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| Missed, dammit! IAF rockets Sheikh Yassin | ||||||
| 2003-09-06 | ||||||
| ABC News/AP article, posted by Frank G... Israeli helicopters fired missiles at a Gaza City strike Saturday, lightly wounding Hamas founder and spiritual leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin in his hand, Hamas officials said. It was not clear whether Yassin was in a car or in a building when the missiles hit. He is the highest-ranking Hamas official to be targeted by Israel, which has killed 12 members of the group in six missile strikes in the past three weeks. Five bystanders have also been killed in these attacks. Yassin’s car was traveling on the street where the missiles hit, said Abdel Nasser Ramadan, a Palestinian medic. obviously, it’s still unclear exactly whatup, but the fact they finally went after Yassin is a loud and clear message And more detail from Jerusalem Post... Two loud explosions have been heard in Gaza City Saturday afternoon. Initial reports indicate that IAF attack helicopters attacked a north Gaza City building housing a Hamas terrorist who was being visited at the time by Hamas founder and spiritual leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin and another senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniya.
More followup, from Associated Press... Yassin was the highest-ranking Palestinian leader ever targeted by Israel, and top fugitives, including Mohammed Deif, No. 1 on Israel's wanted list, were also in the room, security officials told The Associated Press. Yassin was slightly wounded in his right hand, and 15 people were also hurt. Deif, the top fugitive, survived Israel's third attempt on his life; his assistant, Adnan Al-Ghoul, also got away, Israeli security officials said.
Futures: This was like cheating — too close to the fact. I actually thought it would happen later this week. But tu3031 cheated worse than I did. He peeked... Event: Abbas gets tossed Group: Paleostinians Narrative: Mahmoud Abbas vote of no confidence as Arafat tries to reassert power... Window: 1 Months (10/5/03) Probability 85% entered by Fred on 9/5/03 | ||||||
| Posted by:Fred & Frank G |
| #22 A much bigger missile next time.. The sooner the IDF unleashed it full military arsenal on these vermin the better for Isreal's security. once these scum bags are beaten to pulp then the process of serious peace can be discussed. |
| Posted by: rbr 2003-9-6 11:56:58 PM |
| #21 Depends on what your definition of "is" is. Oh, wait. That's been done... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-9-6 11:32:03 PM |
| #20 Meaning you cheated. But what is the definition of 'cheating'? |
| Posted by: Charles 2003-9-6 11:24:14 PM |
| #19 Yeah, I peeked. I'd prefer to think of it as "good intelligence". |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-9-6 11:17:42 PM |
| #18 Old Patriot I don't know that Arafat would care. He concern is limitted to number one. I like that GPS technology has allowed us to target specifically the top guys. Unfortunately, the US intelligence services were neutered in the last several decades. We need to take some Isreali industrial "engineers" on a tour of our JDAM factory. Your B-52 idea would be interesting to do to the Beka Valley. I would still like the Special Ops guys to take that place enmass. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-9-6 10:41:53 PM |
| #17 ...I'm gonna stick my neck out and point out that the Israelis very very very rarely ever miss anything...and if they were going to take out someobody as high up the food chain as this guy, it would have been a lot more than just one missile coming after him. May I suggest that this was an intentional mis intended to make a point?... Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2003-9-6 9:04:23 PM |
| #16 Wishful thinking. We might be realistic enough to want to do that, but others in this country aren't. |
| Posted by: Charles 2003-9-6 9:00:01 PM |
| #15 I've been contemplating an idea for some time. I think it's time the United States put it into action. One of the things the VietCong hated the most were arclight strikes. Three huge B-52D aircraft, operating at 48,000 feet, would drop everything and the kitchen sink into a "box" three miles long and a mile wide. Each Buff carried 106 iron bombs. That's 318 explosions in a very small area. In the Laotian jungle, it took huge trees, broke them into splinters, and then tore the splinters into toothpicks, projected from the explosion at several hundred feet per second. I think we should make a "demonstration run" down through the Gaza. Break a half-dozen "D" models out of mothballs, refurbish them, load 'em up, and let 'em go. We then invite every Arab leader in the world to visit Gaza - AFTER the strike. Then we tell them - "Another 9/11, and we do this to every city, town, village, in the country of the people involved. We WILL hold you, the leaders, responsible." When they finish, Israel can pave it over for a new runway. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-9-6 8:18:09 PM |
