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Middle East
Four Palestinians Killed in Explosion
2003-02-16
A blast went off Sunday afternoon at the home of a member of the Islamic militant group Hamas in the Zaitoun neighborhood Gaza City. Four Palestinians were killed and three maimed wounded in the blast, witnesses and hospital officials said.
"Now, pay attention, Mahmoud. You take the black wire and splice it to the red wire, and the white wire and splice it to the green wire, see?"
"Ahmed, you've got that backwards. It's black to green and white to red, like this, see?"
"Well, you're wrong. That won't work, 'cuz as soon as you arm the thing..."
[BOOM!]

Hamas prevented journalists from inspecting the site, something the group has done in the past in the aftermath of so-called "work accidents" during the assembly of bombs. It also appeared that the blast went off inside the house, rather than being caused by a rocket.
Work accidents always make me want to... ululate.
A neighbor, Ramzi Suleiman, 29, said he was sitting on his balcony on guard duty at the time. "I heard the sound of screaming women, and cars evacuating people from the house. I saw at least three people covered in blood being taken away," he said.
"Sure am glad they had me outside on lookout duty."

FOLLOWUP:

Hamas leader in the Gaza strip, Dr. Abdel Aziz Rantisi, has blamed Israel for the explosion in Gaza city that killed five Hamas activists Sunday afternoon. One of the dead, Nidal Farahat, was the brother of Hamas terrorist Muhammad Farahat, the man who carried out the attack in Atzmona on March 7 in which five yeshiva students were murdered and more than 20 others wounded. His mother made headlines after video footage showed her with her son, who boasted about the 'mission' he was to carry out; she called on all breeding stock mothers to encourage their sons to become cannon fodder 'martyrs.'
Got her the Paleomom of the Year Award.
Nidal Farahat was involved in sending Hamas activists to train in Arab countries, and for helping to smuggle Kassam rockets from the Gaza Strip to the West Bank.
Want to see me care that he's dead? Okay. Close your eyes and hold your breath...
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#4  Infidel! There is no Law but Allah's! (Who is this Ohm...BOOM!)
Posted by: Quana   2003-02-16 23:26:35  

#3  The IDF seems to be hurting the PC (Paleo Cause) by targeting leaders. Now we are getting to the lower eschelons doing the assembly work. They can't read circuits and they don't think that they need to obey Ohm's Law.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2003-02-16 20:53:14  

#2  This obviously a message from Allah. Sort of like the Challenger was, right Rantisi? In fact, all the "work accidents" must be Allah's work...how else to explain them?
Posted by: Anonymous   2003-02-16 16:46:05  

#1  All this and the Daytona 500? America smiles broadly, ululating over a cold one.
Posted by: Frank G   2003-02-16 12:52:33  

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