NABLUS, West Bank - Israeli troops shot and killed three Palestinian militants, including the local leader of a small radical faction, during an arrest raid on Thursday in the West Bank city of Nablus, witnesses and the military said. Soldiers entered Nablus early on Thursday in pursuit of wanted men, and opened fire on a four-story building where militants were holed up, the military said.
"Yo, Bashar! Come out witcher hands up!"
"Go screw, Jooos, you'll never take me alive!"
"We figured that." [pause] [BBBBRRRAAAAAPPPPP!]
[THUD] | One wanted man and two associates were shot as they tried to escape, it added. Witnesses identified one of the dead men as Bashar Hanani, the Nablus leader of the small Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Israel said Hanani masterminded a suicide bombing in an open-air market in Tel Aviv in November 2004 that killed three Israelis, and planned other attacks that were thwarted.
The other two were Anas Al-Sheikh and Ahmed Jiyousi, both members of the Al Aqsa Martyrsâ Brigades, a militant faction linked to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbasâ ruling Fatah party.
Troops continued to ring the building to flush out additional wanted men, the military said. Two bulldozers were parked at the buildingâs entrance.
The PFLP threatened dire revenge. âIsrael will pay the price for this crime,â said Kaed Al Ghoul, a senior PFLP leader.
Some 3,000 people gathered Thursday afternoon in Nablusâ main square at a joint funeral for the militants. Dozens of gunmen fired in the air, and the crowd chanted, âBashar, our friend, the response will be in Tel Aviv.â
Must have been quite a sight: the gun sex, the eye-rolling, the car swarm, the guy selling 'Yasser' T-shirts on the side ... |
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