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| Middle East |
| Hamas: America, We Are Not Afraid |
| 2002-08-01 |
| The armed wing of Hamas threatened Thursday, August 1, to kill 100 Israelis for any new attack on any of its leaders such as last week’s air strike on Gaza City. That one really got to them. Made the head cheeses feel their own mortality... The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, which claimed Wednesday’s bombing at Hebrew University in Jerusalem that killed seven people and wounded 70, vowed in a statement faxed to Agence France-Presse to pursue its attacks. We never thought they'd stop... Ezzedine al-Qassam, whose military chief Salah Shehada was killed last week in an Israeli air strike that also killed 17 civilians, including 12 children, said: ''In response to the Israeli assassination of any leader from our movement ... we will kill 100 Zionists at least.'' "And even if they don't, we'll still kill 100 Zionists for... uh... whatever." The group said the university bombing, which killed four Americans and a French national, was ''one of a series'' of reprisals for the July 22 Gaza air raid that killed Shehada and 17 other Palestinian, including 12 children. ''We ask our military groups to continue in military operations and martyr operations,'' it said, in a reference to Hamas' attacks on Israeli targets. "I mean, what the hell? It ain't like we're running out of people dumb enough to explode. They're linin' up for the privilege..." The group also criticized U.S. President George W. Bush, whom they called the ''head criminal,'' for his support of Israel and said Hamas would pursue its resistance. ''We say to America, we are not afraid.'' "Cuz we think you're too wimpy to daisy-cut the blocks where our Criminal Masterminds live..." Just my opinion, which counts for nothing, but this would be a really, really good time to kill Sheikh Yassin and/or Rantissi, like within 24 hours of a statement like this being issued. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |