June 25, 2006
We Don't Do That Here
(We Help Them Do It Over There)
Weaponized Bulldozers
~Caterpillar produces the D9 Bulldozer in America (Wiki article), and adds armor for the Israeli's but outside that unfortunate cult's incineration in Waco,Texas a few years back we don't use Caterpillars bulldozers that way.
I knew Israel routinely bulldozed or blew-up the residences of those who attacked or displeased them. Summarily punishing without the bother of trial whole families of accused Palestinian wrong-doers.
But it wasn't until today when I first saw the term 'weaponised bulldozer' and read the story* that I understood what the Caterpillar Corporation was willing to do to please their Israeli customers.
*US: Caterpillar Pressured Over 'Weaponized Bulldozers'
>related:
Author Claims Israeli Army Bulldozes Houses with People Inside
"Once the Israeli Army banned the use of human shields, it had to come up with another way of extracting the Palestinian guerrillas from their hideouts. Hence the bulldozer. Of course, this method is much more dangerous for the family inside...
story by Haim Watzman; the author of "Company C: An American's Life as a Citizen-Soldier in Israel."
~Note the matter-of-fact language he uses to report this war-crime.
Posted by Stubbornson at June 25, 2006 09:15 PM