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Africa North
Dahab boomer dies in "work accident"
2006-05-20
A man wanted for involvement in bombings of tourist resorts in Sinai killed himself by accident on Friday while trying to attack police who were pursuing him, security sources said. Arafat Ali, 28, was blown up by an explosive device which he had tried to throw at policemen who had encircled him in Rafah, a town which is straddles Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip.

The sources said he was second in command of a group called Tawhid wal Jihad, which the authorities say has carried out a series of attacks in Sinai since October 2004. They describe it as a group of Bedouin from the Sinai peninsula with militant Islamist views. The police say they killed the group's leader earlier this month. The group's last attack was last month in Dahab. Nineteen people were killed.
Posted by:Dan Darling

#5  Wouldn't be the first guy to blow his chance with a virgin ..... so to speak.
Posted by: lotp   2006-05-20 17:14  

#4  Life's abith Arafat Ali!! There you are trying to kill yourself and other innocents in the name of allan to get your 72 virgins...and you screw up!

BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Posted by: anymouse   2006-05-20 17:12  

#3  Arafat "Butterfingers" Ali, 28, was blown up by an explosive device which he had tried to throw at policemen who had encircled him in Rafah...
Posted by: tu3031   2006-05-20 17:06  

#2  Is that a grenade in your pants or are you just happy to....oops, guess it WAS a grenade
Posted by: Frank G   2006-05-20 17:00  

#1  Reminds me of an incident a US soldier told me about a would-be bomber. This soldier was manning a check-point in Iraq when a man aproached on foot. He was fumbling with something in his pants and a few seconds later he blew up. He had a grenade in his pants, pulled the pin, and dropped the grenade in his pants. Coun't happen to a nicer guy.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2006-05-20 16:54  

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