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| Israel nabs Paleos setting up rocket factory in West Bank |
| 2005-10-30 |
| Israel today revealed it arrested three terrorists on their way to set up Qassam rocket manufacturing abilities in the West Bank, sparking fears Palestinian groups will soon be able to fire rockets and mortars at nearby Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The arrests of the terrorists, members of the umbrella group Popular Resistance Committees, follow a WorldNetDaily interview last week in which the Committees spokesman warned his organization transported missile technology from Gaza to the West Bank and is planning to fire rockets and mortars at Jewish homes in the West Bank, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Israel said it caught the three Committees members crossing from Egypt into the northern Negev, and said interrogations revealed they received funds and training from Hezbollah According to Israel's Shin Bet Security Services, one of the terrorists confessed to launching Qassam rockets against Israel in Gaza and carrying out numerous bombing and shooting attacks, including involvement in planting a roadside bomb in 2002 near a Gaza Jewish community that killed three Israeli soldiers. Another one of the nabbed terrorists specialized in bomb making and Qassam rocket technology, and admitted to involvement in developing anti-aircraft missiles and various kinds of other bombs, the Security Services told reporters. The arrests made front-page headlines in Israel today, reported by most newspapers here as some of the first concrete evidence since Israel's Gaza withdrawal last month that Palestinian terrorists were planning to fire rockets or mortars in the West Bank. Disclosure today of the arrests of the three Committees terrorists follows a WorldNetDaily interview in which Abu Abir, the Committees spokesman, boasted his group transported missiles to the West Bank. "If there is need, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and everywhere in Israel can become our target. Israelis must also know that we have already transferred the knowledge and the technology of producing rockets to the West Bank," Abu Abir said. Abu Abir told WND his group has "improved [our] capacities in shooting these rockets. Even the Israeli officers agreed that the improvement is at all levels. To begin with, the distance that these rockets can reach, the capacity of explosives and their accuracy. In the last five years, there is no doubt that our abilities have improved." Isn't that nice and symmetrical. Anywhere in the Arab world can become Israel's target. WND also recently reported a research center associated with Hamas announced last month in a published study the terror group views Israel's withdrawal from Gaza as a victory for "Palestinian resistance" and will now continue the next phase of its "war to destroy the Jewish state" by focusing on rocket and mortar attacks in the West Bank. According to the Al-Mustaqbal Research Center in Gaza, Hamas and other "Palestinian resistance groups" will extend their rocket-producing capabilities to the West Bank since Israel's security barrier in the area has made terrorist infiltrations and suicide bombings difficult. |
| Posted by:Jackal |
| #11 I see his hand at it, Zen, but if the IJ was gone, would he do the same? Hamas? anyone but his faction? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-10-30 22:16 |
| #10 Actually, by finking on Iran and giving Israel launch site coordinates, it would seem as though Abbas is trying his best at some sort of "deep game." The most likely result will be him getting offed by the terrorists. If he's not out capping them himself, they'll be sighting on him. Nothing to see, folks, move aong. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2005-10-30 22:13 |
| #9 So this sort of thing is happening right under Mazen's nose, eh? Yeah, he's doing something about Paleo terrorism all right. Nothing. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-10-30 21:56 |
| #8 how about "any attack on Jerusalem proper is assumed to land on Al-Aqsa and the demolition willl complete your task. Thankyouverymuch" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-10-30 21:31 |
| #7 It's doubtful that a SCUD could level the al Aqsa mosque, and a Qassam is no SCUD. Good point, Ptah. Still, the point remains that any sort of hit upon al Aqsa will be (rightly or wrongly) attributed to Israel. I'm just curious if they have some way of short-circuiting this. Aside from the aforementioned policy of simple extermination, that is. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2005-10-30 21:15 |
| #6 the extermination of the Paleos will be caused by their inability to understand power, society, and death cults. They've scratched all positive marks from their side |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-10-30 21:10 |
| #5 It's doubtful that a SCUD could level the al Aqsa mosque, and a Qassam is no SCUD. It should be pointed out that the Qassam targeting system is strictly Islamic: Wherever it hits is where Allah wanted it to fall. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2005-10-30 20:56 |
| #4 Best to kill them now. Well, yes, there's always the tried and true method. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2005-10-30 20:36 |
| #3 True, if born a Neanderthal, it's difficult to die a rocket scientist, however, in time, they will gain some measure of precision. Best to kill them now. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2005-10-30 20:28 |
| #2 ... Committees spokesman warned his organization transported missile technology from Gaza to the West Bank and is planning to fire rockets and mortars at Jewish homes in the West Bank, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Welcome to the ultimate no-win scenario for Israel. Imagine what would result if an off-course Qassam rocket slammed into the al Aqsa mosque. [patiently waits for applause to die down ...] But seriously folks, with this development Israel is almost better off lobbing a confiscated Qassam rocket into the al Aqsa mosque, than waiting around for the Wailing Wall or the Church of the Nativity to be hit (or any other of myriad historical sites). Given the reckless launching by Hamas, Islamic Jihad et al, it is literally only a matter of time before these maroons topple their own third-most holy site in all Islam. I'd really enjoy reading what others here at Rantburg have to contribute regarding this development. It is common knowledge that Qassam targeting is about as accurate as MSM reporting on Iraq. This represents a new level of idiocy by the terrorists and apart from a clear demonstration of how stupid firing at Jerusalem based targets is, I see little other than a no-win disaster for Israel. What alternatives are there? |
| Posted by: Zenster 2005-10-30 20:21 |
| #1 Sorry about that. Mouse button must have bounced or something. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2005-10-30 20:12 |