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| Middle East |
| Islamic Jihad Bad Guys just miss getting zapped... |
| 2002-12-01 |
| Two Israeli helicopters have fired missiles at a car north-east of Gaza City just hours after an armoured incursion in the same area, Palestinian witnesses say. At least three people are said to have been seriously wounded in the attack, which happened between the town of Beit Lahiya and Jabaliya refugee camp. According to witnesses, there were three passengers in the car, all members of the hardline group Islamic Jihad. Palestinian sources told Reuters that the passengers leapt out of the vehicle as the Apache helicopter struck, and most of the victims were bystanders. "Bail, Mahmoud! Bail out!" Witnesses described the missiles hitting the Peugeot car at a road junction, sending plumes of black smoke into the sky. They do that, you know... Israeli officials have not yet commented on the helicopter strike, but it is a tactic the military has often used in the past to kill Palestinian militants. "We keep telling Avner not to wave 'bye-bye' before he launches. He's just got to learn to save it for after the hit..." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |