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Date Posted: 20:45:53 04/04/02 Thu
Author: Ralph Hamilton
Subject: Re: For whom the bell tolls or For whom the bells toll
In reply to: Buffy's vampire 's message, "For whom the bell tolls or For whom the bells toll" on 20:36:42 04/04/02 Thu

>I get angry when I read this:
>
>The Palestinian bell ringer for Bethlehem's Church of
>the Nativity was killed today on his way to the sacred
>site.
>
>To Samir Ibrahim Salman, the traditional birthplace of
>Jesus was almost a second home. He was baptised at the
>basilica marking the site.
>
>He served as caretaker at the church for more years
>than his friends could recall. He rang its bell daily,
>announcing worship services, weddings or funerals to
>the residents of this Palestinian town.
>
>Salman, 45, died trying to get to his beloved Church
>of the Nativity early today, fatally shot while trying
>to cross the 90 metres from his house to the
>sanctuary.
>
>The church, one of Christianity's holiest shrines, has
>been the scene of a standoff since Tuesday between
>Israeli troops and more than 200 armed Palestinians
>who an Israeli Defence Forces spokesman said, "are
>holding priests and nuns as hostages inside."
>
>Hearing no gunfire, Salman had apparently decided the
>siege was over this morning, and hurried outside in
>hopes of catching the end of a regularly scheduled 6
>a.m. service, said Pastor Johnny Shahwan, an
>acquaintance who lives in the neighbouring town of
>Beit Jala.
>
>Salman was struck by multiple bullets in the chest and
>died instantly, said doctors at a Beit Jala hospital
>where he was taken.
>
>Whether it was Israeli or Palestinian gunfire that
>claimed his life is uncertain, although hospital
>workers insisted it was the former.
>
>Salman's remains lay wrapped in plastic next to that
>of four other Palestinians killed since the Israelis
>entered Bethlehem.

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  • Re: Hemingway et al. -- Ralph Hamilton, 21:14:12 04/04/02 Thu
  • The idea of a pope granting absolution is a mockery -- Buffy's vampire, 21:18:23 04/04/02 Thu
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