Life as a Israeli Soldier

Tuesday September 17, 2002 16:07

by Amos

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=207724&contrassID=1&subContrassID=0&sbSubContrassID=0 Officers threaten to quit over commander accused of abuse

Around half of the senior officers in the reservist engineering regiment could soon quit their positions in protest at the Israel Defense Force's decision not to suspend the regiment commander, who has been charged with severely mistreating a Palestinian.

In April, Lieutenant Colonel Geva Saguy was charged with using threats during his interrogation of a Palestinian youth. According to the charge sheet, which was filed in July to a special military court in Tel Aviv, Saguy and his subordinates went to the home of a wanted terror suspect, where they believed weapons were being held.

On discovering that the wanted man was not at home, Saguy ordered his teenage son to strip naked, and then demanded that he reveal the location of the weapons.

As part of his "interrogation" the commander held a burning piece of paper close to the youth's groin. He also tried to insert a bottle into the youth's rectum, aimed his gun him and threatened to shoot him.

In a separate incident, it is claimed that the commander used a woman as a "human shield." According to the charges against him, Saguy held the woman - a Senegalese worker employed as a housekeeper - at gunpoint while combing the house for terrorists.

The complaint was made by several of Saguy's senior subordinates, including his direct deputy, two company commanders and the regiment's operations officer. Military police immediately began investigating the accusations.

Relations between Saguy and his subordinates have been strained since he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in August last year. Officers have also accused Saguy of unreliability and shortcomings in his operational functioning during fighting in Bethlehem.

The officers have asked division commander Brigadier General Amos Ben Avraham to dismiss Saguy, or, alternatively, to suspend him until the investigation is completed. Ben Avraham rejected the demand, saying that Saguy should not be suspended before the military police complete their investigation, since that would be punishing him before his guilt is proven. Ben Avraham is planning to meet with the officers in the near future, to hear their complaints first hand.

A senior IDF source told Ha'aretz that Ben Avraham wants a decision on the case to be made by a legal procedure. The source added that efforts are continuing to ensure that the officers do not resign, and that the IDF has shown understanding of the problems they raised.

Saguy's legal representatives, attorneys Eli Zohar and Roey Balcher, refused to respond to the latest development, saying that the issue is still sub judice, and that they are convinced that their client would be cleared of all charges.

The regiment in question is due to hold a training exercise next month, under Saguy's command. The deputy who confronted Saguy was not called up for the exercise, while two other officers were not invited to the interview day that was held ahead of the exercise. The officers said that they found out in retrospect that Saguy had appointed replacements, who they described as 'Saguy's yes-men.'

In response, the embittered officers sent a letter to the division commander, in which they asked to be released from their positions. One of the officers said that he spoke Wednesday to the division commander, and was given to believe that the request had been accepted.

The end result is that the regiment commander, accused of abuse, continues in his post, while most of the officers who filed a complaint against him are set to leave the regiment.

THEIR SADISM NEVER ENDS...

Israeli Soldiers Try To Insert A Bottle Into A Palestinian Teenagers Rectum September 16 2002, 6:20 AM

Go to..(1).. http://ummah.com/newsletter/massacres.palestine/ ..(2). http://jerusalem-times.net/article/detail.asp?id=829 ..(3).. http://amnestyusa.org/news/1998/51503198.htm ..(4).. http://humanities.uchicago.edu/cis/torture/abstracts/loriallen.html ..(5).. mediareview.net.com/HewsForJustice.htm ..(6).. iSRAELI ATROCITIRES AGAINST CHILDREN..... http://israel-state-terrorism.org/children6.html ..(7).. balkanunity.org/mideast/english/zionism/ch11.tm ..(8).. iSRAELIS TORTURE CHILDREN... http://washingtontimes.com/worl/20020326-5119951 ... iap.org/masacres.htm ..(9).. http://stop-facism.org/middle_east_forum_toc.htm ...(10).. hofman-info.com

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Comments (6 of 6)

It is easier

by Ray

Wed Sep 18, 2002 13:19

But indymedia is supposed to be for original content, isn't it?
Its no great imposition to summarise an article and post a link, and surely if anyone who thinks an article is important enough to be posted here must also think its important enough to justify spending two minutes on writing a summary.

Is it not easier

by again

Wed Sep 18, 2002 12:50

Is it not just as handy to have the article here instead of having to follow a link. I thought the article was good. a lot of the time I visit indymedia only briefly and tend to spped read through articles. I couldn't be bothered following links around.

I bored of seeing Rays name under every post aswell. dont take it personally though.

ray

by pat

Wed Sep 18, 2002 11:31

ray has merely pointed out that the information is available elsewhere. he is not censoring anything; it would have been easy for the poster to write a 2 line summary & attach a link.

RAY YOU DONT RULLLE SO SHUT YOUR TRAP!

by me too!! imc reader

Tue Sep 17, 2002 17:03

Thanks to the poster of this article! What SICK BASTARDS are those israeli leaders that let this kind of crimes go un-punished.... this type of crime is SO deplorable the perpetrator should be imprisoned for life!!

really sick of seeing ray comments under articles

by imcer

Tue Sep 17, 2002 16:53

go write a fucking feature or something - u have got a compulsive disorder -

This is available on the net

Tue Sep 17, 2002 16:10

and you've even posted a link.
So write a summary, don't just copy over the entire article.

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