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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Three Paleos Toes Up
2005-12-23
NABLUS, West Bank - Israeli troops shot and killed three Palestinian militants, including the local leader of a small radical faction, during an arrest raid on Thursday in the West Bank city of Nablus, witnesses and the military said. Soldiers entered Nablus early on Thursday in pursuit of wanted men, and opened fire on a four-story building where militants were holed up, the military said.
"Yo, Bashar! Come out witcher hands up!"
"Go screw, Jooos, you'll never take me alive!"
"We figured that." [pause] [BBBBRRRAAAAAPPPPP!]
[THUD]
One wanted man and two associates were shot as they tried to escape, it added. Witnesses identified one of the dead men as Bashar Hanani, the Nablus leader of the small Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Israel said Hanani masterminded a suicide bombing in an open-air market in Tel Aviv in November 2004 that killed three Israelis, and planned other attacks that were thwarted.

The other two were Anas Al-Sheikh and Ahmed Jiyousi, both members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, a militant faction linked to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas’ ruling Fatah party.

Troops continued to ring the building to flush out additional wanted men, the military said. Two bulldozers were parked at the building’s entrance.

The PFLP threatened dire revenge. “Israel will pay the price for this crime,” said Kaed Al Ghoul, a senior PFLP leader.

Some 3,000 people gathered Thursday afternoon in Nablus’ main square at a joint funeral for the militants. Dozens of gunmen fired in the air, and the crowd chanted, “Bashar, our friend, the response will be in Tel Aviv.”
Must have been quite a sight: the gun sex, the eye-rolling, the car swarm, the guy selling 'Yasser' T-shirts on the side ...
Posted by:Steve White

#10  didn't bring a #2 pencil to a gunfight, dammit
Posted by: Frank G   2005-12-23 20:08  

#9  that they might find prosperity thru a plentitude of surnames

A lack of surnames might be consequence of a family trees that don't fork.
Posted by: DMFD   2005-12-23 18:22  

#8  Dang it Raj, you're absolutely right, and I don't know why I didn't think of that last night.
Posted by: Steve White   2005-12-23 10:58  

#7  One wanted man and two associates were shot as they tried to escape,

High speed chases sometimes end in innocent people being killed. I like the empty the mag approach. Brings effective closure, minimizes recidivism, etc.
Posted by: Besoeker   2005-12-23 10:28  

#6  Alternate headline (aping tu3031 here):

Three Paleos Fail Civil Service Exam
Posted by: Raj   2005-12-23 09:28  

#5   Al Ghoul, I suspect, is about as common there as 'Smith' is here. I'm sure Fred and Dan can educate us.

Fred should bequeth The Amazing Name Generator to the People of China and Unfortunate Arab Areas, that they might find prosperity thru a plentitude of surnames.
Posted by: Leon Clavin   2005-12-23 09:17  

#4  ...Dozens of gunmen fired in the air, and the crowd chanted, “Bashar, our friend, the response will be in Tel Aviv.

See, this is why I don't understand why the Israelis don't just drop a 250 on these get-togethers.
Posted by: Slavith Cravimble3693   2005-12-23 00:55  

#3  Al Ghoul, I suspect, is about as common there as 'Smith' is here. I'm sure Fred and Dan can educate us.
Posted by: Steve White   2005-12-23 00:50  

#2   “Israel will pay the price for this crime,” said Kaed Al Ghoul, a senior PFLP leader.


He mebbe related to this Hamas deader?
Posted by: Seafarious   2005-12-23 00:42  

#1  Some 3,000 people gathered Thursday afternoon in Nablus’ main square at a joint funeral for the militants. Dozens of gunmen fired in the air, and the crowd chanted, “Bashar, our friend, the response will be in Tel Aviv.”


now if that isnt a target rich enviroment just screaming "cluster bomb" I dont know what is.
Posted by: C-Low   2005-12-23 00:37  

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