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| Middle East |
| Dead thugs get a great send-off |
| 2002-07-05 |
| Chanting "Death to Israel", thousands of Palestinians vowed to avenge the death of a senior militant leader as they marched at his funeral in the Gaza Strip on Friday. Jihad Al Omarin, the local leader of an armed group linked to Fatah, was killed when his car exploded Thursday night in what Palestinians called an Israeli assassination. Al Omarin is known by Israeli intelligence to be a colonel in one of the Palestinian security apparatus. His assistant, 33-year-old Wael al-Namara, was also killed in the blast. G'bye, boys. Enjoy the 12-year-olds. Say hello to Himmler for us... Members of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades said Omarin's death was a big blow to the group because of his vast experience. "It is a great loss. One thousand dead Israelis will not compensate us," one member, who declined to be named, said at Omarin's funeral in Gaza City. But, using a euphemism for bomb-makers, another added: "Palestinian That's all the At least 30,000 people took part in the funeral march. Masked men |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 Had gun sex? ;-) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2002-07-05 16:10:39 |