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Islamic Jihad Leader Killed in Attack
2006-03-01
Israel launched an airstrike on a car in Gaza City on Wednesday, killing the top commander of the Islamic Jihad militant group, Palestinian police said. Khaled Dahdouh, 39, was targeted in the attack, police said. The Israeli military had no immediate comment. Abu Dajana, a spokesman for Islamic Jihad's military wing, vowed revenge. "Our retaliation and our reprisal will reach into the depths of the Zionist entity," Abu Dajana said. "The Zionists will swallow the same bitter drink that each Palestinian family has drunk from."

The car, hit as it traveled over a speed bump, was incinerated. Hospital officials said two other people were wounded. The explosion took place on a busy street in a residential area near the Finance Ministry compound in Gaza City. It knocked out electricity in the area and damaged several cars parked nearby. Israel last targeted militants in early February airstrikes, killing leading members of Islamic Jihad and the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a violent offshoot of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement.
Posted by:Paul Moloney

#23  SPOD said:

Palestinians invented what we refer to as modern terrorism

I think it's sad that most of the world forgets this very fact. When we have to leave for the airport 2 hours earlier and line up to be searched and anally probed just to board an airplane, thank the paleos for mastering the art of leveraging innocent lives to make their case. And thank them for the extra taxes we pay just to keep planes and trains from blowing up.

Why do they still do it? Because when you find something that works, you stick with it. So thank the west, predominantly euro-petrowhores for sympathizing with their "plight." That's where CO is coming from.
Posted by: PlanetDan   2006-03-01 20:01  

#22  When good things happen to bad people!
Posted by: 3dc   2006-03-01 19:26  

#21  I just assumed CO forgot the /sarc tag.

It's getting too hard to distinguish sarcasm, satire and parody from reality anymore.
Posted by: Xbalanke   2006-03-01 16:56  

#20  Eh, if it was in his trunk, and he was heap-big chief, I'm guessing it was a AAMB or Hamas bomb, not a helizap or a work accident.
Posted by: Mitch H.   2006-03-01 16:17  

#19  is nobody concerned that extrajudicial killings are taking place at all?

I'm extremely concerned. Extremely concerned that they are not happening fast enough. Unless the Muslim ummah is relieved of its violence-prone puritanical imams and general leadership, all Islam will probably be consumed by nuclear fire.

CO, notice how everyday Palestinian citizens are not the target of these extrajudicial killings? The point of them is to eliminate amoral psychotic genocidal thugs that have led the Palestinian people into a blind alley of poverty and mayhem.

As to that pregnant mother, why don't you ask yourself why Suha Arafat went to Paris to have her baby in a $10,000 a day clinic while her countrywomen are deprived of ambulance service because her husband is too busy abusing them for the smuggling of weapons and terrorists.

You really need to get some balanced information before asking such incredibly naive questions. Stick around here and keep your head down for a while, and you will have an opportunity to gather a much more sane world view.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-03-01 15:52  

#18  If you look at the picture, the trunk is blown out. I'm willing to bet it is an internal explosion. The fact that the bump triggered the bomb leads one to believe it is a work accident.

The IJ must be facing a personnel shortage when the head cheese has to schlep bombs.
Posted by: CSI Rantburg   2006-03-01 15:43  

#17  Gee, now why would a Paleo need to go to Israel for medical care, since Yassir Arafat spent billions of dollars that were given to Palestine building hospitals, clinics, medical schools, and all the other infrastructure his people needed?

What? He just squirreled it away in his personal bank accounts in Paris? Now, why would he do that when his people are in such need that they have to beg Jewish charity so that their children don't die?

What kind of horrible monster would do that to his own people?
Posted by: Anonymoose   2006-03-01 15:34  

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Puttin' the squeeze on.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2006-03-01 15:30  

#15  half-day at the Jr High, CO?
Posted by: Frank G   2006-03-01 15:07  

#14  Chans Omeating5673, please. You can't be that naive or that willfully ignorant. The truth is the Palestinians have made the bed they are laying in. Palestinians invented what we refer to as modern terrorism. Israel didn't just impose the current conditions on Palestine. Cause and effect control conditions in the real world. Unlike how your fantasy world must operate.

It appears that Israel is not involved in this dillhole's demise.
Posted by: SPoD   2006-03-01 14:54  

#13  Dont judge the terrorist until you have walked in his shoes.

We're supposed to excuse the terrorist who purposely bombs children because Israel needs to protect itself from them? Rot in hell.
Posted by: 2b   2006-03-01 14:28  

#12  It's a tough call, CO. I rather think that if the Palestinians hadn't made a regular practice of smuggling suicide bombers into Israel (and terror cell members out) VIA AMBULANCE that the current Israeli policies wouldn't have evolved.
Posted by: lotp   2006-03-01 14:17  

#11  is nobody concerned that extrajudicial killings are taking place at all? Dont judge the terrorist until you have walked in his shoes. for the most part palestinians are incredibly and unbelievably patient, good natured and peaceful. but when your wife is 7 months pregnant and bleeding internally and the IDF hold you at a checkpoint for 5 hours while you go into premature labour and watch your baby die... then maybe, just maybe you understand the level of frustration and hate that can build up in the mind of a young palestinian.
Posted by: Chans Omeating5673   2006-03-01 13:42  

#10  I love how the AP simply trusts the Paleos on the airstrike angle.

It knocked out electricity in the area and damaged several cars parked nearby. ...

"The explosion shattered all the windows of my apartment and some of the flying shrapnel from the windows hit me in the face,"

This level of damage would seem to point away from an airstrike. IDF airstrikes seem much more pinpoint - which is why too many of the targets of past strikes are still drawing breath.
Posted by: Xbalanke   2006-03-01 12:20  

#9  Maybe he was just stricken over his own party's disappointing turnout in the elections.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-03-01 12:03  

#8  I agree, how are we to know that he just didnÂ’t martyr himself? Maybe he decided that he wanted to know what the suicide bombers felt like. With the many suicide bombers in Gaza, it is easy to conclude he put on the wrong vest after planning against the Jews. He could also been wondering what that shiny red button on the dash board does.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2006-03-01 11:17  

#7  When the sign says "Slow: Bump" they really mean it in Gaza.
Posted by: ed   2006-03-01 10:41  

#6  It blowed up real good.

From the caption: Islamic Jihad vowed revenge for the death of Dahdouh, who they said had survived nine Israeli attempts on his life.
Posted by: Seafarious   2006-03-01 10:31  

#5  red on red
Posted by: lotp   2006-03-01 10:30  

#4  Maybe it was plain old suicide? Maybe he was depressive? Who knows!?!
Posted by: anonymous5089   2006-03-01 10:15  

#3  hit as it traveled over a speed bump

I am suspicious. Normally the Iraelis take credit when they zorch a Bad Guy, and home-brew explosives are noted for being...touchy. Work accident?
Posted by: N guard   2006-03-01 10:11  

#2  For what it's worth, Israel continues to deny any involvement.

Maybe it was a work accident?
Posted by: Chinter Flarong9283   2006-03-01 10:02  

#1  "The Zionists will swallow the same bitter drink that each Palestinian family has drunk from."

By blowing up a bus full of women/old people/kids.. what a bunch of pussies. Good shooting IAF.. more please.
Posted by: Howard UK   2006-03-01 09:52  

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