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| Mourners crowd Nablus, vow |
| 2004-06-27 |
Sunday 27 June 2004, 17:18 Makka Time, 14:18 GMT Furious Palestinians called for swift Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Sea of Scores of masked fighters from all the main Palestinian armed resistance groups fired volleys into the air amid a sea of Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades flags. Spent bullets falling back to earth killed several Palestinian children playing out of doors but, hey, who’s counting? Among those who were being laid to rest was Nayif Abu Sharikh, the senior commander in the West Bank of Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, an offshoot of the mainstream Fatah movement. They left out the part about coordinating dozens of mass murders within Israel’s borders. Fadi al-Bahti, a local leader of Islamic Jihad, and Jafar al-Masri, a commander of the armed wing of Hamas, were also buried. In America, we call that; "Icing on the cake." Israel probably calls it; "Icing a bunch of murderous @ssholes." "Our revenge will be tonight," the crowds chanted in unison. Many of the mourners went to the site of a hideout in Nablus’s Old City where the seven were killed in a shootout with Israeli troops on Saturday. And that evening, many of these same seething Palestinians returned to their foodless, ill-constucted homes and unemployed mates to spend another uncomfortable night entirely uncontaminated by financial wealth while still refusing to make any connection between the bodies they just buried and their own misery. ’Savage act’ Israeli forces withdrew from Nablus and a curfew was lifted at dawn on Sunday although the funerals were brought forward slightly for fear that the soldiers could soon return. "You see, they drive these big scary bulldozers and everybody gets a major case of the heebie-jeebies if they show up." Quraya condemned the killings of the "freedom fighters" as a "savage" act. "Our terrorist infrastructure has been savaged yet another time. It must cease immediately. I have repeatedly told the Israelis that I no longer need to set my watch with such precision!" "This savage and ugly crime, which targeted a number of Palestinian freedom fighters after a four-day siege on Nablus, signifies that Israel is continuing its plan of killings and assassinations of all the freedom fighters," Quraya told reporters outside his offices in the West Bank city of Ram Allah. And your point is? "It’s a clear message to the whole world that Israel can either remain above the law or can be deterred and stopped," the premier said. And since you’re neither deterring nor stopping them, the big money is on Israel continuing to do so with astonishing regularity. Israeli reaction Israel deputy defense minister Zeev Boim said the operation had dealt a major blow to the "terrorist infrastructure" in the northern West Bank Many of the mourners also condemned the prospect of security cooperation between the Palestinian Authority and Arab countries such as Egypt and Jordan to help ensure stability after the planned withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip and four settlements in the northern West Bank. "We’ve been "Why is there security cooperation while we are under bullets?" they asked. Because one side has got to stop and it won’t be the Israelis. (Note to self: Buy stock in ammunition manufacturers.) ’Massacre’ Speaking to Aljazeera, Taysir Nasr Allah, a member of the Palestinian National Council, said: "Nablus has lost, in a massacre, the best leaders." [M. Burns] Exxxcellent! [/M. Burns] "The rage, prevailing Nabulsians and Nablus, is very strong. The rage is directed at the media, the Palestinian Authority and the international community which comes and goes without finding a solution to Israeli terrorism," he said.   All this "rage" but no "humiliation?" Go figure. He went on to say that the Nablusians had suffered grave (operative term: "grave") casualties and losses. "There have been nine martyrs and 55 wounded; houses have been demolished, and humanitarian situation is deteriorating but no one cares." Any of this getting through that thick skull of your’s, boy? [/Foghorn Leghorn] "In Ram Allah, the Palestinian prime minister was holding talks with a US envoy while Nablus was under fire. What have the Nabulsians got to benefit from the talks?" How about, "continued breathing" for starters? |
| Posted by:Zenster |
| #2 lol - that was a jackpot!...rolling a couple hand grenades in was the right way to "interrogate" them |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-06-27 2:49:05 PM |
| #1 I have always though that when these funeral processions go on That Israel should dump skiunk infested water on the people. I know, it wont happen. Just a thought. |
| Posted by: busybody 2004-06-27 2:46:13 PM |