| #14 It is a damned shame they missed him. Yassin is the Paleocritter who looks just like Saruman, but is more evil than Sauron the Dark lord himself. Go git'em again. And take out the pediatrician of death, Rantisi, next. Pure frikken evil incarnate, these paleocritters give a bad name to T-rex and the velociraptors. GO IDF! |
| Posted by: Craig 2003-9-6 8:15:22 PM |
| #13 NY Times: The attack on the Hamas leader, Sheik Ahmed Yassin, in which 15 people including some children were wounded, prompted vows of retaliation from Hamas. Israel, which used a 550-pound bomb dropped from a warplane, said it was striking not only at Sheik Yassin but also at Hamas terrorists meeting with him. A senior Israeli security official said the attack failed because the air force used a "relatively small bomb" to minimize civilian casualties. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-9-6 5:09:53 PM |
| #12 That was me in the above post. I don't know why it decided to make my name anonymous... Maybe I've been recruited to put the bullet in Ara-fish's head! |
| Posted by: Charles 2003-9-6 4:53:49 PM |
| #11 ROFL! That was great Fred! I just hope that next-time shrapnel castrates and de-balls him. It would more accurately represent what Rassin really is. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-9-6 4:52:08 PM |
| #10 It's like the Seinfeld wherein George is on the motorized scooter... |
| Posted by: Brian 2003-9-6 3:54:14 PM |
| #9 A "holy man" with all his body parts simply ain't doing his job over there. Maybe he'll have it cut off just as a status symbol. See you next time, scumbag. And there'll be a next time... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-9-6 2:33:56 PM |
| #8 The israelis gotta invent a vibration absorber for helicopters, kinda like what they have on tennis rackets :) Then the sharpshooters could take these little bastards out from the copters and not risk getting captured on the ground. These missle strikes are bad PR, though I'm all for 'em anyway! |
| Posted by: Damn_Proud_American 2003-9-6 2:18:27 PM |
| #7 A sniper might get apprehended. An aircraft flys away and leaves you feeling powerless as you rake up the smoking chunks of meat that aren't fit for a cannibals New Year fondu party. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-9-6 2:07:42 PM |
| #6 Question for the militarily enlightened out there. (Yes, you! Don't give me that, I see you lurking out there.)Are the Israelis terrible shots? I mean, doesn't the IDF have any decent snipers? All these attacks by missle...why not just get a good sharpsooter to put one in the black? Lot less chance of collateral damage, right? So where am I going wrong? |
| Posted by: Hodadenon 2003-9-6 1:54:33 PM |
| #5 Nah, Fred....I just like the idea of him having to eat @#$% along with his pita. Or of him having to offer that filthy paw whenever he wants to shake hands (who ever would WANT to shake hands with that asshat deserves to have some @#$% on them, too.) I could care less about his ass rotting off! ;) |
| Posted by: Baba Yaga 2003-9-6 11:08:58 AM |
| #4 Wheelchair don't fail me now! Brilliant -- brought to mind images of Woody Allen in "Sleeper". With any luck, Rantissi is feeling a bit left out now. Don't worry, Abdel -- we need to keep you in the game for a while to provide the color commentary and play-by-play. |
| Posted by: snellenr 2003-9-6 10:58:34 AM |
| #3 Doesn't matter to me. If his ass rots off from not being wiped or he starves to death, net result is the same, only one's stinkier than the other. |
| Posted by: Fred 2003-9-6 10:35:40 AM |
| #2 I'm just hoping they got him in the hand he uses to eat with, not the one he uses to wipe his ass with! Please, God, grant me this one wish and I won't bother you with anything else for the next 20 minutes or so..... |
| Posted by: Baba Yaga 2003-9-6 10:24:04 AM |
| #1 Thanks for cleaning up, Fred. The "wheelchair don't fail me now!" just spurred a new keyboard cleanup LOL.....seeing as how he's blind, hand injuries are gonna be a bother. Notice too they didn't try to bag him in his own home, location well known. Wonder if he's been in hiding too? Bet he is now.....martyrdom is for the....uh....less holy |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-9-6 10:14:33 AM |