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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Palestinian twin sisters accused of making bombs for attacks
2016-01-26
[IsraelTimes] One 18-year-old learned how to make explosives from online videos, second helped hide them in their house, Shin Bet says
Pictures of the twins and their products can be seen at the link.
Israeli security forces enjugged
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
18-year-old bomb-making twin sisters from Shwaika, outside the Paleostinian city of Tulkarem in the West Bank last month, the Shin Bet security service announced Monday.

Israel Defense Forces soldiers and Shin Bet officers discovered pipe bombs and other kabooms in the home of Diana and Nadia Hawila in late December 2015, officials said.

In addition, they found knives, Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, headbands and "equipment for riots," the Shin Bet said in a statement, though it did not claim that the twins were, in fact, Hamas members.

"This investigation again shows the motivation to carry out terror attacks, especially among those who are not a part of terrorist organizations, including women," the Shin Bet said.

In interrogation, Diana Hawila admitted that she had purchased the fertilizer and other chemicals necessary to create the explosives.

She learned how to create bombs by watching instructional videos online, according to the Shin Bet.
Women's liberation, jihadi style.
Diana also watched Islamic holy warrior videos that encouraged women to take part in terror attacks against Israelis and Jews, which "strengthened her decision to act," the Shin Bet said.

"There is a significant increase in the use of the Internet in order to create weapons for use in terror attacks and the spreading of inciting messages," the security service said in a statement.

Diana planned to use her homemade bombs against Israeli citizens and soldiers, the Shin Bet added.

Nadia Hawila helped her sister hide the pipe bombs in the home that the two shared, the security service said.

This week the two were indicted in a military court in the Samaria region of the West Bank. Diana Hawila has been accused of creating bombs and for the sale of war materials. Nadia Hawila has been charged with the sale of war materials.

On Sunday, the Shin Bet revealed they had captured two young men also in the Tulkarem area who are believed to have shot and injured an IDF soldier.

It was not immediately clear if the pair were associated with any larger terror organizations, or if they had acted independently.
Posted by:trailing wife

#7  And I remember when twins were cute.
Posted by: Blossom Unains5562   2016-01-26 14:52  

#6  Granted, Skid did say seemingly irrational behavior...but..Paleos seem to be impossible to please.

Thus, we beat the conundrum.
Posted by: JHH   2016-01-26 14:38  

#5  Skid, and how exactly do you identify the causes of irrationality?

If there is no logic to the problem there can be no logic to the solution short of excision.
Posted by: AlanC   2016-01-26 11:19  

#4  Alternatively, eradication of causes for the seemingly irrational behavior is also a solution.
Posted by Skidmark


Indeed Skid. One does not spray for Dengue Dengue. One sprays for mosquito's.
Posted by: Besoeker   2016-01-26 08:13  

#3  If you want to stop terror you must stop incitement to terror. The only way to do that is to punish it severely.

Alternatively, eradication of causes for the seemingly irrational behavior is also a solution.
Posted by: Skidmark   2016-01-26 08:04  

#2  The time for such half-measures is long over, Grins Snese4215. It's Sudeten Deutsche time.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2016-01-26 03:12  

#1  According to European notions, Arabs, since they are inferior beings, can attack Jews or any other Israeli's without criticism or notice. Israeli's, on the other hand, being human, must pay a price for chasing attackers down and shooting them.
Israel needs to regularize their recent behavior by instituting the death penalty for terrorist attacks, and for incitement to commit them.
Right now Palestinians risk their lives, and their families lives if they even say that they oppose terrorism. If you want to stop terror you must stop incitement to terror. The only way to do that is to punish it severely.
Posted by: Grins Snese4215   2016-01-26 00:40  

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