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| IDF help with suicide bombing in Nablus... |
| 2002-11-04 |
| An American made Apache Helicopter fired a missile at a civilian vehicle in Nablus this afternoon killing two Palestinians in a residential area near Al-Ein Camp. It would be different if it was Belgian-made, or Chinese-made. Being American-made makes it worse... The incident happened at 2.15pm when a white vehicle was traveling east in Haifa street leading to the camp. Eyewitnesses report that the two occupants in the vehicle were immediately killed. Their body parts flew into people's houses and front yards. "Is he dead?" "I dunno. That chunk of him is..." The names of the two martyrs are not yet confirmed. Radio Tariq Al Mahabbeh, covering the incident, refrained from naming the victims until their families are notified. And a bit more detail... In Nablus, a senior military leader of the Islamic resistance Hamas group and another man were killed when their car exploded in the west of the city. The blast, which also injured two bystanders, was blamed on Israel. The Hamas leader was identified as Hamed Sadr, 35, whose nephew killed himself and three Israeli soldiers in a bomb attack on the Jewish settlement of Ariel last week. Witnesses said a drone was over flying the area at the time of the explosion, which blew the car, with yellow Israeli license plates, to pieces. A Palestinian security official accused Israel of "booby trapping the car and blowing it up by remote control." Today sounds like the day for drones, doesn't it? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #3 Well, since the Predator has TV capabilities, I certainly hope this tape has been archived and made available to Al-Jazheera....heh heh |
| Posted by: Frank G 2002-11-05 10:10:00 |
| #2 no, being "American-made" just means it _works_ ;) note: a hit from a Hellfire missile will blow a T-72 apart at the welds. testing on passenger cars, carried out very recently, shows similar results. |
| Posted by: andy 2002-11-04 23:42:48 |
| #1 A white vehicle? Wonderful! They finally got that Maryland sniper! (Sorry, sometimes I can't resist...) |
| Posted by: Kathy K 2002-11-04 19:50:46 |