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| Paleocoppers bang two Hamas snuffies... |
| 2002-10-07 |
| Palestinian police shot and killed two members of the radical Islamic movement Hamas in clashes in central Gaza City, hours after a presumed Hamas cell killed a police chief. The two men shot dead were named as Mahmud al-Borno, 27, and Mohammed Hejazi, 30. Another 17 people were injured when the clashes in the centre of the city. A little Paleocivil war going on here? I like it! Police and witnesses said the clashes started when Palestinian navy police arrested a Hamas member who had opened fire on their patrol. As they were leading the man away, a group of Hamas members and supporters arrived and one of them shot at the police, while a hand-grenade was also lobbed at the patrol. Police returned fire and killed the two. Among the injured were several bystanders, witnesses said. Sounds like a massacre. Guess they need international protection from... uh... whoever. The deadly clashes came just hours after police accused a Hamas cell of abducting, torturing and murdering the head of the Palestinian riot police, whose men were blamed by the Islamists of killing two of their number during anti-US riots in Gaza in October 2001. Ah, that would be the Hamas Sadist Brigade, well and truly beloved of their people, an inspiration to children everywhere... In a statement the police said around 20 armed Hamas members dressed as national security officers set up a road block in Gaza City early Monday to intercept Brigadier-General Rajeh Abu Lehya, aged 55. They stopped several cars and when they came across his, one member shouted out, "This is the man," and all the other gunmen surrounded the police chief. Abu Lehya was taken with his two bodyguards to the Nusseirat refuge camp south of Gaza City, where the police chief was tortured and then shot 10 times. The guards were released and the car torched, the statement said. The Capone gang couldn't have done it better... Police and witnesses said the Hamas members then announced by loudspeaker that they had killed Abu Lehya in revenge for the deaths of two Islamist demonstrators who died in clashes with riot police in anti-US demonstrations one year ago. In an initial statement, the police said that if the head of the Hamas group that carried out the killing — identified as Imad Aqel — was not handed over they would start arresting Hamas members. "Yeah! Cuz we're mad, dammit!" However, in a second statement issued shortly afterwards that threat had been dropped. "Never mind." |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #2 I think the key here is that a hand grenade is not an exceptionally useful weapon in, say, the middle of an open street. Now, if you have a gun emplacement you want to neutralize, or a room you're busting .... |
| Posted by: Dan Hartung 2002-10-07 14:33:11 |
| #1 Between these guys and the Kashmir jihadis, grenades are getting a bad name. Do these guys ever HIT anything with a grenade? Haven't they ever heard of the old saying, "close only counts in horseshoes and HAND GRENADES"?? |
| Posted by: Steve White 2002-10-07 13:37:20 |