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Gilad Meiri
גלעד מאירי
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Execution \ Gilad Meiri
Our routine patrol identified a suspicious
figure in an abandoned house we surprised
him (or maybe it was her)
and he was caught after a short debriefing
we understood this was a wanted man or actually
a woman (it's hard to tell these days) so
we had to execute him or
her and you must understand we
couldn't take prisoners but
because of what happened to Lorca you know
we received instructions to wait until
there was clearance from headquarters and believe me
or don't in the end we shot him or
her with clearance and all but
later it turned out there was a computer
or human
error and we shot this suspicious
figure for no reason but
because it was a mistake he or
she didn't die or is still not
officially
dead
this kind of thing
was in the newspapers every day
back then and only today
can we talk about it
Translated by Rachel Tzvia Back
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