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| IDF nabs would-be Hamas suicide bomber in Bethlehem |
| 2003-05-27 |
| Israel Defense Forces troops arrested Hamas activist Nidal Farhan, who was planning to carry out a suicide attack inside Israel, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Tuesday morning. In the afternoon, in Abu Dis, security forces apprehended another wanted Hamas activist. Palestinians fired two Qassam rockets at the western Negev city of Sderot Tuesday, but did not cause any damage or injuries. Two women were treated for shock. One of the rockets fell in an open market in the town, and the second landed in a field outside the town, which is close to Israel's border with the northern Gaza Strip and has been an almost daily target of Qassam attacks, most of them launched by Hamas gunners. IDF soldiers shot dead a Palestinian teenager during clashes in Tulkarm, hospital officials. Three other teens were also injured, two of them seriously. The youths were reportedly throwing rocks at the soldiers, who responded by firing live ammunition. The army said it was checking the report. Five Palestinians children were wounded in an explosion in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, residents said. None of the injuries was described as life threatening. They had found an explosive device in their back yard and were playing with it, when it blew up, they said. It was unclear what sort of device was discovered. In the northern Gaza Strip, a bomb was detonated under an IDF armored vehicle. There were no injuries in the incident, although the vehicle sustained damage. In Jenin, IDF forces imposed a curfew on residents, during the course of a pre-dawn operation. One soldier was lighlty wounded in the back during an exchange of fire. IDF forces Tuesday demolished the house of a Fatah militant killed last month while being pursued by IDF troops, south of the West Bank city of Hebron early Tuesday. The house in Dahariya village south of the West Bank city of Hebron belonged to Shadi Battat, killed when IDF tyroops sought to arrest him for involvement in a Hebron bombing, and for a shooting incident in which four Israeli motorists were wounded. An 11-year-old Palestinian boy, Samr Arar, was killed by IDF gunfire in the West Bank village of Krawat Ani Zeid, east of Qalqilyah, on Monday evening. Palestinian sources said that Arar was killed in an exchange of fire in the village between IDF troops and Palestinians. Arar was hit in the head when soldiers fired live rounds to try to disperse a crowd of stone throwers in a village near the West Bank city of Ramallah, witnesses said. Palestinian hospital officials said he died of his wounds. The IDF was checking the report. Yep, he's still dead Five unarmed civilians have been killed in Krawat Ani Zeid over the course of the past month. Civilians huh? stone and molotov throwers aren't civilians |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #4 Israel Defense Forces troops arrested Hamas activist Nidal Farhan, who was planning to carry out a suicide attack inside Israel, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Tuesday morning. I say take this Farhan guy out to the desert someplace, tie him to a stake, strap the belt pack to him, and detonate it from a distance. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-05-27 22:42:19 |
| #3 Excuse me. But if a rocket landed in an 'open-air market' like in Baghdad, why isn't the UN, EU, Amnasty on the scene? Why hasn't Hamas been brought up on charges in the Hague? I am confused? |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2003-05-27 16:50:46 |
| #2 D.S. - you got it. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-05-27 16:06:01 |
| #1 I checked the original source of this post, and yep, it came from Ha'aretz. What tipped me off that it came from "L.A. times" of Israel? 1: describing Farhan as an "activist". A more appropriate moniker would be "failed, brutal murderer wannabe...." 2: stressing the point first that the IDF soldiers " shot dead a Palestinian teenager ..." then later stating that these were rock throwing teen agers. Calling fist or larger size stones thrown with full strength "rock throwing" kind of understates the fact , yeah? a question that needs some answering : can we talk a little bit more about those children who found an explosive device in their backyard? It's not your ordinary discovery... |
| Posted by: Dripping Sarcasm 2003-05-27 15:34:45 |