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2003-05-27 Middle East

IDF nabs would-be Hamas suicide bomber in Bethlehem

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Posted by Frank G 2003-05-27 02:15 pm|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I checked the original source of this post, and yep, it came from Ha'aretz. What tipped me off that it came from "L.A. times" of Israel?

1: describing Farhan as an "activist". A more appropriate moniker would be "failed, brutal murderer wannabe...."

2: stressing the point first that the IDF soldiers " shot dead a Palestinian teenager ..." then later stating that these were rock throwing teen agers. Calling fist or larger size stones thrown with full strength "rock throwing" kind of understates the fact , yeah?

a question that needs some answering : can we talk a little bit more about those children who found an explosive device in their backyard? It's not your ordinary discovery...

Posted by Dripping Sarcasm 2003-05-27 15:34:45|| 2003-05-27 15:34:45|| Front Page Top

#2 D.S. - you got it.

Posted by Frank G 2003-05-27 16:06:01|| 2003-05-27 16:06:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Excuse me. But if a rocket landed in an 'open-air market' like in Baghdad, why isn't the UN, EU, Amnasty on the scene? Why hasn't Hamas been brought up on charges in the Hague? I am confused?

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2003-05-27 16:50:46|| 2003-05-27 16:50:46|| Front Page Top

#4 Israel Defense Forces troops arrested Hamas activist Nidal Farhan, who was planning to carry out a suicide attack inside Israel, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Tuesday morning.

I say take this Farhan guy out to the desert someplace, tie him to a stake, strap the belt pack to him, and detonate it from a distance.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-05-27 22:42:19|| 2003-05-27 22:42:19|| Front Page Top

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