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Four Palestinians Killed in Gaza Car Blast
Four Palestinians, including three militants, were killed when their car exploded in the central Gaza Strip Saturday in a blast that Palestinian security officials blamed on Israel. Itâs always Israelâs fault. Uneducated inept morons screwing around with bulk quantities of high explosives has absolutely nothing to do with it. But Israeli military sources denied the car blew up as a result of a helicopter missile strike, tank attack or any other military action. The old "red wire - blue wire" problem again. Security sources said the blast appeared to have been caused when explosives blew up prematurely. Three of the dead were militants from the Popular Resistance Committees who were in the car during the blast, medics said. The fourth was a motorcyclist who was driving past at the time of the explosion near the central Gaza Jewish settlement of Netzarim. Another motorcycle of doom! The explosion ripped through the car turning it into a pile of smoking wreckage and scattering body parts and metal pieces across Gazaâs coastal road. Palestinian security officials at first said the explosion was the result of an Israeli helicopter missile attack on a black Mercedes-Benz traveling on Gazaâs coastal road toward Gaza City. But they later said it was caused by tank shells. After all, itâs so easy to confuse rotary wing aircraft with mobile tracked artillery ... Palestinian witnesses said they saw helicopters flying overhead before the explosion. Israeli helicopters frequently fly over the Gaza Strip. Israeli helicopter gunships have carried out numerous strikes against militantsâ cars in Gaza. There have also been numerous incidents when explosives detonated prematurely while being transported. And not a single one of them fails to bring a Posted by: Zenster 2004-07-10 |
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