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Last update - 01:08 05/05/2008 IDF charges three soldiers with assaulting Palestinian civilian By Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Yesh Din, Kfir Brigades  Three soldiers of the Kfir Brigade were recently charged at the Jaffa Military Court with assaulting, abusing and beating a Palestinian civilian. The incident occured in late January near the taxi stop at the roadblock near Kafr Fahm, southwest of Jenin. According to the testimony of the Palestinian in charge of the taxi stop, Ziad Abu-Sneina, given to a volunteer of the human rights group Yesh Din, the soldiers tied his hands, beat him, dragged him through a puddle of water, covered his face with a kaffiyeh and pretended to shoot him with a toy gun. Yesh Din said Sunday that the entire incident lasted some three hours. The organization also filed a complaint with Military Police against the soldiers. Advertisement Following an investigation carried out by the army, a decision was made to bring charges against the soldiers for assault, abuse and aggravated injuries. According to the indictment, the incident occured after the soldiers ordered the taxi stop attendant to order the vehicles away from the road block. They then began kicking the vehicles and damaging them. When Abu-Sneina asked them why they were hitting the vehicles, they beat him, dragged him to their jeep and tied his hands. The military court will decide today whether to place the three under arrest until the completion of the trial. At the Kfir Brigade they said Sunday that incidents of this sort are being treated with severity and said that bringing those guilty to justice, in line with military regulations is their priority Bookmark to del.icio.us   Nakba protest World Likud chief calls for cancellation of Nakba Day procession. Perfect match TA court sentences 'DNA Rapist' to 25 years in prison.   1.   Disgusting behaviour 01:34  |  Avrum 05/05/08   2.   The IDF is doing the right thing... 02:29  |  Silvienne 05/05/08   3.   Revolting behaviour obviously taught. 03:03  |  kiwi girl 05/05/08   4.   Kiwi girl 04:26  |  Lev 05/05/08   5.   Disgusting But 05:13  |  Donald 05/05/08   6.   #3 pakeha 05:28  |  Rab Burns 05/05/08   7.   #2 as is normal silvienne has heard both sides of the event NOT 06:14  |  v hardman 05/05/08   8.   Lev 06:25  |  Kiwi girl 05/05/08   9.   Rab Burns...you sound like like an idiot 06:43  |  kiwi girl 05/05/08   10.   #2 Silly Vain - Stop the pretenses 07:05  |  * BEN JABO 05/05/08   11.   The US & EU are supporting thugs & murderers in the IDF 08:38  |  Dutch 05/05/08   12.   #3 So kiwi girl what would you suggest 08:49  |  Adrian de Klerk 05/05/08   13.   Donald 09:47  |  Lev 05/05/08   14.   Surprise, surprise 10:17  |  Cpt. Jack 05/05/08   15.   Punks 10:22  |  Clickfool 05/05/08   16.   Individual Soldiers? 10:38  |  Objective Viewer 05/05/08   17.   #16 12:27  |  mrjones 05/05/08   18.   #12, Adrian de Klerk... 04:39  |  Silvienne 06/05/08   19.   #15, Click.... 04:40  |  Silvienne 06/05/08   20.   #3, Kiwi Girl... 04:43  |  Silvienne 06/05/08   21.   #7 But Victor!! 04:44  |  Silvienne 06/05/08   22.   #13, Lev... 04:49  |  Silvienne 06/05/08   23.   Silly Vain is neglected 22:43  |  * BEN JABO 07/05/08

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