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Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades leader survives assassination attempt in Gaza
2006-03-28
Two Palestinian security personnel were injured Monday morning when an Israeli Army aircraft attacked three members of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades. Palestinian security sources said an Israeli reconnaissance plane unleashed two missiles towards the car transporting Mohammad Hijazi, a leader of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and two members of the Brigades in the Al-Sheikh Radhwan town in northern Gaza Strip.

The sources added that all three individuals were unharmed; however two security personnel close to the vehicle were injured. Emergency teams arrived at the site shortly afterwards, while explosive experts defused an Israeli missile that landed in the area but didn't explode. Mohammad Hijazi is one of the individuals on the top of the Israeli wanted list accused of masterminding the missile attacks on Israel from the northern Gaza Strip. Hijazi previously survived two assassination attempts.
Posted by:Fred

#6  RJ-
Trouble is, that wasn't a joke. There were more than a few kamikaze who flew several missions - early on in the program they were under orders not to go in unless they could find a target and be sure of destroying it. Many of them literally walked out on the program when it started being no more than throwing bodies at the US Navy.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2006-03-28 12:38  

#5  Sounds like the old joke about the Kamakazi Pilot who flew 37 missions.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2006-03-28 08:37  

#4  IIRC, the Israelis disable the warhead and go for a kinetic kill to limit the damage to the occupants of the car. The pilot can divert the missile since he has a live video feed. Most likely they survived because the pilot saw all the baby ducks and puppies and aborted the attack.
Posted by: bruce   2006-03-28 06:30  

#3  "Hijazi previously survived two assassination attempts. "
Sounds like he's just extremely lucky.
Mind you to paraprase the IRA, Israel only has to be lucky once.
Posted by: pihkalbadger   2006-03-28 05:07  

#2  Isn't that an oxymoron? "Martyrs Brigades leader survives"

I thought martyrs by definition...are, well, martyred? Maybe he should be called Al-Aqsa Cowards Brigades leader.
Posted by: anymouse   2006-03-28 02:09  

#1  "but didn't explode" Are the Israelis having quality control issues with their missiles, or is this an acceptable failure rate?
Posted by: James   2006-03-28 00:44  

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