tactics by the bushel

heard about this earlier this morning, but this Reuters report offers details re what produce the workers were transporting...

"One air strike hit a farm near Qaa, close to the Syrian border in the Bekaa Valley where workers, mostly Syrian Kurds, were loading plums and peaches on to trucks, local officials said. They said 33 people were killed and 20 wounded. "

those of you who've known me for a bit may recall that I spent a good chapter of my life researching terrorist tactics of Polish Jews under occupation by Nazi Germany. more often than not, egg and bread baskets were convenient covers for small arms and other means of resistance.

the hashomer hatzairs certainly don't hold a patent on this idea, also depicted as a tactic of the FLN in "Battle of Algiers" (among others), but suffice to say that IAF may not be completely off-target.*

*this is not an apology for israel.

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