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2005-02-15 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Hizbullah Lifts Pay for Sucide Attacks to $100,000

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Posted by Anonymoose 2005-02-15 8:24:33 AM|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Hmmm. Lack of ready supply is pushing up prices. Just like they teach us in Econ 101.

But I thought US actions were creating an unending line of jihadis? From the MSM reporting, the payout should be going way down.

Posted by Seafarious 2005-02-15 9:28:12 AM|| 2005-02-15 9:28:12 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Perhaps Iran is opening its pocketbook a bit wider in hopes of both undermining Abbas and deflecting some attention from their nuke program.

"Payment includes free use of a cellular phone."
Also known as a remote detonating device.

Posted by Tom 2005-02-15 9:36:54 AM|| 2005-02-15 9:36:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Yeah, I'm calling about the job...okay, uh, about the phone...how many free minutes do I get with that? ...Whaddaya mean I won't need any?

Posted by (lowercase) matt 2005-02-15 10:22:45 AM|| 2005-02-15 10:22:45 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Senior officials of PA armed forces claim that Hizbullah presents the number one threat to the ceasefire currently in effect.

All fine and dandy, but the question is, what's being done to combat this subversive activity besides revealing its existence? Sounding an alarm is pointless if no one is going to to take action against it.

Huberman points out that the Hizbullah revelations result from a "media offensive" that the PA has initiated over the past few days. The PA wishes to expose the methods used by Hizbullah to recruit Arab terrorists. The PA leadership hopes that this will defuse the pressure on PA leader Abbas (Abu Mazen), who claims that the PA is trying to stop violent acts against Israel and engage in negotiations.

It seems the answer to the question posed previously is, sadly, "very little".

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-02-15 10:30:17 AM|| 2005-02-15 10:30:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 ...who claims that the PA is trying to stop violent acts against Israel and engage in negotiations.

The first step towards building faith in that claim would be to outlaw political parties that have "military wings" (translation-terrorists and terrorist-abetters as members of those parties).

Posted by Jules 187 2005-02-15 10:35:31 AM|| 2005-02-15 10:35:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 So let's assume the family of the suicide bomber gets $100,000. What do they spend it on??

Better huts? New Ak-47's? An ululululu karakoke machine?

Posted by Slomort Shoque7331 2005-02-15 11:32:01 AM|| 2005-02-15 11:32:01 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 10 years back Zakat.

Posted by Shipman 2005-02-15 1:40:50 PM|| 2005-02-15 1:40:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Slomort Shoque7331: Spend $$$ on better paint scrapers... They are trying to bury as much as they can...

Posted by BigEd 2005-02-15 1:42:18 PM|| 2005-02-15 1:42:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 I think this is called a "~~Living~~ Dying Wage Ordinance."

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