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Tue Mar 08 12:12:00 GMT 2011 | Walking on the West Bank

Targets

We leave on foot from Raja’s house, walking out and down into Wadi’qda. Almost immediately, a bad omen. A thin breeze-block wall, plastered with cement, has been turned into a firing range. Militants or policemen have been practising their aim here, just beyond the town’s boundaries.

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