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Militant rocket fire into Israel casts shadow on future of cease-fire | |
2006-06-18 | |
Differences over the truce offer, which was conditional on Israel stopping raids and air strikes in Gaza and the West Bank, could point to disagreement between the Hamas grassroots and the government over tactics. "We are not interested in making any offers or proposals," Sami Abu Zuhri, official spokesman for the Hamas movement, said. "When the occupation stops its killings and crimes against our people then the factions may look into the issue in accordance with the interests of our people," he said. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement and the Islamic Jihad group both rejected the government's truce offer. Israel had its own conditions for a truce. "If it is quiet, we will answer that with quiet," said Mark Regev, spokesman for Israel's Foreign Ministry. But violence quickly resumed. Late Thursday, an Israeli aircraft attacked a group of militants on the Gaza-Israel border. The military said the militants were trying to plant bombs. Palestinian hospital officials said the bodies of two Islamic Jihad militants were recovered. Sources identified the dead as Mohammad Abu Tanjara, 22, and Salam Abu Zubeida, 23, both from Islamic Jihad. Militant groups loosely linked to Fatah claimed responsibility for the rocket attacks. | |
Posted by:Fred |
#5 loosely linked...good 'un, SC5631 |
Posted by: Seafarious 2006-06-18 22:27 |
#4 Firecrackers purchased with suitcase money. |
Posted by: Captain America 2006-06-18 12:28 |
#3 Using the word "homemade" makes it sound all so inoffensive, like strawberry jam, rather than a device that is perfectly capable of killing people indiscriminantly (and is used for exactly that purpose). |
Posted by: Tony (UK) 2006-06-18 10:20 |
#2 And let's not forget that all those loosely linked militants are on the payroll of Fatah/PLO, IJ, Hamas, or Hizbollah. They aren't just going to Party barbeques for the food. |
Posted by: trailing wife 2006-06-18 10:08 |
#1 Heh, this article is a clusterfuck... Sorting it out a little... 1) Hamas offers to restore a cease-fire and "try" to stop daily rocket attacks. 2) Official Hamas spokesman says "We are not interested in making any offers or proposals..." 3) Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement and the Islamic Jihad group both rejected the government's truce offer. 4) Militant groups loosely linked to Fatah continue the daily rocket attacks. 5) Two Islamic Jihad "militants" were zapped trying to plant bombson the Gaza-Israel border. Sheesh. Pilots, loosely linked to the IAF, blew the little fuckers away. |
Posted by: Slatle Chomotle5631 2006-06-18 04:32 |