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2006-03-28 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades leader survives assassination attempt in Gaza

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Posted by Fred 2006-03-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#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">James 2006-03-28 00:44|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com]">[http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com] 2006-03-28 00:44|| Front Page Top

#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">anymouse 2006-03-28 02:09|| 2006-03-28 02:09|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-03-28 05:07|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-03-28 06:30|| Front Page Top

#5 Sounds like the old joke about the Kamakazi Pilot who flew 37 missions.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-03-28 08:37|| 2006-03-28 08:37|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2006-03-28 12:38|| Front Page Top

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