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| Breaking: Israel snuffs Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brig. Leader in West Bank | ||
| 2004-06-26 | ||
| Israeli troops killed five Palestinians on Saturday during a raid in this West Bank city, Palestinian officials said. The army has been operating in Nablus since Wednesday in an effort at rooting out Palestinian militants. Nablus, the West Bank's largest city, is a center of militant activity. The army did not immediately comment. More, from Jerusalem Post... Paratroopers in determined operations against terrorist infrastructure in the Nablus Casbah killed at least nine Palestinian gunmen and terrorist leaders over the weekend, including five senior commanders in one vicious ambush. There were no serious IDF casualties, but seven soldiers were treated for smoke inhalation after a storeroom with explosives they found caught fire, the army said. During the operation, the IDF troops swept through the Casba, blowing open doors or using sledgehammers to knock them down. Palestinian reports said soldier sealed some alleys with cement blocks and barbed wire to trap the fugitives inside. The army slapped a full curfew on the city since the operation began early Thursday. Nablus Fatah Tanzim head Nayef Abu Sharkh was shot along with five other Palestinians – all Popular Front and Islamic Jihad senior members by soldiers who arrived at their hiding place, in which the five were holed up. The troops found the terrorists following intelligence gained from an armed Palestinian captured earlier, reported Army Radio. The terrorists killed include Jafer el-Massari, the commander of Hamas' military wing (Izzadin El Kassam) and Fadi Bagit, the commander of the Islamic Jihad's El-Quds (Jerusalem) Platoons. The three were in a secret tunnel behind a bathroom wall, military sources said. One wounded survivor was captured and taken in for medical treatment and interrogation. Paratroopers came upon the hidden room as a result of an earlier clash with two gunmen in the Casba. The troops shot dead one of the gunmen. The other escaped but was observed fleeing into what he thought was a hideaway.
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| Posted by:Frank G |
| #22 Ship! Nice cask on you! Like Port? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-06-26 9:00:54 PM |
| #21 Missed it first round, congratulations Edward! Keep moving! And remember, serpentine motion! Enjoy life! That's why you're here. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-06-26 8:57:50 PM |
| #20 Palestinian reports said soldier sealed some alleys with cement blocks and barbed wire to trap the fugitives inside. Hmmmm sounds like the Edgar Allen Poe Brigade is on the move. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-06-26 8:55:36 PM |
| #19 Edward. Congratulations. Wish you much success in your next endeavor. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-06-26 8:40:35 PM |
| #18 congrats! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-06-26 8:00:52 PM |
| #17 I dunno, but isn't the death of the Hamas and al-Quds guy of more import? Or was this guy THE head of al-Aqsa? (Plz someone tell me the order of rank among the three guys) P.S. I graduated high school yesterday! |
| Posted by: Edward Yee 2004-06-26 7:46:24 PM |
| #16 #11 Barb, car-swarms seem to be a Gaza thing. Maybe it will be a trend which moves to Judea and Samaria (I stopped calling that area the 'West Bank" recently). We can only hope! |
| Posted by: Brett_the_Quarkian 2004-06-26 4:52:01 PM |
| #15 Maybe we'll see the first tunnel-swarm. |
| Posted by: Stephen 2004-06-26 4:49:31 PM |
| #14 Now, of course, Sharkhey has to explain his actions and kill-the-Jews incitements to a Jewish carpenter. |
| Posted by: Korora 2004-06-26 4:47:58 PM |
| #13 #2 That's why they don't call it the al-Aqsa Survivors' Brigades... |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-06-26 4:44:09 PM |
| #12 Aaah - Who's got the franchise on paint scrapers and steel-wool pads in the area? "But I was supposed to dupe others to seek the 72 vestial virgins, not seek them myself! Hey, who's that angry red guy with a tail?" |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-06-26 3:22:14 PM |
| #11 Link doesn't work. Was there the obligatory car-swarm? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-06-26 3:21:22 PM |
| #10 Well, now all those unemployed Palestinians can occupy themselves with a couple of big funerals. What a nice reminder for them of exactly where their "leadership" is leading them to. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-06-26 3:01:12 PM |
| #9 < mr burns >Excellent.< /mr burns > |
| Posted by: Laurence of the Rats 2004-06-26 2:50:54 PM |
| #8 Alas, poor Abdool, we knew him not... |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-06-26 2:45:57 PM |
| #7 J. Post reports the Nablus Tanzim commander plus the West Bank Islamic Jihad chief were iced, along with some horse-holders, after being found in a hide-out. IDF name for the op is "Local Pressure," interesting but unusual (perhaps something lost in translation there). Palestinian terror groups are in free fall, Israelis are running up the score. It's not getting much attention, what with the 178th story on Abu Ghraib that doesn't add any important info, and the mighty Iraqi resistance launching its mighty offensive (snicker). Arafish has proposed an "Olympic truce" with Israel. As before, aside from the bloodshed and suffering that are the underlying issues, the Palestinian gangsters in extremis are pretty damn funny. Sort of like Hitler proposing a truce as the Soviets advanced on Berlin. |
| Posted by: Verlaine 2004-06-26 2:20:55 PM |
| #6 Looks like a: very major mopup |
| Posted by: marek 2004-06-26 2:14:02 PM |
| #5 we mourn your passing...NOT! |
| Posted by: Anonymous5401 2004-06-26 2:03:36 PM |
| #4 Like a thousand lawyers at the bottom of the sea, it's a good start. |
| Posted by: RWV 2004-06-26 1:58:10 PM |
| #3 Enjoy hell. |
| Posted by: Chris W. 2004-06-26 1:51:06 PM |
| #2 "hey! you wanted to be a martyr!" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-06-26 1:23:12 PM |
| #1 W00T! |
| Posted by: Charles 2004-06-26 1:15:42 PM |