Kheirallah (left) and Amira Awad, injured by IDF attack dogs, 2011. (Photo: Musa Abu Hashhash)
Despite reports Thursday that the Israeli Defense Forces suspended using attack dogs against Palestinians, yesterday the military declared they will continue to use the live animals as "non-lethal weapons." The review was prompted after an incident last March when an army dog wrangled the arm of Ahmad Shtawi for 10-minutes, locking his jaw on the Palestinian protester, causing him to be hospitalized.After the March 16, 2012 attack on Shtawi the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee released an account:....read more
http://mondoweiss.net/2012/06/israeli-army-oks-attack-dogs-as-non-lethal-weapons.html
