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| Middle East |
| Car Bomb Kills Palestinian Big Shot's Son |
| 2002-05-20 |
| A bomb killed the son of Palestinian guerrilla leader Ahmed Jibril in Beirut on Monday, ripping through a car and tearing him to shreds, Lebanese security and Palestinian political sources said. "It was Jihad, God rest his soul," an official of Jibril's Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) said at the scene of the blast in Beirut. He was referring to Mohammad Jihad Ahmed Jibril, who was born in 1961. Ah, the old exploding car trick! Used to be a favorite passtime in Beirut, didn't it? The explosion in the Lebanese capital's Mar Elias district scattered body parts around the car and left it twisted and doused with blood, witnesses said. Yup. That's usually what happens... Jihad Jibril was part of the group's military leadership and members of the organization swiftly pointed a finger at Israel. "Israel is behind any bomb attack on any Lebanese, Arab or Palestinian," Abu Rushdi, a PFLP-GC official, told Reuters. "Our response is to continue our struggle against Israel." What was it before he exploded? An aide to Israeli Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer denied his country was involved. "Israel had no connection to it," Yarden Vatikay said. "As usual, they blame Israel." Well, if they did do it, there's only one thing I can say: "Bullseye!" |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |