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Middle East
Hamas Threatens to Hit Israeli Homes
2003-09-10
The military wing of the Islamic militant group Hamas threatened on Wednesday to change tactics by attacking Israeli houses and buildings after Israel tried to kill a Hamas political leader in his home in the Gaza Strip.
Dire Revenge(tm)V3.0.
"There is no word in Arabic for 'dumbass.' Stupidity is a decadent western concept, like cause and effect..."
"The targeting of civilian houses is a violation of all red lines. Therefore the Zionist enemy will have to shoulder responsibility for the targeting by us of houses and Zionist buildings everywhere in occupied Palestine," the Izz el-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s military wing, said in a statement.
You start booming people in their homes, Israel throws the gloves away.
"We are Arabs. We can't be expected to control our actions. Besides, world opinion has ignored or dismissed all the atrocities we've committed up until now. Why should the new crop of atrocities be any different?"
Hamas is sworn to the destruction of the state of Israel, which it says is built on occupied Palestinian land. It has spearhead a suicide bombing campaign that has killed hundreds of Israelis since a Palestinian uprising began 34-months-ago. "We reiterate that in the past we have avoided targeting houses and Zionist residential buildings but the enemy was the one to initiate it and the enemy has to harvest what it has sown," said the statement, which was sent to news organizations.
The Palestonekillers have shot and stabbed individuals at home before, but I don’t recall bombings. They don’t say directly, but I think that’s what they are threatening
An Israeli missile on Wednesday flattened Hamas political leader Mahmoud al-Zahar’s house in the Gaza Strip, killing his eldest son and a bodyguard. Zahar was lightly wounded. "Our painful operations were to tell the enemy that we have struck you when your security arrangements reached a climax yesterday. Our response came, and has not been completed yet," the statement by the Hamas military wing said. "We sent this message to tell the terrorist (Israeli Prime Minister Ariel) Sharon and his Nazi government that we are able, by God’s will, to achieve our goal in a time which we will determine," it said.
Fire up the bulldozers.
Posted by:Steve

#10  Actually, an overwhelming majority of Americans see through this BS, Daniel. Every poll done for the last 10 years show "sympathy", i.e. support, for Palestinians has never been higher than 15 percent.

Most Americans aren't dumb.
Posted by: R. McLeod   2003-9-11 2:39:05 AM  

#9  It would be the same thing as the Al Qaeda going too far on 911. If they bomb houses, they will be liquidated - especially Arabfart!
Posted by: Greg   2003-9-10 1:48:17 PM  

#8  I hear a lot of comments here and elsewhere that "Gaza will soon be wiped off the face..." or now Hamas has gone too far and soon the IDF will "kick ass"...

How I wish this were true, but after 2 years of watching Israel bleed from a thousand cuts, I don't believe she will ever do anything different. Proof in point, another attempted assissination of a Hamas leader, and they escape because of too small a bomb. WTF? Drop a 5000 pounder, kill off an entire city block. But MAKE YOUR POINT!! Kill the Bastards no matter what it takes. Otherwise you are seen as weak, and not serious...

No wonder the Arabs continue their strategy of attack, They see it as working.

Very tragic, I have such tremendous respect for what the Israelis have built in the desert. Why won't they do what's necessary to fix this?

TRANSFER or GENOCIDE.
Posted by: Francis   2003-9-10 12:13:05 PM  

#7  A "Day of Rage" huh? I thought EVERY DAY was a "Day of Rage" for practicioners of the Religion of Peace™?
Posted by: Flaming Sword   2003-9-10 12:02:04 PM  

#6  Screw it. Kill them all.


And their little dog, too...
Posted by: mojo   2003-9-10 11:51:53 AM  

#5  According to this report, Hamas is squealing to the rest of the arab world for help. Seems the Israeli targetted assassination of Hamas leadership is hitting 'em where it hurts, and hard. Keep up the good work, IDF!
Posted by: Bulldog   2003-9-10 11:19:29 AM  

#4  So what are the rockets and mortars targetting from Gaza?

What I can't comprehend is why a majority of people can't see through this BS.
Posted by: Daniel King   2003-9-10 11:12:35 AM  

#3  If Hamas attempts to escalate I figure we can soon see Gaza being wiped off the map.

Too bad for the Palestinians but they're the ones promoting suicide as a family value.
Posted by: Hiryu   2003-9-10 11:11:34 AM  

#2  Hitting a civilian bus is as bad as hitting homes.
Hitting ringleaders in their homes is within
the bounds of morality.
Posted by: J.H.   2003-9-10 11:09:39 AM  

#1  "The targeting of civilian houses is a violation of all red lines. Therefore the Zionist enemy will have to shoulder responsibility for the targeting by us of houses and Zionist buildings everywhere in occupied Palestine," the Izz el-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s military wing, said in a statement.

Instead of trying to kill civilians in public areas, now they're going to go after them in their homes? Not much difference from typical terrorist tactics, as far as I can see. But hey, go ahead and do that anyway, and when the IDF pours into Gaza and the West Bank, they'll finally perform the housecleaning that should have been done a long time ago.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2003-9-10 10:55:12 AM  

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