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| Israeli Map Shows 'Terror Network' in Damascus |
| 2003-10-07 |
| "We know where you live." That was the unmistakable message of the release by Israeli authorities Tuesday of a map pinpointing what it said were homes and offices of Palestinian militant leaders in Damascus. AKA - target list. The army said the map was intended to illustrate the extent of the "Terror Network in the Damascus Region." It came on the same day that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Israel would attack its enemies "any place, and in any way." Sunday Israeli planes bombed what the Israeli military said was a training camp for Palestinian militants near Damascus, after a suicide bomb killed 19 people in Haifa. Syria said the target of the Damascus strike was a civilian site. I thought it was a old, unused training camp? The Israeli army map shows supposed locations of the homes of senior Hamas leaders Mousa Abu Marzook and Khaled Mashal, Islamic Jihad leader Ramadan Shallah and Ahmed Jibril, chief of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine -- General Command, or PFLP-GC. It also shows 10 sites in Damascus the army says are the political, military and in some cases media offices for Islamic Jihad, Hamas, Fatah and the PFLP-GC. Boy, that's going to hurt real estate values in the neighborhood. Hamas and Islamic Jihad sources in the West Bank and Gaza Strip said Abu Marzook, Mashal and Shallah moved between Damascus and Beirut for "security reasons." They'll be looking for new homes this afternoon. Syria, which has been under intense U.S. pressure to kick militant groups out of its territory, says Hamas, Islamic Jihad and other Palestinian groups maintain only media offices in Damascus. "The map is proof of the extensive presence of Palestinian terror groups in Syria," an Israeli security source said. "We said it before and we say it again, everyone that is involved in terror and endangers the lives of Israeli citizens is not immune." Sharon took a tough line Tuesday but made no specific threats. "Israel will not be deterred from defending its citizens and will hit its enemies any place and in any way," he said in a speech broadcast live from a military cemetery in Jerusalem. "You can run, but you can't hide." |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #3 The Israeli army map shows supposed locations of the homes of senior Hamas leaders Mousa Abu Marzook and Khaled Mashal, Islamic Jihad leader Ramadan Shallah and Ahmed Jibril, chief of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine -- General Command, or PFLP-GC. It also shows 10 sites in Damascus the army says are the political, military and in some cases media offices for Islamic Jihad, Hamas, Fatah and the PFLP-GC. I would've kept this all hushed up and with the next suicide/murder bombing, dispatched aircraft with 1,000 pounders to level every single one of these targets. This in addition to mounting a synchronized commando raid to snatch Yasser from his compound. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-10-7 2:34:09 PM |
| #2 "Syria said the target of the Damascus strike was a civilian site. I thought it was a old, unused training camp?" PFLP donated it to the Nature Conservancy, who are using it as a home for baby ducks. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2003-10-7 2:08:34 PM |
| #1 " Is that the Syrian Presidential Palace? " " Um, no. " |
| Posted by: Charles 2003-10-7 1:52:58 PM |