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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Hamas-Fatah fight spreads to upper lips in mustache war
2008-07-31
Hamas has resumed its policy of shaving mustaches of political opponents to humiliate them, Fatah officials said Wednesday.

Hamas resorted to this form of punishment in the past after arresting senior Fatah representatives in the Gaza Strip, the officials said.
Hamas, for its part, accused the Palestinian Authority security forces of shaving the beards of detained Hamas officials in the West Bank.
Hamas, for its part, accused the Palestinian Authority security forces of shaving the beards of detained Hamas officials in the West Bank.

The latest victim of the mustache-shaving policy is Nafez al-Namnam, a top Fatah operative in the Strip. Namnam, 51, is one of the commanders of Fatah's armed wing, the Aksa Martyrs Brigades, in Gaza City. He and his son Rami were arrested by Hamas policemen shortly after the mysterious explosion that killed five Hamas men on the beach in Gaza City last Friday. The father and son were among more than 150 Fatah members who were rounded up by Hamas in the aftermath of the bombing. Namnam wore an unusually large mustache for more than 30 years. But while in prison, his Hamas interrogators shaved it off before finally releasing him.
Posted by:Fred

#8  Too far!!!11!! The order extends even to the Fatah Wymyns!
Posted by: Frank G   2008-07-31 20:27  

#7   Hamas has resumed its policy of shaving mustaches of political opponents to humiliate them, Fatah officials said Wednesday.
And that's just to the women. You see the barbarous things they do to the men
Posted by: tipper   2008-07-31 18:07  

#6  When they start doing wax jobs on captured opponents, then, then you'll know the kids gloves are off.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2008-07-31 15:33  

#5  Well, shaving mustaches is bad, but at least, they're still not to the point yet of shaving each other's hairy chest, so, it's not THAT bad.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2008-07-31 15:32  

#4  Shaving it off and dumping it in the sewer is a pretty good curse, tu. Need to spread some "NAIR" on it to make sure it doesn't come back...
Posted by: Old Patriot   2008-07-31 12:25  

#3  It said that Namnam and his son were also tortured while in detention.

Oh, that's right, they did that too.
Bet that wouldn't have been half as bad if he still had his moustache. Couldn't they have just cursed it?
Posted by: tu3031   2008-07-31 11:31  

#2  i saw this in the Jpost, and my first thought was this sounded like something Fred had made up.
Posted by: liberalhawk   2008-07-31 11:26  

#1  HEY!!!

What a great idea!!!

Maybe we should shave the lip hair on any "insurgent" we capture in Iraq or Afghanistan.

Boy Howdy, talk about sending a chill of fear up the spine of the Lions of Islam. I mean Mahmoud without his beard?

Of course the big problem is how do you pick up the head after a suicide KAboom with out a beard for a handle?
Posted by: James Carville   2008-07-31 10:40  

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