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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Top Palestinian Militant Killed In Gaza Raid
2006-06-09
Gaza, 9 June (AKI) - A former head of Israel's Shin Bet domestic security service said on Friday that the Israeli army (IDF) had to take out senior Palestinian militant, Jamal Abu Samhadana, who died in an air strike in the border town of Rafah late on Thursday. "Samhadana had to go. He was involved in terror attacks, one of the few who never tried to hide it," Ami Ayalon told Israeli Army Radio.

Samhadana, who was director general of the Hamas-led interior ministry, was one of four killed in the attack on a training camp, which injured seven others. He was one of Israel's most wanted men in Gaza. The Israelis claim he was responsible for most of the Kassam rocket attacks against their nation. He was also thought to be involved in a 2003 attack on a US convoy in the Gaza Strip.

Samhadana founded the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) - which regularly launches home-made rockets into Israel, and has vowed to avenge it leader's death. "The Zionists and Israelis have opened the gates of hell by assassinating Abu Samhadana," said PRC spokesman Abu Abir, quoted by the Jerusalem Post on Friday.
They opened the gates of hell, and tossed Abu in.
Palestinian officials also condemned the attack: an interior ministry spokesman called it a "crime". In April, the Hamas-led government sought to appoint Samhadana as police comissioner, but the move was blocked by Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas.
Posted by:Steve

#7  What do the do with the body parts after dancing about with them? Throw them in the garbage?
Posted by: 3dc   2006-06-09 22:32  

#6  The Jews need to make a daisy cutter that is full of pig blood instead of kerosene(or whatever it is). That would be kewl Beavis.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2006-06-09 11:03  

#5  After the assassination, crowds ran through the streets of Rafah holding aloft body parts of the dead men.

Wonder why the MSM doesn't run and rerun video of this?
Posted by: phil_b   2006-06-09 09:32  

#4  So, Gaza is built over the Hellmouth? That explains a lot.
Posted by: Steve   2006-06-09 09:11  

#3  

Street swarm.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2006-06-09 09:11  

#2  "The Zionists and Israelis have opened the gates of hell by assassinating Abu Samhadana,"

Why doesn't the PRC just leave the gate open? It'll save everybody a lot of time and trouble.
Posted by: tu3031   2006-06-09 09:02  

#1  That 2003 convoy was the one in which Americans trying to award *Fulbright scholarships* were killed...
Posted by: Seafarious   2006-06-09 08:59  

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