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| PA security forces arrest 7 Iranians in Gaza Strip raid |
| 2007-02-02 |
| Palestinian security forces arrested seven Iranian citizens during a raid Thursday night at the Islamic University, a Hamas stronghold in Gaza City, a security official said. According to reports, another Iranian citizen committed suicide during the raid. The raid came during a large-scale assault by Fatah-affiliated gunmen on the university, which followed a day of gunfights between Hamas and Fatah gunmen throughtout the Gaza Strip. The new wave of street battles killed at least six people, one of them a security officer, wounded dozens, and effectively destroyed a three-day-old truce that brought a brief period of quiet to the volatile area. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #15 Israel now, Lebanon-Syria in the future > all have a common enemy in Radic Iran. Some noteworthy or well-known Lefty blogs don't deny Iran's ambitions - they merely indic that Iran's ambitions are NOT a threat to the USA. Remember, the GLOBAL JIHADIST/ISLAMIST STATE is NOT a threat to anyone. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-02-02 23:49 |
| #14 D. Because they didn't bathe in weeks, and smell like a wet rug with b o. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2007-02-02 17:39 |
| #13 Ok, I'll bite. What do you think is the Fatah motive for faking that its Iranians (not contesting that you may be right, just want to explore the chess game)? A. To make Hamas look bad on the Pal street, and in the Arab world (esp KSA) B. To win undeserved sympathy from Israel and the US C. Cause Israel and/or the US and/or the Egyptians have put them up to it to make Iran look bad D. Other? |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2007-02-02 14:28 |
| #12 Before you get too exited 'burgers, you only have Fatah's world for there really being Iranians. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-02-02 10:55 |
| #11 Nice day dream, but abbas of course cant be seen turning anyone over the EEVIL Zionists. At least not in a way it could ever get out. More likely they will interrogated in Gaza. Probably with the friendly presence of Egyptian Intell. Getting, say, a CIA guy present disguised as an Egyptian would be nice, but I suspect Mubarak and Abbas would really make us pay for that. More likely they will dole out whatever they find, screening it to tell the story they want to tell. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2007-02-02 09:47 |
| #10 Of course there were Iranians, but for innocent reasons. Gaza is a great vacation destination. Frankly, because Fatah is Israel's Partner in Peace™ they should hand them over to Israel. Fatah will only get screams out of them. Israel will get information. |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2007-02-02 09:21 |
| #9 I want more then this for my 86 million... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-02-02 09:06 |
| #8 I think everyone needs to pop along to here for some therapy . Although Im sure its pretty much booked up with 250,000 clients |
| Posted by: MacNails 2007-02-02 09:04 |
| #7 This civil war might be a chance for Israel to get Iranian influence (anything major anyway) out of the territories. Israel can hardly go in and brutalize Hamas, but the World Community™ doesn't give a rats ass if the Paleos brutalize their own. At this point, there is a plus side to supporting Mazen. I just hope somebody poisons his salad after the job's done. Can't be furgivin him for that Archille Lauro incident. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2007-02-02 08:53 |
| #6 Abbas will sell them back to Nutjob perhaps? |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2007-02-02 02:41 |
| #5 Well, they ma not be yodeling after, but during... music to many ears. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-02-02 02:37 |
| #4 shites and persians to boot--fuhgettabout it--after the hot lead enema these safavids won't be yodlin' in the canyon any more--next! |
| Posted by: yo momma 2007-02-02 01:58 |
| #3 SPoD, ya'right, them PA are fools, but in my crystal ball I see an impression of pliers in the near future of the detained Iranians. Even small favors count. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-02-02 01:17 |
| #2 If I was Abbas I would march them to the nearest wall and leave the bodies for the wild dogs. However the Palestinains are fools so they won't that goes double for the PA. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2007-02-02 00:25 |
| #1 Interesting move. Apparently, Fatah wants to fix an impression that Hamassins are Iranian tools. In a way, it is correct--there is, no doubt, some give and take regards to Iranian funding of Hamas. Well, do continue, Pal boys... |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-02-02 00:22 |