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| Hamas threatens to target Israelis abroad |
| 2004-09-26 |
| EFL and Spittle The Palestinian militant group Hamas threatened on Sunday to target Israelis abroad after blaming Israel for the killing of a Hamas official in Syria. "We have let hundreds of thousands of Zionists travel and move in capitals of the world in order not to be the party which transfers the struggle. But the Zionist enemy has done so and should bear the consequences of its actions," said the statement by Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas. The statement issued in Gaza and obtained by Reuters mourned the death in a car bomb of Izz el-Deen al-Sheikh Khalil, believed to be in charge of Hamas's military wing outside the Palestinian territories. Hamas blamed Israel for the assassination. "The Zionist enemy has opened a new door for the struggle by transferring the battle outside Palestine, in spite of the fact that al-Qassam Brigades has always been keen to keep its rifles directed against the entity in the land they occupy," said the statement, which had been broadcast earlier by the Arabic television station al-Jazeera. |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #13 Boris, they let you out of Jail! clean up on isle 5 |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-09-26 10:22:05 PM |
| #12 That's just another Mossad ploy. |
| Posted by: Anonymous6672 2004-09-26 10:19:44 PM |
| #11 Actually, Tony, cranial lead may already be one of their problems. You're just proposing extremely high local concentrations. |
| Posted by: Tom 2004-09-26 9:14:29 PM |
| #10 Tony---we have discussed this a number of times before on RB. People who preach death to us (us meaning all of us) need to be taken for their word and treated as an enemy. THEY are the ones that incite fodder to suicide bomb or jihad. They are just as deadly a weapon as the jihadi, even more so, because they can leverage so many others into doing the dirty work that they suggest. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-09-26 9:11:08 PM |
| #9 2B - don't forget all those 'holy men' who could do with a cranial lead injection. |
| Posted by: Tony (UK) 2004-09-26 7:01:55 PM |
| #8 just saw that myself. Good. Targeted killings of terrorist leaders is the best way to end this war IMHO. |
| Posted by: 2B 2004-09-26 6:23:47 PM |
| #7 I just read anotehr article Israel is laying claim to the boom. That changes things quite a bit. The message is as much for Syria as Ham-ass it appeass. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-09-26 6:14:50 PM |
| #6 SP - that's possible, since Israel didn't claim credit for the kill. |
| Posted by: 2B 2004-09-26 6:14:50 PM |
| #5 The assumption is that Israel did the bombing but they may not be true. It could have been a Syrian job. Syria has "asked" the Paleos all to leave. Perhaps Izz el-Deen al-Sheikh Khalil just knew too much and was silenced. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2004-09-26 4:01:44 PM |
| #4 Hamas hath seen only a fraction of the fury that Israel could unleash. So far the IDF has targeted mainly leaders and operatives, and has used tremendous restraint in attacking Hamas forces. Hamas better cool it before they go the way of the dodo bird. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-09-26 3:08:58 PM |
| #3 the difference is, this guy was a member of Hamas -- the militant wing, no less. So of course, Hamas will attack Israeli school kids in retaliation. |
| Posted by: PlanetDan 2004-09-26 1:10:47 PM |
| #2 "The Zionist enemy has opened a new door..." I thought they had already opened the Gates for this sort of thing?! Hamas should instead be watching their backs, It took Isreal 12 years to kill all the participants in the Munich olympics Isreali Athlete murders; but the long arm of MOSSAD did the job! |
| Posted by: smn 2004-09-26 12:46:45 PM |
| #1 Another vote of confidence for the fence. What an excellent project that's proved to be. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-09-26 12:44:24 PM |