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Israel-Palestine
Israel vows 'global' war on Hamas
2004-09-01
Israel has vowed to hit Hamas leaders "wherever they are" and accelerate work on its West Bank barrier after the deadliest suicide bombings for months. Soldiers have already demolished parts of the houses of the two Palestinians named as perpetrators of the attack. Sixteen people were killed by the two bombers in near-simultaneous explosions on buses in Beersheba, southern Israel. Militant group Hamas said it was behind the attack to avenge the assassination of two of its leaders. Correspondents say that, since the deaths of Ahmed Yassin and Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi in March and April, Israel had put on hold further killings of high-echelon Hamas figures. "The policy now is to hit Hamas leaders wherever they are," a senior security source is quoted as saying on Wednesday.
Warm up the Helicopters Of Doom
Israeli officials are pointing the finger of blame at Syria, where Hamas political chief Khaled Meshaal has since emerged as the movement's undisputed leader.
He's now looking for a really deep hole.
The local leaders in Gaza, Mahmoud al-Zahhar and Ismail Haniyeh, have gone underground since the Yassin and Rantissi assassinations.
Six feet under ground would be nice.
Posted by:Steve

#15  Anonymous6166 = Zenster

Cookie issues.
Posted by: Anonymous6166   2004-09-01 5:41:39 PM  

#14  He's now looking for a really deep hole.

And Israel is coming with the shovels to dig it.

Is anyone else expecting a replay of June 5, 1967? It's about time for Israel to conduct a massive sweep of external terror bases. Let's look at the prospective target roster; Lebanon, Syria, Egypt's Sinai based PLO arms depots. Perhaps destruction of Iran's nuclear installations could be penciled in on the dance card too.
Posted by: Anonymous6166   2004-09-01 4:44:16 PM  

#13  Mr Sharon, PUT UP THIS WALL!
Posted by: lex   2004-09-01 1:26:52 PM  

#12   Alaska Paul: No in the Army we use to refer to the new privates as 98Z's. As if it were an MOS(Military Occupational Specialty). Definitions varied from NCO to NCO. Most common were:

1) Field Whore, Man Portable, 1 each

2) In-flight missle repairman

because they were generally useless until you properly trained them. I just always found it funny.

Posted by: 98zulu   2004-09-01 1:24:48 PM  

#11  Go get 'em GUYS!
Posted by: BigEd   2004-09-01 12:08:39 PM  

#10  98zulu---is your handle based on an aircraft ID number?
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2004-09-01 11:50:17 AM  

#9   What a great new PC way of declaring war on Iran.
Posted by: 98zulu   2004-09-01 11:24:53 AM  

#8   What a great new PC way of declaring war on Iran.
Posted by: 98zulu   2004-09-01 11:24:53 AM  

#7  The easy part, and the first thing to do is to say F**K YOU to the hunger strikers.
Posted by: PlanetDan   2004-09-01 10:54:21 AM  

#6  Any Hamas in Iran? Now that we control Iraqi airspace it should be a lot easier for the Israelis to get there...and back.
Posted by: Anonymous6150   2004-09-01 10:37:27 AM  

#5  Hurry up and kill Arafat so I can dance in the streets.
Posted by: Chris W.   2004-09-01 10:31:29 AM  

#4  There are also some Hamas leaders in Lebanon. I think their warning is specifically to those in Syria and Lebanon.
Posted by: Brett_the_Quarkian   2004-09-01 10:12:03 AM  

#3  Go for it! :-p
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2004-09-01 10:07:54 AM  

#2  Good! I hope they come over here and assassinate all of the Hamas members living in the US.
Posted by: B   2004-09-01 10:07:46 AM  

#1  car swarm starting in 5....4.....3..
Posted by: Frank G   2004-09-01 10:05:52 AM  

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