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Middle East
Half of IJ cell that killed 7-year-old arrested
2003-10-01
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Shin Bet agents, aided by IDF troops have captured three members of the Islamic Jihad cell which carried out the attack on the Trans-Israel Highway this summer that killed a seven-year-old girl.
I guess with Hamas hiding under their beds this week IJ is at the top of the poop list...
But three other members, including the leader of the cell who opened fire on the car, filled with a family returning late at night from a relative’s bar mitzvah, have not been caught.
Obviously they know who they are tho’ - hope they sleep well waiting for the IDF to call
The June 17 attack killed Noam Leibovitch and seriously wounded her younger sister and lightly wounded her elder brother and grandfather. The gunman had sneaked through a culvert under the security wall and riddled the Leibovitch family car and another vehicle with automatic gunfire. He then bravely fled back to Kalkilya in the West Bank.
Can’t have culverts under the fence, guys
The terrorist cell used a cafe and mosque in Kalkilya to plan the attack and distribute weapons and money funneled from abroad, security sources said.
what a surprise! The ROP strikes again
Ah, yes. The internationally famous Mahmoud's Mosque and Good Eats. Felafel and RDX Our Specialty. A unique dining experience...
Security sources revealed Tuesday that two weeks ago forces nabbed two members of the cell, Muhammad Sharim, 20 and Ibrahim Atia, 18, both recent high school graduates now prison bitches. Their names were known following the intense beating and giggle juice interrogation of Omar Shubeki, 21, who was arrested on August 28. Shubeki told interrogators Sharim came up with the idea to stage an attack on the newly opened Trans-Israel Highway. He said that he helped open the culvert and drove the get-away car. He also said his bank account was used to channel funding from Islamic Jihad activists abroad to pay for terrorist activity in Kalkilya.
"Abroad" being Syria or perhaps Lebanon, working as a funnel for Iran...
The other cell members who have yet to be captured were identified as Tarek Hassin, 25, the cell leader and the one who pulled the trigger, Samah Shubeki, 23, and Muhammad Atia, 19, who was armed with a pistol and guarded Hassin during the attack.
Y'get the idea some of these guys might be related? Thought so...
The six would meet at the Al-Aula Cafe in Kalkilya where details of the attack were drawn up, security sources said. They also met at the Kalkilya Country Club pool, where Atia worked. Hassin told them all that "zero hour had come" and that it was easy to infiltrate through the culvert.
Country Club pool? I thought the Israeli fence was leading them to hunger and deprivation?
On the evening of the attack, Samah and Omar Shubeki forced an opening in the culvert and they all met at the Old Kalkilya Mosque after prayers and set out for the ambush, security sources said. "The cell used a mosque, a holy site meant for worship, and other innocent meeting places as a cover for hostile terrorist actions," said an officer.
The Religion of Peace™
Posted by:Frank G

#5  Even better... Place a round manhole cover vertically in a slit at the Israeli end of the culvert. Place an IR trigger about halfway down the culvert. When the IR beam is broken, the manhole cover pops up, a set amount of propane and air is sprayed into the culvert, and set off. They won't go into orbit, but it'll be a cold day in Hades before anybody tries to use THAT culvert for ANYTHING again.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2003-10-2 12:32:33 AM  

#4  smells like....Al-Aska Paul's Victory BBQ
Posted by: Frank G   2003-10-1 8:22:55 PM  

#3  Let's see, one culvert under a wall. Now in Baghdad we have just confiscated a flamethrower. Place the flamethrower at a 45 deg angle in a hole made at the top of the culvert, pointed toward Paleostine. When infiltrators use the culvert, turn on the flamethrower and observe the "afterburner effect." After cooling, rod out refuse, reset and wait for the next one.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2003-10-1 6:47:25 PM  

#2  Too bad it wasn't just the top halves.
Posted by: Chuck Simmins   2003-10-1 2:21:15 PM  

#1  
The terrorist cell used a cafe and mosque in Kalkilya to plan the attack and distribute weapons and money funneled from abroad, security sources said.

You perpetrate terror, your mosque becomes rubble.
Your imam is imprisoned and/or exiled.
If they are going to use religious sites to plan attacks, they become legitemate military targets.
Posted by: Celissa   2003-10-1 1:25:52 PM  

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