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| Milita thug-leader iced in Tulkarem |
| 2003-01-31 |
| JERUSALEM - Israeli undercover troops killed two Palestinians, including a militia leader, after a car chase Thursday through the West Bank town of Tulkarem, and army bulldozers flattened more than 100 stalls in a Palestinian market in the city of Hebron. Bet that was a sight to see. In the military operations Thursday, undercover Israeli soldiers, disguised as Palestinians, chased a car with four members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade militia across Tulkarem. Undercover is good, but something gave them away -- why else was there a chase? The car stopped in the center of town, Palestinians said, and the four ran toward a candy store. Always a bad move. Suckers prolly ran up the stairs too so as to trap themselves on the roof. I saw that in an old "Cannon" TV episode once. Didn't work then, either. The soldiers followed them and opened fire, killing Fayez Jaber, 32, the local leader of the militia, which is linked to Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement. Local militia, doesn't sound like he was too high up on the food chain. But the undercover guys were after him; assuming resources are some limited, Jaber had to know something. A Palestinian working in the store was also killed. "Ok, Mr. Jaber, that's three penny candies, four shekels worth of babywipes and ... OWWWWWW" The Israeli military confirmed that only one of the two men was armed, adding that 10 others were arrested. No word on whether they were armed, but what are the odds? In Hebron, soldiers bulldozed about 100 stalls in the vegetable market, the largest operation in the divided city for months. Looks like some Paleos will get to reflect on the errors of their ways on an empty stomach. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 Nice video on Fox yesterday - the Paleo teens and children were running right up to the IDF tanks and dozers and standing there throwing rocks and gasoline bombs, trying to provoke another "Jenin". Looked like better restraint than I would've shown to the Paleos |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-01-31 16:38:17 |
| #1 You shure that was bulldozers, not the 'gyptians chasing Indiana Jones? dorf |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-01-31 05:56:58 |