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| Hamas vows to avenge Israeli killing of one of its bombmakers |
| 2002-07-01 |
| Hamas extremists vowed Monday to avenge Israel's killing of a senior West Bank bombmaker. Israeli special forces struck a blow to Hamas when Mohaned Tahir, 26, was killed Sunday. Soldiers raked a house in the West Bank city of Nablus where Tahir was staying with machine-gun fire, fired in a tank shell, then razed the house with a bulldozer. And that settled that... Sources in Hamas described Tahir as a leading bombmaker in the group's military wing, Izzadine al-Qassam. Israeli authorities handed his body over to the Palestinians early Monday, and a funeral was expected when there is a break in the curfew. In Gaza, Hamas spokesman Ismail Abu Shanab called Tahir's killing a "dirty crime" and, when asked if Hamas planned revenge, said: "Our people cannot forget the blood of their heroes and their people killed." (Yawn!) Another vow of revenge from Hamas... IDF seems to be a lot more matter-of-fact ruthless this time around. I think it's because of the nonsense of the church siege last time, and the "massacre" charges about Jenin. Why bother to be nice fellows about it? Now they just holler "come out with your hands up!" and if the Bad Guys don't, then they flatten the place. Seems to work better this way. Not being really good with cause and effect, it'll probably never occur to the Arabs why it's playing out this way. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |