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Israel-Palestine
FoxNews TV: Missile Hit On Motorcycle
2004-05-29
Who? Dunno, yet. Nothing on Fox website, yet, but that is link I used.

Reporting 2 people were aboard, now abroad. Will "flesh" it out as facts trickle in... Plz update thread if you see more.
Update...
A senior Hamas commander, his assistant and a bystander died in a fiery Israeli air strike in Gaza City early Sunday, hours before Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was to confront his Cabinet over his plan to pull soldiers and settlers out of Gaza. Hamas called the attack a "cowardly assassination crime"
If anyone knows something about cowardly assassinations, it's Hamas...
and said it killed Wael Nassar, 38, a top Hamas commander; his assistant, Mohammed Sarsour, 31; and an unidentified bystander. The two Hamas leaders were on the motorcycle when it exploded, witnesses said. The Israeli military said its air force carried out the strike, aimed at "two senior Hamas commanders who were responsible for many attacks against Israelis, including suicide bombings, and were planning further attacks." Witnesses said they saw a flash in the sky before the motorcycle exploded.
... and one on the ground about the time it did...
Outside the hospital morgue, angry Palestinians, most of them Hamas supporters, chanted "Holy Shit! God is great." Amplified statements from local mosques mourned Nassar, one of the founders of the Hamas military wing, called Izzedine al-Qassam. Nassar planned many Hamas attacks against Israelis, Palestinians said. Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zohri accused Israel of a "cowardly assassination crime," part of Israel's "bloody escalation" against the Palestinians.
Posted by:.com

#25  They managed a wheelchair swarm, so I'd credit them with the ability to adapt to any sort of roadkill martyr thingy. Too bad this seems to be one of their few demonstrable "talents."
Posted by: .com   2004-05-30 12:19:37 AM  

#24  Can you car swarm a motorcycle?
Posted by: Stephen   2004-05-30 12:14:45 AM  

#23  The first time I saw infrared imaging I was amazed at how clearly people show, even in the middle of the day in the hot tropics.
Posted by: Phil_B   2004-05-29 11:53:35 PM  

#22  Phil -- if so, then I'm not surprised ... I was at Fleet Week 2004 on Friday, and I can personally testify that aboard the USS Iwo Jima, the Humvee-mounted TOW missile launcher's thermal scope had sharper imaging than 20/20 and my own glasses O_O
Posted by: Edward Yee   2004-05-29 11:50:26 PM  

#21  You mean they actually killed the Terrorists without civilian deaths?

A woman and two children were among the casualties, they said.

Look for them to die in their hospital beds from Zionist pillows.
Posted by: Charles   2004-05-29 11:26:35 PM  

#20  3 more death cultists will never harm anyone again.
Posted by: Mark Espinola   2004-05-29 10:25:20 PM  

#19  Israeli Missiles Kill Three Hamas Men in Gaza

GAZA (Reuters) - An Israeli helicopter fired two missiles into Gaza City early on Sunday, killing three Hamas militants and wounding seven civilian bystanders, Palestinian witnesses said. Hamas sources named one of the dead men as Wael Nassar, a high-profile leader of Hamas's Izz al-Deen al-Qassam military wing who had been on Israel's most-wanted list for years.

They said Nassar was the architect of a May 11 ambush in which six Israeli soldiers were blown up when their troop carrier rolled over a mine during a raid into Zeitoun. They said the three were standing by a motorcycle in a street in Gaza City's crowded Zeitoun district, a stronghold of Islamist militants periodically targeted by Israeli forces. Palestinian medics said three of the seven civilian wounded were in critical condition. A woman and two children were among the casualties, they said.
Posted by: Zenster   2004-05-29 10:17:05 PM  

#18  If the IDF keep this up Hamas may ask for a ceasefire.
Posted by: Lucky   2004-05-29 9:51:10 PM  

#17  ...or maybe Big Al Akhbar
Posted by: dorf   2004-05-29 9:34:41 PM  

#16  probably remote guidance....heh heh... would like to watch them try and outrun it. I hope they knew what was coming. Allan Akhbar
Posted by: Frank G   2004-05-29 8:12:22 PM  

#15  Edward, it probably used infrared imaging.
Posted by: Phil B   2004-05-29 8:09:53 PM  

#14  Second deader ID'd at LGF:
Hamas charged that Israel was responsible for what it called a “dirty assassination crime” killing Wael Nassar, 38, a top Hamas commander, and his assistant, Mohammed Sarsour, 31, his assistant, and a bystander. The two Hamas leaders were on the motorcycle when it exploded, witnesses said

Posted by: Frank G   2004-05-29 7:49:15 PM  

#13  ... dude.

(That's my reaction to hearing that a UAV missile could hit a target with so small a "radar" profile.)
Posted by: Edward Yee   2004-05-29 7:39:24 PM  

#12  Report at lgf indicates missile fired from UAV.
Posted by: Phil B   2004-05-29 7:30:07 PM  

#11  Damn. What a waste of a perfectly good motorcycle.
Posted by: Charles   2004-05-29 7:27:45 PM  

#10  What kind of motorcycle?

Motorcycle of Doom™
Posted by: Frank G   2004-05-29 7:22:35 PM  

#9  Poor guys. Haven't met their victim deductible, so no virgins.
Posted by: Mr. Davis   2004-05-29 7:10:10 PM  

#8  A really, really large blanket.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2004-05-29 7:00:03 PM  

#7  Fox website link.
Posted by: .com   2004-05-29 6:42:10 PM  

#6  Damn it! What kind of motorcycle?
Posted by: Shipman   2004-05-29 6:41:40 PM  

#5  Only thing covering them now is a

Blanket

Bye bye, so long
Posted by: busybody   2004-05-29 6:31:25 PM  

#4  I hope they were wearing helmets, else their HMO may not cover them.
Posted by: ed   2004-05-29 6:29:25 PM  

#3  From DeBka

Israeli helicopter missile kills top Hamas Gaza military commander Awal Nasser and second senior Hamas operative. They were struck Saturday night riding a motorbike in Gaza City’s Zeitun suburb

Posted by: busybody   2004-05-29 6:25:22 PM  

#2  Fox now sez 3 are dead, including the 2 on the cycle. More to follow. Somebody who's watching Fox should pick this up and watch their website / Google News / whatever to keep fresh.
Posted by: .com   2004-05-29 6:01:28 PM  

#1  Duh, IDF Helizapper in Gaza. Sorry for failing to mention that tidbit. Sheesh - stayed up all night on Khobar thing - and it's showing. Time to shower and sleep, methinks.
Posted by: .com   2004-05-29 5:58:25 PM  

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