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Gaza ruins beg questions of Hamas |
2009-01-22 |
From the BBC!!! Standing on a newly formed hillside of rubble in the destroyed Jabaliya refugee camp, five young men all claim to be resistance fighters. "All of Gaza are mujahideen," they said. But when asked which of them had actually fired a gun in the three week-long battle with Israel, none gave a convincing answer. As armed Hamas policemen Hamas supporters claim that many more Israelis died in the three weeks of the war than Tel Aviv's official count of only 13 dead. Likewise they believe the official Hamas announcement that Israel killed only 48 fighters among over 1,300 dead in Gaza. But that begs another question: if so few Hamas fighters died, were they really out there fighting? Ooooooooh. Awkward... A man settling in to sleep next to the remnants of his home gave a more sober appraisal. Yusef, a farmer from Jabaliya, was burning old kitchen cupboards to keep himself warm, as nightfall brought the winter's cold. Israeli bombs destroyed his house, he said, but they were not the only ones to blame. "I blame Israel and Hamas both," he said. "I just want to live." |
Posted by:trailing wife |
#5 We have the same kind of leftard creeps running the USA now...not good either... With one of their own, Hussein, in charge, any public gathering will be unsafe. |
Posted by: Ming the Merciless 2009-01-22 20:13 |
#4 Shouldnt have stopped, too charitable, You guys need this thing stopped and letting up when you're not even halfway done........not good, but hey is your country |
Posted by: Joshua 2009-01-22 11:45 |
#3 Well Proco, isn't that why they say it's okay to kill Jewish children? Maybe Israel should take them at their word and flatten the place from border to border with everyone in it. |
Posted by: AlanC 2009-01-22 09:36 |
#2 "All of Gaza are mujahideen," So, there were no civilian casualties. |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-01-22 09:25 |
#1 Israel killed only 48 fighters among over 1,300 dead in Gaza So I guess I'm to understand that the IDF troops were firing blanks from broomsticks, and that Gazan "civilians" fought like hell. Good thing the Hamass fighters didn't come out to play or the IDF would have been slaughtered. Maybe they were hiding under their beds because they were afraid to make the IDF look bad? |
Posted by: gorb 2009-01-22 04:18 |