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Jani Taskinen aka Sniper has long been involved in the development of the Zend engine and many other aspect of the PHP language (PECL/PEAR etc). Recently he quit. Evidently the Israeli association of PHP was to much for him. A link to this story was posted on Slashdot, a well known geek community.

Jani quit because evidently he served as a UN peacekeeper himself and was outraged over the bombing, accidental or not, of UN peacekeepers in Lebanon. Here is a sample of his venting caught by a slashdot user (mcavanagh2):

Talk about your unexpected consequences.

Jay