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| Israel finds explosives lab during West Bank sweep |
| 2003-04-05 |
| Israeli troops uncovered an explosives laboratory and arrested a senior Islamic Jihad militant yesterday during a sweep in the West Bank town of Tulkarem, the army said. Huh, bomb lab? I thought the Roadmap to Peace™ was ready to be passed out.... Nearly 1,000 men and teenage boys were rounded up and questioned Wednesday in Tulkarem. Information gleaned from the interrogations tipped forces off to an explosives laboratory in an abandoned building, the army said. Book em all, Dano. Let em sweat and they'll talk The troops pulled out of the town yesterday, and nearly all heh heh except those few, the proud, the boomers those rounded up were allowed to return home. The residents were kept out of the town to make the search easier, the army said. During yesterday's raid, troops arrested Anwar Alian, whom the army called a top figure in Islamic Jihad. AKA Illegal Alian Alian, 22, has been wanted by the Israelis for more than a year. Troops blew up his home in the Nur Shams refugee camp outside Tulkarem about six months ago. The army says it demolishes the homes of militants in an attempt to deter Palestinians from carrying out attacks against Israelis. The Palestinians condemn the policy as collective punishment and a violation of international law. That damn international law thing again? Like attacks against civilians aren't? In the explosives lab, forces found 88 pounds of explosives, 44 pounds of fertilizer used to make bombs, gunpowder, two pressurized gas canisters, and a large number of metal pellets often used on explosives belts. The lab then was destroyed. Of course, the pellets, along with bolts, nails create shrapnel to maim and kill even more civilians...cowards In the Gaza Strip, Israeli troops backed by tanks and combat helicopters moved into the Nusseirat refugee camp, hunting Islamic militants and setting off a two-hour gun battle that wounded four Palestinians and one soldier. Residents of the refugee camp said Israeli snipers took up positions on rooftops as troops searched houses. Troops surrounded the house of Abdel Hakim Jahjooh, a member of Hamas. But the man was not there, camp residents said. Better luck next time...tell him we'll be back |
| Posted by:Frank G |