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| Middle East |
| Islamic Jihad leader arrested |
| 2003-10-01 |
| THE Israeli army early Wednesday arrested the head of the Palestinian radical movement Islamic Jihad for the West Bank, a Palestinian security source said. Bassam Saadi, 42, was arrested in Jenin refugee camp in the north of the West Bank. He was picked up by Israeli soldiers who moved in in some 20 jeeps backed up by Apache helicopters. They opened fire and met no resistance. |
| Posted by:Paul Moloney |
| #8 was hiding under the car or just reviewing the detonator wiring? |
| Posted by: john 2003-10-1 12:53:25 PM |
| #7 He was hiding underneath a car? Not very dignified for a man of his piousness... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2003-10-1 10:58:36 AM |
| #6 The Islamic Jihad vowed Wednesday to avenge the Israeli overnight capture of a militant chief in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, Ha'aretz reported. The movement's leader in Gaza, Abdallah al-Shami, said revenge would be exacted for the capture of Sheikh Bassam Saadi. "The enemy will pay a dear price for beating Sheikh Bassam Saadi and for its daily crimes on our people," al-Shami said. Witnesses said Saadi was beaten after he was seized. In the Jenin raid, Saadi was found by tracker dogs beneath a car parked outside a mosque. Three other Palestinians were also arrested in Jenin, the witnesses said. Good dogs, steak for you tonight. |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-10-1 10:14:17 AM |
| #5 Yassin, you're next! |
| Posted by: badanov 2003-10-1 8:35:44 AM |
| #4 "Put a round across his hood, Mr. Nussbaum!" "Aye aye... I mean, yes sir!" [KABOOM!] "He's stopping, sir." "Prepare to board, Mr. Nussbaum!" "Uhhh... Sir? This is the army. That's a car." |
| Posted by: Fred 2003-10-1 8:34:55 AM |
| #3 They opened fire and met no resistance. Sounds like the IDF has loosened the ROE. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-10-1 7:40:21 AM |
| #2 no armed resistance--no things that go boom in the night--dollars to doughnuts he engineered his own arrest to save his keffiya due to internal politics or death threats from his buddies or the idf |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-10-1 3:07:46 AM |
| #1 "Cheeze it, the IDF!..." "Freeze! Hold it right there, Bugs..er, Bassam! You don't want to give us an excuse to blow that pointy little head of yours off!" "Ok, ok, stop waving that pistol around, Harry..." |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-10-1 3:03:32 AM |