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Middle East
Suspected Militant Killed in Israeli Raid
2003-09-05
Blasts shook a building in the West Bank city of Nablus as Israeli troops battled Palestinian militants on Friday. At least one guilty til proven otherwise suspected militant was killed.
"Got a rag over his face?"
"Check."
"Holding an AK?"
"Check."
"Rolling his eyes?"
"Ummm... Check."
"Moshe, I suspect he was a militant!"
Palestinians opened fire and threw hand grenades as Israeli troops launched an arrest raid, military sources said. The ensuing gunbattle lasted more than two hours. Witnesses said amid the shooting they heard four large blasts that tore into the five-story building. It was unclear whether grenades caused all the blasts.
Bomb factory in the basement?
People in the area said soldiers removed the body of one man from the building. Four residents took the man’s body and laid him nearby. Soldiers ordered all residents out of the building during the siege, and the ones with a grain of sense some left, said Dr. Ziyad Atebeh, who lives nearby.
No name, so just another dead jihadi. Tusk, tusk.
Posted by:Steve White

#8  go figure - Hamas Vows Revenge


also, please ignore my double post - not enuf coffee this AM...
Posted by: Frank G   2003-9-5 2:08:01 PM  

#7  Hanbali, 27, who opened fire at them from an elevator shaft where he had been hiding

He was last heard saying, "There is no spoon..OWWW!"
Posted by: Dripping Sarcasm   2003-9-5 11:08:03 AM  

#6  Mo al-H got bagged? Allrighty! Some more good news today.
Posted by: Steve White   2003-9-5 10:31:44 AM  

#5  It was a Hamas biggy:
Israeli commandos killed a West Bank commander of the militant group Hamas in a raid on Friday that could deal a blow to reformist Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas's battle for political survival. An Israeli soldier was also killed and four wounded in the operation in the city of Nablus, which ended when soldiers blew up an apartment building where Mohammad al-Hanbali had been holed up, making 28 families homeless. The army said naval commandos, who also participate in ground-launched attacks, raided the building to detain Hanbali, 27, who opened fire at them from an elevator shaft where he had been hiding.
Israeli security sources said he was chief commander of Hamas militants in the northern West Bank and responsible for the deaths of dozens of Israelis in suicide bombings in a three-year-old Palestinian uprising for statehood.
Let the ululating begin!
Posted by: Steve   2003-9-5 9:23:12 AM  

#4  Steve White OMFG!!! "the ones with a grain of sense" ROFLMAO the funniest comment!!!
Posted by: Not Mike Moore   2003-9-5 3:26:59 AM  

#3  Give Isreal time to find the pieces to the jihadi's face.
Posted by: Charles   2003-9-5 2:52:52 AM  

#2  Faster, please.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2003-9-5 1:18:20 AM  

#1  Faster, please.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2003-9-5 1:18:14 AM  

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