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2008-02-14 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Palestinian seriously injured by grenade left behind by Israeli soldiers

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Posted by tu3031 2008-02-14 10:51|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 He blamed the Israelis for the explosion
Because it just couldn't have been the idiot with the electric cutting machine.

Abu Ghaith said the Israeli soldiers deliberately leave behind such devices to tempt ordinary Palestinians to play with them and endanger their lives.
That's because he acknowledges muslims have no control on their own acts, it's the others (infidels, wimmen) who must make efforts to prevent them from doing bad stuff. OTOH, I don't think the idea the average paleos are unsavvy and therefore fascinated with weaponry holds much water...

Posted by anonymous5089 2008-02-14 11:10|| 2008-02-14 11:10|| Front Page Top

#2 They act like some innocent CHILD got hurt PLAYING with an evil Israeli trap. The child was 18, and his play involved power tools. With that in mind, I would guess the grenades were not left behind, on purpose or accidentally, but stolen. And that poor little Ala was working on his own bomb-making career. Guess now he'll have to apprentice to Hook in Muslim preaching. Maybe he caught enough shrapnel in the right place to earn him a Darwin Award?

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2008-02-14 11:13|| 2008-02-14 11:13|| Front Page Top

#3 It's not like there aren't tens of thousands of grenades already in the hands of Paleos.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2008-02-14 12:33|| 2008-02-14 12:33|| Front Page Top

#4 That spin has precedence here in the US. The clinton administration included teenage gangbanger shootings in their count of children accidentally shot while playing with unsecured handguns. Some of the "children" were 25 years old...

Posted by M. Murcek">M. Murcek 2008-02-14 12:43|| 2008-02-14 12:43|| Front Page Top

#5 Unexploded Pali Ordinance, of course, is completely safe.

Posted by mojo">mojo 2008-02-14 12:51|| 2008-02-14 12:51|| Front Page Top

#6 ...the man was seriously injured when he tried to split the grenade open using an electric cutting machine.... Did you mean to file this under 'today's idiot',tu?

Posted by GK 2008-02-14 13:09|| 2008-02-14 13:09|| Front Page Top

#7 In the Algerian war some special forces French officers smuggled sabotaged grenades to the FLN. He he.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2008-02-14 14:22|| 2008-02-14 14:22|| Front Page Top

#8 how the hell have Paleos survived this long?

Dumb f'g Luck,

Eighteen-year-old Ala Ubayat will pass his genes on no doubt... *sigh*
..unless he tries cutting through a anti-tank land mine next.

Posted by RD">RD 2008-02-14 14:41|| 2008-02-14 14:41|| Front Page Top

#9 Maybe he thought he'd found a Kinder Eirer and was looking for the surprise inside the chocolate egg. He found it.

Posted by GK 2008-02-14 15:19|| 2008-02-14 15:19|| Front Page Top

#10 Is there such a category as "Honorable Mention" for the Darwin Awards?

Posted by gorb 2008-02-14 17:49|| 2008-02-14 17:49|| Front Page Top

#11 RD, that gives me an idea ...

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2008-02-14 17:58|| 2008-02-14 17:58|| Front Page Top

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