoked cigarettes, drank coffee On edge: An Israeli soldier looks or wandered around Manger out of a smashed window during a Square outside the ancient Church Interrogated: A soldier directs blindfolded and handcufled Palestinians as the Israeli army rounds up males in Dheisheh
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"Palestinian gunmen use Manger Square for cover," USA Today, 12 March 2002. Covering Palestine archive, CP-2002-052. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-2002-052
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